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Koi Farming Tips on Feeding, a must for newbies!

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After pre-planning, design, selection of the right fish pond filtration system, construction, installationcommissioning until the filtration equipment is functioning properly.A private garden koi pond is almost complete.

The previous article shared with you in detail the precautions to be taken when entering a new fish pond, and then we really enter the fish raising process, how to feed, raise water, and koi fish disease control is the key to fish raising!


                            

       How do you feed koi?  

Beginners are often eager to eat beautiful "competition fish", or do not know how much to feed, not regular, quantitative random feeding, and the pursuit of high-quality fish food.

Koi eat a lot and pull a lot, some eat a lot and pull a lot, fish disease comes. Everything has to have a "degree", more than this "degree", the result will be the opposite. In addition, if you feed more, the toxic substances or pathogenic bacteria in the koi pond will rise sharply. If your filtration system is not on-line or not perfect, enteritis, congestion, rotting tails, scale and other diseases will come.

1. Food

Koi are omnivorous fish, choosing synthetic pellets, plant fragments, red worms, earthworms, breadworms, silkworm pupae, rice, bread and fruits are all fine, but special attention should be paid to the feeding of animal feeds, if they are not treated cleanly koi devour them, they will be used by parasites as hosts and survive, and then reproduce, which will cause great harm to the koi.

Carp bait is also very important, good bait will not break down the size of the carp. The most important secret to fattening up the Koi is to give different amounts of bait depending on the temperature of the water. If you still want to give a lot of bait, increase the circulation in the koi pond filtration system.

When the water temperature exceeds 28 degrees, you should cast bait equal to 3% of the entire weight of the koi. When the water temperature is 25 degrees Celsius, 1.5%, when the water temperature is 20 degrees Celsius, 0.3%, and below 16 degrees Celsius, stop baiting, which is the key to strong growth of koi. Continuous baiting of carp can cause internal disorders, which can affect the growth of carp and even lead to distortion of the body shape.

A ratio of 60% plant feed and 40% animal bait is generally appropriate.

2、Feeding

Eating once or twice a day and within 5 to 10 minutes is preferred.

Feed less on rainy days and not at night.

We know that the digestive system of fish needs to consume more oxygen when working. Rainy days and low air pressure at night cause the dissolved oxygen in the water to drop, if you feed your fish at this time, it is likely that the fish will die due to insufficient dissolved oxygen in the water. Old fish friends know that most of the dead fish occur in the evening, and this is the reason.

Usually, the color of the fish feces can be used to identify the hunger and fullness of the koi and their digestion and absorption: fish feces that are green, brown or black indicate that the fish are feeding properly and absorbing well. If the fish feces is white, it indicates that the fish is overfed and the feeding amount should be adjusted in time.

(1) Baiting points:
In spring and fall, the water temperature is around 15-25 degrees Celsius, which is the season of the year when koi have a strong appetite. At this time, the baiting volume is larger, to try to let the fish eat as much as possible, such as a baiting, koi still have bait-seeking activities, you can make a second bait.
In the summer season, the water temperature is about 25-30 degrees, sometimes the water temperature will be more than 30 degrees, the koi's appetite is weakened, the number of baits should be reduced, to keep the koi 7-8% full can be, the baiting time should be advanced to the early 7-8 o'clock in the morning, and strive to rise in the water temperature before the koi will bait to eat up.

In winter, the water temperature is mostly below 7 degrees, the koi's foraging activity is less, the number of bait is less, the baiting time is mostly chosen at noon when the light is stronger, and the baiting can also be stopped when the water temperature is 1-2 degrees.

(2) Baiting principles:

Family ornamental fish feeding, can be fed once a day, the amount of bait for about 7-8% full can be. Productive ornamental fish feeding, spring and fall seasons, the water temperature is suitable, to maintain adequate baiting.

During the breeding season, baiting is reduced by 1/2-1/3 from normal baiting.

In short, the feeding of koi follows the principle of "four fixed": regular, fixed quality, fixed quantity, fixed point feeding, less food and more meals, in order to reduce the production of carbon dioxide and harmful substances, and to ensure the normal operation of the fish pond filtration system.

3, the food must be clean

Feeding unclean fish food can easily lead to fish diseases. Although fish like live food, the growth of fish fed live food is also faster. However, live food grows in a polluted water environment and is easily contaminated with germs, so it is important to be careful when feeding live food. 

It is recommended to buy branded frozen fresh food produced by specialized companies and supplement it with beans and vegetables to balance the nutrition. Breadworms are also a favorite live food for koi fish with high nutritional value and can also be fed appropriately.

4. Keep the water clean

Koi eat a lot, consume a lot of oxygen and excrete waste which leads to serious contamination of the pond water and breeding of germs. In order to keep the water consistently clean, a suitable Koi pond filtration system should be selected, which can be fitted with an integrated pond filter, chosen according to individual needs and budgets, with special attention paid to a sterilization system that focuses on filtration.

Choose professional filtration equipment made by big brand factories to allow circulation and filtration,Biochemical cultivation of bacteria,Oxygenation, sterilization, backwashing, sewage at the same time, a machine to solve water quality problems, easy to raise fish happy viewing.

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