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Pond construction
Feeding your koi & pond maintenance
Last month we looked at adding koi to your pond, so the next all important question is what do I do about feeding the koi? How much, how often, what type, what size? Bill Gale’s useful guide will hopefully face you in the right direction…
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Bill Gale is the proprietor of Sussex Koi Ltd near Chichester and specialises in pond construction from design to completion. The largest pond built to date is 57,000 gallons, and the furthest away was an indoor 20,000-gallon pond in Dubai. Bill also visits Japan regularly to hand select high quality koi to grace your ponds at affordable prices.
BILL GALE About the author: Part five
start to open and close their mouths as if to say “feed me”. How many of you go and get the food out and feed them every time? Quite a few I expect, that is until such time as you understand the keeping of koi a little better.
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ou will have probably noticed that every time you go near your pond the koi always seem to come up to the surface and look at you and
so how much should
you feed your koi? The problem is that the koi will eat as much food as you put in the pond. They may not eat it immediately but eventually they will, and this can be very detrimental to their health. When the water temperature is around 16°C-plus it is easier for them to digest
The problem is that the koi will eat as much food as you put in the pond
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