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Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are
blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon |
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zookeeper wrote: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon -- I m feeding Mazuri Koi pellets by Purina mainly because of the price roughly $20 for 20 lbs John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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zookeeper wrote:
Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. ter)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon I feed my fish KoiStuff Optimum - whole wheat, hydrolzed (animal) protein meal, anchovy fish, soy meal. 38% protein, 2.55% fiber, 6% fat, vitamins include: A, D, E, K1, C, B1, B2, B6, and B12 -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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My Koi (and goldfish) get Pond RX ... from KoiVet.
Here are the ingredients for the Small Pellets: Fish Meal Wheat Flour Soy Bean Meal Fish Oil Blood Meal Feather Meal Soy Lecithen Etc. Protein 40% Lipid 14% Fiber 5% Ash 8% The fish Love it! Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "zookeeper" wrote in message ... Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon |
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Dainichi, color intensifier.
White fish meal Wheat germ Wheat flour Shrimp meal Spirulina 43% minimum crude protein I need to find a new feed as this stuff's somewhat expensive and the guys are going thru a $18, 500gm bag every 3 weeks now! One thing I like about it is that besides the usual vitamins and minerals it contains montmorillonite clay (i.e.: "Koi clay"). I'd rather "apply" the koi clay this way so it'll do the most good for the fish than just dump it in the pond. Does any other Koi food have this? 2500 gallons, 8 Butterfly pigs. Steve J. Noll | Ventura California (zone 10) | Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv |
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Ultra Balance
http://www.koifood.com/ About $1.50 a lb depending on the size. Paul "zookeeper" wrote in message ... Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon |
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Zookeeper,
Before they came out with Sho-Gold (Sho-Gold is for Goldfish) I used Sho-KOI, which is an extremely good food. Fish seem to relish it and it is a good growth food also when feed in proper portions. Tom L.L. ------------------------- "zookeeper" wrote in message ... Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon |
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Wardley 10.
zookeeper wrote: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon |
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I m feeding Mazuri Koi pellets by Purina
mainly because of the price roughly $20 for 20 lbs I have been feeding that for years, and have very large healthy koi Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond |
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5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag ...
That costs more than the food I feed my family.....No can do!!! Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond |
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Not sure which Ogata she is selling. She said the pellets were large. Compare it to
Mizuri. there are at least 3 different Ogata foods Ogata Performance ??? Ogata Special Regular White fish meal, wheat germ meal, krill meal, Soya bean mill, Alfalfa meal, yeast, garlic, ox bile powder, chitin (Chitosan), vitamins, stabilized vitamin C, minerals, powdered milk, etc... Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein Min. 36% Crude Fat Min. 3% Crude Fiber Max. 5% Ash Max. 12% Moisture Max. 9% Ingredients Ogata Regular White fish meal, wheat germ meal, krill meal, Soya bean mill, Alfalfa meal, yeast, garlic, ox bile powder, chitin (Chitosan), vitamins, stabilized vitamin C, minerals, powdered milk, etc... Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein Min. 38% Crude Fat Min. 3% Crude Fiber Max. 6% Ash Max. 12% Moisture Max. 9% ----------------------------------- Here is the Mizuri Guaranteed Analysis Crude protein not less than 36.0% Crude fat not less than 3.0% Crude fiber not more than 6.0% Phosphorus not less than 0.90% Ash not more than 9.0% Vitamin E not less than 110 IU/kg Vitamin C not less than 2000 ppm Ingredients Dehulled soybean meal, ground corn, fish meal, corn gluten meal, wheat middlings, wheat germ, calcium carbonate, dehydrated alfalfa meal, salt, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), brewers dried yeast, spirulina algae meal, betaine, dicalcium phosphate, biotin, tagetes extract, choline chloride, vitamin A acetate, canthaxanthin, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (source of natural vitamin E), cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin (source of vitamin B12), menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (source of vitamin K), ethoxyquin (a preservative), thiamin mononitrate, nicotinic acid, folic acid, riboflavin, DL-methionine, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite. zookeeper wrote: wrote: I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag ... I looked at Ogata, but the list of ingredients I saw had wheat germ as the second ingredient and soy bean meal as the fourth ingredient (White fish meal, wheat germ meal, krill meal, Soya bean mill, Alfalfa meal, yeast, garlic, ox bile powder, chitin (Chitosan), vitamins, etc). I had previously read that it's best to use feed where fish / shrimp / protein comprise the first 3-4 ingredients. See, this is exactly the kind of thing that confuses me. :-/ |
