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"Roy" wrote in message ... Been experimenting on various brands and types of feed, with my GF & Koi as I am going broke paying their food bill. Now that they are up to a decent size I was considering buying catfish food. ABout $10.00 a 50# bag as compared to 13.00 for a 1 1/4 lb bag of Tetra Pond sticks and such. Cheapest regular Loi food I found so far is Kaybee Koi Food.....which is not all that expensive but its still a 10# bag for about $16.00 Anyone else feed Koi and GF catfish food? =========================== Yes! And they're thriving and breeding like rabbits. I've been using catfish food from "Tractor Supply" for 3 years now. But as a treat they also get cheap canned peas, duckweed occasionally, earthworms when I find them and dog and cat food. These other treats are given only about once a week. I see no need to pay the RIP-OFF prices they charge for Koi and goldfish foods these days. Can't help you with the other questions.... -- Carol.... ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same." http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Roy" wrote in message ... Been experimenting on various brands and types of feed, with my GF & Koi as I am going broke paying their food bill. Now that they are up to a decent size I was considering buying catfish food. ABout $10.00 a 50# bag as compared to 13.00 for a 1 1/4 lb bag of Tetra Pond sticks and such. Cheapest regular Loi food I found so far is Kaybee Koi Food.....which is not all that expensive but its still a 10# bag for about $16.00 Anyone else feed Koi and GF catfish food? =========================== Yes! And they're thriving and breeding like rabbits. I've been using catfish food from "Tractor Supply" for 3 years now. But as a treat they also get cheap canned peas, duckweed occasionally, earthworms when I find them and dog and cat food. These other treats are given only about once a week. I see no need to pay the RIP-OFF prices they charge for Koi and goldfish foods these days. Can't help you with the other questions.... -- Carol.... ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same." http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Roy" wrote in message ... Which bringsup another item. I was initially given this fish net, and would like to construct a newer slightly larger enclosure beyond the one I have now, and then remove my old enclosure, so does anyone have a source fo 1/2" sq fish netting at a good price? ----------------------------------- If you're talking about netting to protect your fish - not catch them - try Ace Hardware. Best prices and several sizes. That's what we use to cover our ponds. We get the 1/2" black bird netting. Keeps everything out. -- Carol.... "Does killing time damage eternity?" ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same." http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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I have been feeding cat food for years. I grind it in a coffee grinder for
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On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:07:17 -0500, "~ Windsong ~"
wrote: === ==="Roy" wrote in message et... === Which bringsup another item. I was initially given this fish net, and === would like to construct a newer slightly larger enclosure beyond the === one I have now, and then remove my old enclosure, so does anyone have === a source fo 1/2" sq fish netting at a good price? ===----------------------------------- ===If you're talking about netting to protect your fish - not catch them - try ===Ace Hardware. Best prices and several sizes. That's what we use to cover ===our ponds. We get the 1/2" black bird netting. Keeps everything out. I was referring to the netting to make sides of an encloosure, not keep birds etc out of the pond. I don;t have a bird predator problem or much of anythng else that my dogs do not take care of or the fake gators in the pond scare away. I ordered some diamond mesh netting today from Memphis Net & Twine. American made, UV resistant, and heavy duty, with 1/2" mesh size.. Looked at over 2 dozen sites with this stuff and Memphis Net was cheapest by far. Today I finished up making my framework and digging it in the pond bottom, now all I need is the netting (hopefully Friday) and I can finish it. Overall size is 16 x 24 feet x 5 feet with approx 10" out of the water (at high water level) to aid in keeping the fish in / out when they jump. Main frame is 1 1/2" sch 40 PVC with ther support posts 1 1/4" Sch 40 PVC. Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:07:17 -0500, "~ Windsong ~"
wrote: === ==="Roy" wrote in message et... === Which bringsup another item. I was initially given this fish net, and === would like to construct a newer slightly larger enclosure beyond the === one I have now, and then remove my old enclosure, so does anyone have === a source fo 1/2" sq fish netting at a good price? ===----------------------------------- ===If you're talking about netting to protect your fish - not catch them - try ===Ace Hardware. Best prices and several sizes. That's what we use to cover ===our ponds. We get the 1/2" black bird netting. Keeps everything out. I was referring to the netting to make sides of an encloosure, not keep birds etc out of the pond. I don;t have a bird predator problem or much of anythng else that my dogs do not take care of or the fake gators in the pond scare away. I ordered some diamond mesh netting today from Memphis Net & Twine. American made, UV resistant, and heavy duty, with 1/2" mesh size.. Looked at over 2 dozen sites with this stuff and Memphis Net was cheapest by far. Today I finished up making my framework and digging it in the pond bottom, now all I need is the netting (hopefully Friday) and I can finish it. Overall size is 16 x 24 feet x 5 feet with approx 10" out of the water (at high water level) to aid in keeping the fish in / out when they jump. Main frame is 1 1/2" sch 40 PVC with ther support posts 1 1/4" Sch 40 PVC. Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Opinions expressed are those of my wife, I had no input whatsoever. Remove "nospam" from email addy. |
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I've been using Ultra Balance for several years now and love it ( so do the
fish ). Reasonably priced, high quality, and comes in 5, 20 or 50 lb bags. Look he http://www.koifood.com/index2.htm Paul |
KOI feed
I've been using Ultra Balance for several years now and love it ( so do the
fish ). Reasonably priced, high quality, and comes in 5, 20 or 50 lb bags. Look he http://www.koifood.com/index2.htm Paul |
KOI feed
"Pat Keith" wrote in message ... Netting is fairly easy to create from some string. ===================== If your pond is only 12" by 12" :-) -- Carol.... "Why is the 3rd hand on a watch called a second hand?" ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same." http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message ... We are in the catfish food group. It is now 6 years that they have had only catfish food. Koi and goldfish are thriving. Wallet too. ============================= I see no reason to justify the outrageous rip-off prices charged for koi feeds. You would think they added gold-dust to the feed. The cheapest decent quality koi food in my area is $15.00 for a 3 lb. bag of Ichaban. It's one of the products I used BEFORE I switched to catfish food. With the number of koi I now have I would have gone broke feeding them food that expensive as a basic diet. I saw how great other people's koi and goldfish were doing on it, and switched. I still do buy the "small" size Ichaban for the small goldfish and koi. One 3 lb. bag lasts 2 years for these little guys. -- Carol.... "Why is the 3rd hand on a watch called a second hand?" ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same." http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Pat Keith" wrote in message ... I have been feeding cat food for years. I grind it in a coffee grinder for small fish. ===================== They really like puppy food too. :-) My koi and some of the older goldfish gobble up the small "kibbles" without the need to grind them. -- Carol.... "A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Let's do it again." ~~~~~~{@ "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same." http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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