Ichabon - small and large

I picked up two 10 lb bags of Ichabon for the GF and koi. It was $74 for
the 20 lbs. I'm curious to see what difference this food makes. Of course
the fish love it, but they love the cheap stuff, kitty and puppy chow as
well.
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Koi-Lo wrote:
I picked up two 10 lb bags of Ichabon for the GF and koi. It was $74
for the 20 lbs. I'm curious to see what difference this food makes. Of
course the fish love it, but they love the cheap stuff, kitty and puppy
chow as well.

You feed your fish dogfood?

You should not give Fish food that you feed your husband.

Over the years there has been a lot of discussion of food. Lots of us
(including us) use catfish food. about $12 for 50#. The fish seem to do
well with it (9 years of growth.)

Jim

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Koi-Lo wrote:
I picked up two 10 lb bags of Ichabon for the GF and koi. It was $74
for the 20 lbs. I'm curious to see what difference this food makes. Of
course the fish love it, but they love the cheap stuff, kitty and puppy
chow as well.

You feed your fish dogfood?

You should not give Fish food that you feed your husband.

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
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Over the years there has been a lot of discussion of food. Lots of us
(including us) use catfish food. about $12 for 50#. The fish seem to do
well with it (9 years of growth.)
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I've also been using catfish, trout, puppy and kitty chow - mixed together.
This is the 1st time I bought such expensive food in years. I want to see
if it's true that you feed less and get less feces/mulm in the pond. So far
they're consuming about the same amount of the expensive food that they were
the cheap food. The filter-pads are clogging just as fast.....
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Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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I've also been using catfish, trout, puppy and kitty chow - mixed together.
This is the 1st time I bought such expensive food in years. I want to see
if it's true that you feed less and get less feces/mulm in the pond. So far
they're consuming about the same amount of the expensive food that they were
the cheap food. The filter-pads are clogging just as fast.....

You shouldn't be feeding as much, koi will eat themselves sick if allow.
Why there are the temperature vs time considerations. So if you were
feeding 1 cup/day cut it to half.

Ingrid, wouldn't you agree with this? ~ jan

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"~ janj" wrote in message
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I've also been using catfish, trout, puppy and kitty chow - mixed
together.
This is the 1st time I bought such expensive food in years. I want to see
if it's true that you feed less and get less feces/mulm in the pond. So
far
they're consuming about the same amount of the expensive food that they
were
the cheap food. The filter-pads are clogging just as fast.....

You shouldn't be feeding as much, koi will eat themselves sick if allow.

Jan, I did cut back a bit yesterday because the pads were clogging just as
fast. They're in good flesh. They came through the winter in fine
condition. They'll gain some weight in the fall as I feed them real well
the last few weeks before the water temp goes below 50. My fish aren't
obese as I don't overfeed them. I don't like the "stuffed sausage" show
type look I see in some of the magazines. I'll try and get some new pics of
them in the next few weeks.

Why there are the temperature vs time considerations. So if you were
feeding 1 cup/day cut it to half.

Ingrid, wouldn't you agree with this? ~ jan


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Let us know as you begin to get results.

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"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
.. .
Over the years there has been a lot of discussion of food. Lots of us
(including us) use catfish food. about $12 for 50#. The fish seem to
do
well with it (9 years of growth.)
=============================
I've also been using catfish, trout, puppy and kitty chow - mixed
together.
This is the 1st time I bought such expensive food in years. I want to see
if it's true that you feed less and get less feces/mulm in the pond. So
far
they're consuming about the same amount of the expensive food that they
were
the cheap food. The filter-pads are clogging just as fast.....
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o