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"Jerrispond" wrote: I m feeding Mazuri Koi pellets by Purina mainly because of the price roughly $20 for 20 lbs I have been feeding that for years, and have very large healthy koi Jerri: Where do you get Mazuri Koi pellets for that price? Better yet, where can I? Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== |
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MLF wrote: "Jerrispond" wrote: I m feeding Mazuri Koi pellets by Purina mainly because of the price roughly $20 for 20 lbs I have been feeding that for years, and have very large healthy koi Jerri: Where do you get Mazuri Koi pellets for that price? Better yet, where can I? Michael Fermanis New Orleans, Louisiana USA (Remove the RICE to reply) ================================================== =========== -- check with farm stores or any feed dealer who handles purina and see if the y will order you a bag if I remember right their website is www.mazuri.com John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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I use a product called "Satori" $5-7/lb. medium pellets (for fish over 4" in
length) Fish meal, ground wheat, shrimp meal, dehulled soybean meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal,wheat germ meal...... 38% protein They have a "Color Enhancing formula and a "Growth formula. I use both and give them a little of each. Bob Kiely wrote in message ... I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag. these are larger pellets. what I have found in the inside tanks is the higher the quality and less "fillers" the less I need to feed and the filter stays cleaner much longer. Ingrid zookeeper wrote: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? |
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zookeeper,
It appears that Ingrid is not practicing what she has been preaching all these years, but that is par for the her course. Most any food that you buy for your fish is going to be good. A lot of the "Japanese Brands" are expensive, but that is due to importation and shipping costs. There is nothing wrong with the Purina foods and as has already been stated they have been used by members of this list and the fish are doing great. Cotton pick there have been people on this list that have fed their fish Cat Food and swear by it, so the choice is up to you. Virtually any food that you purchase for KOI will probably be good and nutritious for your fish. It all depends on how much or how little money you want to spend to do this portion of your KOI care. As Jerrispond states in the message following yours the amount mentioned is more than is spent on their family, but that is that person. You can always by small portions of different foods and try them out on your fish anyway. There may be some that the fish will not eat and others that they eat like vultures. So buy a few a try them out before you make a commitment to a large quantity to save money buying in bulk. HTH Tom L.L. ------------------------- "zookeeper" wrote in message ... wrote: I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag ... I looked at Ogata, but the list of ingredients I saw had wheat germ as the second ingredient and soy bean meal as the fourth ingredient (White fish meal, wheat germ meal, krill meal, Soya bean mill, Alfalfa meal, yeast, garlic, ox bile powder, chitin (Chitosan), vitamins, etc). I had previously read that it's best to use feed where fish / shrimp / protein comprise the first 3-4 ingredients. See, this is exactly the kind of thing that confuses me. :-/ -- zookeeper |
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One fine day: zookeeper picked up the keyboard and pecked out:
:: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are :: blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, :: aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can :: just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 :: ingredients and/or protein percentage. ====================== I just posted above about Catfish food from Tractor Supply at $10.99 for a 50 lb bag. Whatever is left over in the fall I feed to the dogs, and get a fresh bag in the spring. My Koi and Goldfish are thriving. :-) No need to spend mega-bucks to feed them. -- Carol....... "War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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One fine day: Tom La Bron picked up the keyboard and pecked out:
:: Zookeeper, :: :: Before they came out with Sho-Gold (Sho-Gold is for Goldfish) I used :: Sho-KOI, which is an extremely good food. Fish seem to relish it :: and it is a good growth food also when feed in proper portions. ======================= These foods get expensive for people with a lot of large koi and goldfish to feed Tom. My fish are now going through almost 2 lbs a week. -- Carol....... "War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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In article ,
