nishikiboy

Mice ! Are you winding us up ?
Are they Koi or Pirannah you've got in there? !!!!
See if you can catch / shoot a heron and feed them "Roast Heron a l'orange"
Now there's a good idea !
Mine are on a much more bland diet of:
EA One, Kusuri Premium, Kusuri Silkworm Pupae,
and fresh Prawns, ( like me they prefer tiger prawns best, but more often than not we have to contend with Morrisons little ones, unless I do the shopping ! It's quite normal for me to open a full carton and we all eat them,
"1 for me, 1 for them, until they're gone !
Luckily "her indoors" doesn't like prawns !
Just like me, they wont eat brown bread !
Only the ones over 2foot seem to like orange segments !
I've long since given up with lettuce leaves, only Mrs. Chagoi seems to like them ! I've tried crispy Cos, ordinary Round, but no joy!
I constantly search for earthworms, they go mad for them !
When it rains I'm outside collecting slugs and snails to feed them !
I just gently step on the snail shells to crack them first !
( Stopped using slug pellets a full year before pond was built, and next-door is too lazy to do gardening, so def. poison free.)
I'm thinking of buying EA Shrimp, but it's only in 5 litre, not 5 kg tubs!
Anyone used them ?

koimaster

last summer i had kfc and one of the kids chuck abit in [boneless] gone within seconds .

im sure if you chuck a little pinkie in a koi will eat it so yes i think koi will eat it i have seen them eat baby frogs i dont mean tadpoles, real froglets swimming across the pond

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wildlife photographer

I food mine on a growers food it cant be bought in the shops. I get mine from a breeder its £50 per sack I beleive its from holland. Fish go mad for it .
Dave

ogawa only

do you mean vivani fish foods ????
steve

COMET71

hi steve,
don't know that one.....we use medi koi, yamato nishiki or kursuri pellet foods, for those that we have got left that is! lost a total of 13 fish todate but things are settling down....all but two of our remaining fish are now back to their old selves. will break out the prawns in celebration at the weekend (yipee)

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SamSara

Sweetcorn is really bad for koi so is peas and carbourhydrates as they cannot digest it properly.

They love eating oranges by the way, if anybody didnt know that, just cut a big orange in half and let it float on the top, they should start choming away at it. if the orange doesnt sink, hold it slightly in the water, this will also ncourage the fish from eating out of your hands and becomig friendlier.

i also feed my koi wholemeal bread, but not muh as this is a carb, but its ood for them in small amounts.

prawmns are good to feed koi but this is a very expensive food to give to koi so i hardly give them it

ogawa only

did you know that in cold weather , and your fish is suffering from a bladder problem , if you feed them some peas this can sometimes help , this has ork for quite a few members this year asell as myself , evry thing in moderation , except mice