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Best type of food(Floating Catfish Food)
I am looking to where I can get me cheep fish food. I am sure that
since my gold fish are outside and get bugs that fall in the pond that catfish food wouldn't be a problem. It isn't like I have some of those expensive KOI. Keith |
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Crashj wrote:
On or about 27 Oct 2004 16:17:22 -0700, wrote something like: I am looking to where I can get me cheep fish food. I am sure that since my gold fish are outside and get bugs that fall in the pond that catfish food wouldn't be a problem. It isn't like I have some of those expensive KOI. Well it seems like your problem is solved. Let them eat bugs. Yep. I never fed my goldfish at all. I only started feeding when I got koi. BTW, I wouldn't waste that nice gmail addy on usenet. It is spamproof only as long as it is not in general circulation. Too late now :-) -- derek |
I don't have much choice in using my gmail account. I don't have a
usenet access via my ISP. I guess I will let the fish fend for themselves. Maybe they will eat more of that nasty string algae. |
Here in Mississippi, most feed stores have catfish food. Cost is $11 per
50# bag. Works for professional catfish farmers and for the dept of fish and game. Works for our koi and goldfish pond. It will sure work for goldfish. Jim -- ____________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Ask me about Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $120+ per child) at: jogathon.net wrote in message ps.com... I am looking to where I can get me cheep fish food. I am sure that since my gold fish are outside and get bugs that fall in the pond that catfish food wouldn't be a problem. It isn't like I have some of those expensive KOI. Keith |
Jim and Phyllis Hurley wrote:
Here in Mississippi, most feed stores have catfish food. Cost is $11 per 50# bag. Works for professional catfish farmers and for the dept of fish and game. Works for our koi and goldfish pond. It will sure work for goldfish. Jim Hi Jim I go through about 250 pounds of catfish food per year in the big pond and sure is cheaper than the koi food. Have you had any problem with the high protein content of the catfish food with your fish? It seems to be between 8 and 10 percent higher than the koi food and is formulated for rapid growth so have held off feeding the koi it. Bob |
Jim and Phyllis Hurley wrote:
Here in Mississippi, most feed stores have catfish food. Cost is $11 per 50# bag. Works for professional catfish farmers and for the dept of fish and game. Works for our koi and goldfish pond. It will sure work for goldfish. Jim Hi Jim I go through about 250 pounds of catfish food per year in the big pond and sure is cheaper than the koi food. Have you had any problem with the high protein content of the catfish food with your fish? It seems to be between 8 and 10 percent higher than the koi food and is formulated for rapid growth so have held off feeding the koi it. Bob |
Hi Bob,
I am sure knnowledgable people will have lots to say about the foods. Here is my take after 6 years of catfish food. After all, the koi are in fact German carp selectively bred. They are pretty good at making do and surviving. People have made suggestions about the problems with commercial foods. They are indeed geared for growth. Yet, the MO wildlife folk use catfish food for their koi and say there is no problem or anticipated problems. When I asked more about the koi food on the ng, I was told it would cause fat on the liver and cut koi life by about 20%. That is not so bad as my koi are valued at $3.95 to $20 (when they were small). I save the cost of the fish every bag of food! Also, the fish live for up to 100 years. A cut of 20 years pulls them to an expected death at the time my sons die. I am not too worried. ____________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Ask me about Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $120+ per child) at: jogathon.net "Bob Koerber" wrote in message ... Jim and Phyllis Hurley wrote: Here in Mississippi, most feed stores have catfish food. Cost is $11 per 50# bag. Works for professional catfish farmers and for the dept of fish and game. Works for our koi and goldfish pond. It will sure work for goldfish. Jim Hi Jim I go through about 250 pounds of catfish food per year in the big pond and sure is cheaper than the koi food. Have you had any problem with the high protein content of the catfish food with your fish? It seems to be between 8 and 10 percent higher than the koi food and is formulated for rapid growth so have held off feeding the koi it. Bob |
Hi Bob,
I am sure knnowledgable people will have lots to say about the foods. Here is my take after 6 years of catfish food. After all, the koi are in fact German carp selectively bred. They are pretty good at making do and surviving. People have made suggestions about the problems with commercial foods. They are indeed geared for growth. Yet, the MO wildlife folk use catfish food for their koi and say there is no problem or anticipated problems. When I asked more about the koi food on the ng, I was told it would cause fat on the liver and cut koi life by about 20%. That is not so bad as my koi are valued at $3.95 to $20 (when they were small). I save the cost of the fish every bag of food! Also, the fish live for up to 100 years. A cut of 20 years pulls them to an expected death at the time my sons die. I am not too worried. ____________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Ask me about Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $120+ per child) at: jogathon.net "Bob Koerber" wrote in message ... Jim and Phyllis Hurley wrote: Here in Mississippi, most feed stores have catfish food. Cost is $11 per 50# bag. Works for professional catfish farmers and for the dept of fish and game. Works for our koi and goldfish pond. It will sure work for goldfish. Jim Hi Jim I go through about 250 pounds of catfish food per year in the big pond and sure is cheaper than the koi food. Have you had any problem with the high protein content of the catfish food with your fish? It seems to be between 8 and 10 percent higher than the koi food and is formulated for rapid growth so have held off feeding the koi it. Bob |
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oups.com... I don't have much choice in using my gmail account. I don't have a usenet access via my ISP. When I changed my home account to a new ISP, I also lost the usenet groups there. Then in another group, someone posted something about http://www.individual.net/ . It is run by a university in Berlin, Germany. They require a simple sign up process, but it is free. This has met my needs. It can be used from most news readers, like Outlook Express, Forte Agent/Free Agent, Opera, Netscape, etc. They don't have binary groups, which is fine for my needs. So far it has worked well for me, but I don't use it a whole lot. Jerry |
no.. it is the cheap food containing corn that is said to cause liver disease.
anybody seen "Supersize Me"? Ingrid When I asked more about the koi food on the ng, I was told it would cause fat on the liver and cut koi life by about 20%. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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