What to serve your Koi

There are many factors to consider when feeding your Koi:

• Filter Size
• Size of the pond
• The type of filter and the amount of time that can be cleared

• How many koi in your pond do you have?
• What time of year is it

Most people usually feed their Koi 2-5 times a day. If you feed them 2-3 times a day, they will grow slower or even stay about the same size. If you feed your Koi 3-5 times a day, they will grow quickly and reach their maximum size before.

You need to see how much you feed your Koi; you do not want to overload your biological filter. If this happens, most likely your pond will have an ammonia pin that can damage or kill your Koi. Excessive nutrition of your Koi can harm your Koi. They may be obese, and then suffer from health problems.

The more you feed your Koi, the more waste they will allocate. You will need some way to remove the waste, or it will grow at the bottom of your pond. A good way to remove fish wastes is to install lower drains and feed them into the filter. You will also need time to clean the filters, otherwise they will grow waste, and water will pass through your filter material.

If you have a lot of Koi, you will need a large pond and a large filter if you plan to feed and grow a lot. Most Koi usually grow up to several feet in length, but if you have a Koi with a good pedigree, it can grow to 3 feet in length. Daylight saving time is the period of development of Koi. In a natural environment, Koi will eat as much as it can during the summer to store fat to live in winter, when food is in short supply. You must feed your Koi food high in protein throughout the summer to increase their growth rate.

Koi can also be fed. Koi love watermelons, lemons, grapefruits, oranges, bread, earthworms, larvae and many other useful fruits and vegetables. If you feed them treats once in a while, be sure to cut them into small pieces so that your Koi can easily eat them. Fruits, such as oranges and grapefruits, can be reduced by half and thrown into the water.

In the autumn, when the temperature of your pond falls below 60 degrees Fahrenheit, you must start feeding your own food that is high in wheat germs to help clear their digestive system. When the water temperature begins to drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, you should stop feeding them altogether. When the water temperature becomes so cold, the Koi digestive system stops, and any food left in them begins to rot their digestive tract.

In winter, Koi does not eat at all. Their metabolism slows down to crawl, so they only need fat to live in the colder months. In the spring, your Koi metabolism will begin, so it's good to feed them with easily digestible food, which is high in wheat germs. You can start feeding them as soon as the water temperature in your pond is constantly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. A good way to tell when to start feeding your Koi is to look at the sides of the pond to see if they feed on the algae that grow on it. Start by feeding them once a day, and then gradually increase the amount that you will be fed during the summer. When the water temperature constant increases by about 60 degrees Fahrenheit, you can start feeding your food with a high protein content of Koi.

A good meal of Koi will have full proteins. Good food, Koi also stabilizes vitamin C. Stabilized vitamin C lasts several months before it breaks down, and normal vitamin C has a maximum shelf life of 90 days.

It is not recommended to feed Koi with cheap zooms, they usually consist of poor proteins and fatten your Koi and do not grow them. Inexpensive chow-chow-chow also tends to the fact that the colours of Koi also disappear.

Good fruit for feeding Koi

Koi eat fruit

Koi are omnivorous, so they can eat a variety of things, including fruits. Fruit is a good thing to feed Koi, because it provides a fresh source of vitamins and minerals. It's also interesting to watch how your Koi digs around the fruit and tries to eat it. Be sure to wash the fruit very well before putting it in the pond, the skin can be pesticides or chemicals. Here are the three best fetuses for feeding your Koi:

oranges

Oranges are an excellent source of vitamin C. Oranges can be cut in half or quartered, and then put directly into a pond. Koi will swim after the orange, like a group, so that everyone can get a piece of cellulose. Who will eat everything but the skin, it must be later removed from the pond.

lemons

Lemons are also a good source of vitamin C. They can be cut in half or quartered, and then put directly into the pond. Who will eat everything but the skin, it must be later removed from the pond.

Watermelon

Watermelon is a good fruit to feed Koi. It needs to be cut 2 - 3 inches so that it can be easily eaten. Try to remove most, if not all, seeds, because they are not very easy to digest, and they will be difficult to clean from your pond.

Feeding your fresh fruit Koi is very good for them. Vitamins and minerals in ready-made food Koi tend to break down after a couple of months. Feeding your fresh Koi fruit is an excellent guarantee that they get all their nutrients.

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