"Tom La Bron" wrote: zookeeper, It appears that Ingrid is not practicing what she has been preaching all these years, but that is par for the her course. Most any food that you buy for your fish is going to be good. A lot of the "Japanese Brands" are expensive, but that is due to importation and shipping costs. There is nothing wrong with the Purina foods The Vet I work with prefers them because in 'lean' times he doesn't think they will skimp on ingredients. jay Thu, Jun 12, 2003 and as has already been stated they have been used by members of this list and the fish are doing great. Cotton pick there have been people on this list that have fed their fish Cat Food and swear by it, so the choice is up to you. Virtually any food that you purchase for KOI will probably be good and nutritious for your fish. It all depends on how much or how little money you want to spend to do this portion of your KOI care. As Jerrispond states in the message following yours the amount mentioned is more than is spent on their family, but that is that person. You can always by small portions of different foods and try them out on your fish anyway. There may be some that the fish will not eat and others that they eat like vultures. So buy a few a try them out before you make a commitment to a large quantity to save money buying in bulk. HTH Tom L.L. ------------------------- "zookeeper" wrote in message ... wrote: I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag ... I looked at Ogata, but the list of ingredients I saw had wheat germ as the second ingredient and soy bean meal as the fourth ingredient (White fish meal, wheat germ meal, krill meal, Soya bean mill, Alfalfa meal, yeast, garlic, ox bile powder, chitin (Chitosan), vitamins, etc). I had previously read that it's best to use feed where fish / shrimp / protein comprise the first 3-4 ingredients. See, this is exactly the kind of thing that confuses me. :-/ -- zookeeper -- Legend insists that as he finished his abject... Galileo muttered under his breath: "Nevertheless, it does move." |
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I m feeding Mazuri Koi pellets by Purina
mainly because of the price roughly $20 for 20 lbsWhere do you get Mazuri Koi pellets for that price? Better yet, where can I? Feed stores carry it. If they don't have it they can get it. Mazuri also has a website, but I don't remember the address. Unless it is an emergency I believe dog food for dogs, koi food for koi Some people on this ng don't like mazuri because of the corn in it....but that is an ongoing debate like gravel in the bottom of a pond :o) Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond |
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I'm aSho-gold & Sho-koi person, though I do add some variety. With only 14
koi and probably the need to reduce the herd more, I can afford this stuff via plant sales. ~ jan On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:38:26 -0500, "Tom La Bron" wrote: Zookeeper, Before they came out with Sho-Gold (Sho-Gold is for Goldfish) I used Sho-KOI, which is an extremely good food. Fish seem to relish it and it is a good growth food also when feed in proper portions. Tom L.L. ------------------------- "zookeeper" wrote in message ... Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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I buy the stuff on the shelf at petsmart. I think it is sho-koi. But I also add the morning's collection of earwigs and snails and worms. And about four to six bunches of watercress a week (at $2 a bunch!). k30a |
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Carol,
I know, that is why I have been buying it from the guy who makes for the last 4 years. I certainly don't buy it by the pound, which usually runs about $14 a pound including postage and handling; I purchase it in bulk and it works out to about $4 a pound including postage and handling, although since I am buying Sho-Gold, it does come in a Sho-Koi bag because I am the only one that buys Sho-Gold that way. Then again I do feed other feeds. Personally, I happen to think it is one of the best foods around and I have had very good luck with it. Tom L.L. "~ Windsong ~" wrote in message ... One fine day: Tom La Bron picked up the keyboard and pecked out: :: Zookeeper, :: :: Before they came out with Sho-Gold (Sho-Gold is for Goldfish) I used :: Sho-KOI, which is an extremely good food. Fish seem to relish it :: and it is a good growth food also when feed in proper portions. ======================= These foods get expensive for people with a lot of large koi and goldfish to feed Tom. My fish are now going through almost 2 lbs a week. -- Carol....... "War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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Carol,
Most of the Catfish feeds are very good, but the only reason I don't feed it is that it is a floating food and I like to feed my fish only sinking foods. Tom L.L. "~ Windsong ~" wrote in message .. . One fine day: zookeeper picked up the keyboard and pecked out: :: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are :: blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, :: aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can :: just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 :: ingredients and/or protein percentage. ====================== I just posted above about Catfish food from Tractor Supply at $10.99 for a 50 lb bag. Whatever is left over in the fall I feed to the dogs, and get a fresh bag in the spring. My Koi and Goldfish are thriving. :-) No need to spend mega-bucks to feed them. -- Carol....... "War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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I only use around 5 lbs for the year up here. I saw how little Jo Ann and Steve were
