Feeding Foi
Two small children were feeding the Koi
Koi can be varied types of food both natural and artificial feed. Apapapun you give, make sure the appropriate requirements and contain balanced nutrition. Preserver koi often give supplements of vegetable, shrimp, worms, bread, even though citrus fruit or watermelon. There are also many processed foods in the form of pellets available in pet stores peliharan. Feed pellets must be stored in a closed place in order to keep the quality, and used within a maximum of three months in order to avoid oxidation.
There is a special feed that can be given to improve certain qualities. Growth fat and elongated, for example, can be triggered by the administration of high protein wheat germ. While food to reinforce the color of koi are substances that have a high carotene, namely vegetables (carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, algae) or animal sources such as crabs and worms. Be careful in giving rice and bread, because the carbohydrate content could be the cause of obesity.
The frequency and amount of Feeding the Koi
Koi Fish
It is important to keep in mind when feeding koi, just give food to be discharged within 5 minutes (no exaggeration!). Koi do not have the stomach, and therefore can not take in significant amounts at once. But koi have a tendency overeating, which can even lead to death.
Give overeating causes many koi dirt can contaminate the pool due to undigested food, as well as a surge in levels of ammonia and nitrite. Two of these chemicals are harmful to koi because it quickly leads to stress and pain. For that direkomendsikan to feed small amounts several times a day.
Avoid changing the feed with different brands of a sudden. When the need to change his food, do it gradually, mixing old and new food until koi can adapt to his new diet.
How to feed the koi are also very dependent climate or temperature of the pool water. At low temperatures koi respiratory function and metabolism slows down as the principle of hibernation, so the frequency of feeding should be reduced.
Give overeating causes many koi dirt can contaminate the pool due to undigested food, as well as a surge in levels of ammonia and nitrite. Two of these chemicals are harmful to koi because it quickly leads to stress and pain. For that direkomendsikan to feed small amounts several times a day.
Avoid changing the feed with different brands of a sudden. When the need to change his food, do it gradually, mixing old and new food until koi can adapt to his new diet.
How to feed the koi are also very dependent climate or temperature of the pool water. At low temperatures koi respiratory function and metabolism slows down as the principle of hibernation, so the frequency of feeding should be reduced.
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