I saw a 1948 book about keeping goldfish and it recommended feeding them with a mixture of porridge and minced fish meat. I tried that for experiment. Seems to work perfectly. The fish love it. It just requires a bit of extra work.
@@UkKoiFish As far as I understand that used to be the standard way of feeding them before commercial dried fish food became available in the second half of the 20th century.
Is there a good "General" rule of thumb for how a koi should grow? like 1 inch a month? what is considered good or acceptable and what is exceptional? I had some surprise koi fry I was unaware of and it grew almost 5-6 inches in 4-months and i never fed it! Once i put it in the main pond and was getting normal feedings its exploded now at 8-9 inches 7-months
That is some exceptional growth ! On average once they get to 1 year old they should be between 6-8 inches in length. This all depends on how much and what they are fed and the temperature of then water
@@UkKoiFish Amazing! I know who the father is & he grew about the same...outgrew all of the other fish at same size same time...this one fish is twice the size of the other fry & looking amazing! i am quite happy at my growth this year.
@@UkKoiFish Thats okay brother maybe you get it to pixabay I have an account there and uploaded some koi fish photos you have nice informative koi videos too he he thanks for the compliments
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I saw a 1948 book about keeping goldfish and it recommended feeding them with a mixture of porridge and minced fish meat. I tried that for experiment. Seems to work perfectly. The fish love it. It just requires a bit of extra work.
That’s very interesting thanks
@@UkKoiFish As far as I understand that used to be the standard way of feeding them before commercial dried fish food became available in the second half of the 20th century.
meat usually contains alot of parasites, organic porridge helps keep their cholesterol low
@@MIKEZGAMER-g8b frozen sea fish meat probably not. They live in a different environment.
Great setup mate , i only raise a small amount of hi utsuri from fry to tosai half in my lounge aquarium and in my outdoor pond in a polly tunnel
I also use a polly tunnel much cheaper way of keeping the pond warmer
I will give a try to food for my koi’s
Thank you for the info 👍
some good information there buddy well presented also all the best martyn 👍
Harvey, nice work man! Where did you get those 7ftx4ft plastic pots/ponds? Thanks mate!
My local garden centre
Nice one Harvey, Respect
Some really nice Koi there keep up the good work.
Thank you
@@UkKoiFish Your welcome.
Good video , pond looks good , look forward to more
Thanks
wonderful🙂
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Wow nice idol
Great vid keep up the great wrk
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Just a question , i noticed in your filter you blocked up the top of the outlet pipes , these are for overflow , is there a reason ?
Yes it stops small filter media from entering the tank
good video dropped you a sub
Thanks for the video. What is the Watt of the UV light that you are using?
Is there a good "General" rule of thumb for how a koi should grow? like 1 inch a month? what is considered good or acceptable and what is exceptional? I had some surprise koi fry I was unaware of and it grew almost 5-6 inches in 4-months and i never fed it! Once i put it in the main pond and was getting normal feedings its exploded now at 8-9 inches 7-months
That is some exceptional growth ! On average once they get to 1 year old they should be between 6-8 inches in length. This all depends on how much and what they are fed and the temperature of then water
@@UkKoiFish Amazing! I know who the father is & he grew about the same...outgrew all of the other fish at same size same time...this one fish is twice the size of the other fry & looking amazing! i am quite happy at my growth this year.
@@sirtubemaster that’s great I hope it all goes well 👍
What’s the best thing to feed your koi fish? I have koi sticks that are made by tetra. My koi are about 3-4 inch so they’re small
For fish that size I would look to get pellets that are around 3 to 2 millimetres
How many gallons of water are in your pond ?
A few thousand
@@UkKoiFish That tank is definitely not a few thousand gallons, maybe liters but not gallons.
What stock tank? How many gallon? Where did you buy it from?
From my local Garden centre
You don't want them to grow too fast, it influences their colour.
Hey bro. I have a koi that is about 3.5 inches. How old would you say that koi is?
Probably less than a year old (tosai)
Hi brother your thumbnail is my hand he he
No way love your videos
@@UkKoiFish Thats okay brother maybe you get it to pixabay I have an account there and uploaded some koi fish photos you have nice informative koi videos too he he thanks for the compliments
Whdre didi you buy this tub and how is it called?
I got it from a friend
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Do big koi 20 centimeters live with small koi 7 centimeters
Do you breed your own koi
Yes I do in fact I have an older video on my channel of my koi breeding
Man you get a wet cloth and clean it little bit
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