feeding their monsters only once a day and realized that I had probably been overfeeding mine. Since they dont have much of a stomach it is all in and out in 5-6 hours, so if I feed them too much it is just fouling the water. The problem with non-fish food is the balance of individual amino acids and fats are not optimal for fish. The problem with cheaper food is all those carbohydrates are not digested and foul the water and filter. I have something like 25 koi I guess they are worth about a buck a piece to feed for the year. The other thing I like about getting better quality from someone buys it fresh and keeps it frozen before shipping. I remember my first batch of koi, got a 22 lb back of trout food sitting in a feed store and it was rancid. I didnt know any better and fed that to them anyway. Food been sitting around in hot warehouses or whatever isnt going to have the necessary vitamins anymore. Ingrid (Jerrispond) wrote: 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag ... That costs more than the food I feed my family.....No can do!!! Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond |
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It can be amazing how much edible stuff falls or flies into a pond. Noticed
this with the lily pond, with just tadpoles, how many drown bug bodies I find on the surface that I'd never see in the koi ponds because they are eaten. ~ jan On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:57:07 GMT, wrote: I only use around 5 lbs for the year up here. I saw how little Jo Ann and Steve were feeding their monsters only once a day and realized that I had probably been overfeeding mine. Since they dont have much of a stomach it is all in and out in 5-6 hours, so if I feed them too much it is just fouling the water. The problem with non-fish food is the balance of individual amino acids and fats are not optimal for fish. The problem with cheaper food is all those carbohydrates are not digested and foul the water and filter. I have something like 25 koi I guess they are worth about a buck a piece to feed for the year. The other thing I like about getting better quality from someone buys it fresh and keeps it frozen before shipping. I remember my first batch of koi, got a 22 lb back of trout food sitting in a feed store and it was rancid. I didnt know any better and fed that to them anyway. Food been sitting around in hot warehouses or whatever isnt going to have the necessary vitamins anymore. Ingrid (Jerrispond) wrote: 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag ... That costs more than the food I feed my family.....No can do!!! Jerri http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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I been thinking seriously about one of those bug whackers that aquatic ecosystem
has... hang it over the pond and it is an automatic koi feeder.. LOL. Ingrid ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: It can be amazing how much edible stuff falls or flies into a pond. Noticed this with the lily pond, with just tadpoles, how many drown bug bodies I find on the surface that I'd never see in the koi ponds because they are eaten. ~ jan |
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
It can be amazing how much edible stuff falls or flies into a pond. Noticed this with the lily pond, with just tadpoles, how many drown bug bodies I find on the surface that I'd never see in the koi ponds because they are eaten. ~ jan While waiting to read through and "digest" all of the answers to my original question, I was holding off on buying koi food. Luckily (for the koi that is), our swimming pool liner has several holes so I have not yet cleaned the pool for the teens. It is teeming with mosquito larvae (even with using the Dunks!!), dragonfly and diving beetle larvae, and lots of midge worms. I've been scooping those out for several days and feeding them to the koi. I fed about 1/2 to 1 cup at a time, and within an hour or so, there are no visible signs left of the larvae in the koi pond -- hungry critters! And lots of fun watching the koi zig-zagging across the pond after the bugs. If I can find out why my mosquito dunks are not working, I might keep a small pool of green water just to supplement the regular diet I feed the koi. My order of Miracle Koi Food has arrived, the koi love it; will let everyone know how it works out. -- zookeeper |
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zookeeper wrote
If I can find out why my mosquito dunks are not working, I've never checked but is there an expiration date on the container. Maybe they are past the date? k30a |
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K30a wrote:
zookeeper wrote If I can find out why my mosquito dunks are not working, I've never checked but is there an expiration date on the container. Maybe they are past the date? That's what I was wondering, but couldn't find anything about an expiration date. Everything I had read seemed to suggest that the Bt is dormant until added to water (apparently you can place dry dunks or dunk bits in dry areas that might flood later). I mistakenly thought mosquito dunks caused the larvae to die on contact, and was curious about why I was seeing so many live larvae in the "koi food" breeding pool. So I checked a few sources on line last night and discovered that the larvae don't die immediately, but that the Bt in the dunks causes them to die slowly but before they become adult mosquitos. So looks like I'm not contributing to the possibility of West Nile virus spreading rampantly through Oregon. :-) -- Kathy B, zookeeper |
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 03:57:42 GMT, wrote:
I been thinking seriously about one of those bug whackers that aquatic ecosystem has... hang it over the pond and it is an automatic koi feeder.. LOL. Ingrid Supposedly these knock out more beneficials than bad bugs, but I doubt the koi care... the question is, do they like their bugs well done? ;o) ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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We use catfish food.
