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fish are hungry and I feel guilty
Hello. The temperature of my 350 gallon pond has been over 50 degrees for about
10 days now. I just installed a new pump and filter with UV. The water is clearing up well. Now, all seven fish survived and they really seem hungry. They all grew over the winter. Two questions to those that know please. 1) Does the UV destroy any significant amount of naturally occuring food that the fish have come to depend on?, and 2) The fish have never been so bold as they have been lately. They do not scatter to the hidden corners when I approach the pond. Do you think they are starving and are willing to hang around in open water hoping to get some food? I am afraid they may mistake a heron for me. I have been giving about a teaspoon of fish grub each day since they get so excited. In all I'm talking 38" spread across seven fish, one goldfish (5", four years old) and six koi. Thank you, Bill Mukilteo, WA |
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fish are hungry and I feel guilty
Bill, Yep .. sounds like you have some very hungry fish.
A teaspoon of food isn't enough for even one Koi ;-) I would put some sort of protection on the bottom of the pond for the fish to escape to. Lengths of 4" inch PVC about 5 or six inches long serve my fish well. Also, sounds like your pond is seriously overcrowded with fish. Have you thought of giving some away? We, here on this newsgroup, recommend that koi need 1,000 gallons of water to begin with - then 100 gallons for each additional koi. Good Luck with your pond and fish! Nedra in Missouri http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "Wilmoe" wrote in message ... Hello. The temperature of my 350 gallon pond has been over 50 degrees for about 10 days now. I just installed a new pump and filter with UV. The water is clearing up well. Now, all seven fish survived and they really seem hungry. They all grew over the winter. Two questions to those that know please. 1) Does the UV destroy any significant amount of naturally occuring food that the fish have come to depend on?, and 2) The fish have never been so bold as they have been lately. They do not scatter to the hidden corners when I approach the pond. Do you think they are starving and are willing to hang around in open water hoping to get some food? I am afraid they may mistake a heron for me. I have been giving about a teaspoon of fish grub each day since they get so excited. In all I'm talking 38" spread across seven fish, one goldfish (5", four years old) and six koi. Thank you, Bill Mukilteo, WA |
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