fish are hungry and I feel guilty

[Wilmoe]

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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if the temp been up that long then feed em.. but feed em lightly and check water
quality. most critters live in the sweater algae. Ingrid

(Wilmoe) wrote:

>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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if the temp been up that long then feed em.. but feed em lightly and check water
quality. most critters live in the sweater algae. Ingrid

(Wilmoe) wrote:

>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



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

[Nedra]

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

[Nedra]

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