They are apparently doing fine after 5 years. Eating their full at $11 per 51 lb bag. Jim -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "bobkiely" wrote in message news:XP8Ga.66216$%42.18343@fed1read06... I use a product called "Satori" $5-7/lb. medium pellets (for fish over 4" in length) Fish meal, ground wheat, shrimp meal, dehulled soybean meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal,wheat germ meal...... 38% protein They have a "Color Enhancing formula and a "Growth formula. I use both and give them a little of each. Bob Kiely wrote in message ... I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag. these are larger pellets. what I have found in the inside tanks is the higher the quality and less "fillers" the less I need to feed and the filter stays cleaner much longer. Ingrid zookeeper wrote: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? |
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We use catfish food.
They are apparently doing fine after 5 years. Eating their full at $11 per 51 lb bag. Jim -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "bobkiely" wrote in message news:XP8Ga.66216$%42.18343@fed1read06... I use a product called "Satori" $5-7/lb. medium pellets (for fish over 4" in length) Fish meal, ground wheat, shrimp meal, dehulled soybean meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal,wheat germ meal...... 38% protein They have a "Color Enhancing formula and a "Growth formula. I use both and give them a little of each. Bob Kiely wrote in message ... I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag. these are larger pellets. what I have found in the inside tanks is the higher the quality and less "fillers" the less I need to feed and the filter stays cleaner much longer. Ingrid zookeeper wrote: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? |
Koi Food Survey
We use catfish food.
They are apparently doing fine after 5 years. Eating their full at $11 per 51 lb bag. Jim -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "bobkiely" wrote in message news:XP8Ga.66216$%42.18343@fed1read06... I use a product called "Satori" $5-7/lb. medium pellets (for fish over 4" in length) Fish meal, ground wheat, shrimp meal, dehulled soybean meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal,wheat germ meal...... 38% protein They have a "Color Enhancing formula and a "Growth formula. I use both and give them a little of each. Bob Kiely wrote in message ... I get Ogata from Jo Ann. 1-251-649-4790 white fish meal, krill, spirulina, wheat germ soy bean alfalfa, yeast garlic vitamins 38% protein 5.50 per lb, 110 bucks for 33 pound bag. these are larger pellets. what I have found in the inside tanks is the higher the quality and less "fillers" the less I need to feed and the filter stays cleaner much longer. Ingrid zookeeper wrote: Okay, I've googled rec.ponds and related web sites until my eyes are blurry!!! Trying to find a concensus on what to feed our pond pigs, aka koi. So I thought I'd try a newsgroup survey. If everyone can just indicate the brand of food they feed, and maybe the first 3 or 4 ingredients and/or protein percentage. I've fed mostly Wardley's koi food for six years, but the recipe seems to have changed, and the price has skyrocketed. I'm now looking at Miracle Koi Food because the first four ingredients are fish based. Any one else using Miracle Koi Food (by Clearwater)? |
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