How Do You Choose The Best Koi Fish Food?
With so many different types and brands out there have you ever wondered which koi fish food is best? If you’re like most people you probably wonder which one will provide the optimum nutritional value at the best possible price. There are so many different kinds of food you can feed your koi. As a dietary staple I prefer a pelleted food, mainly an because it is easy to see how much of it your fish eat. You don’t want to feed more than your koi will consume in a five minute period. If you do it will sink to the bottom of the pond and decompose. You don’t want that to happen because you will waste food (and money!) and dirty your pond water. Since the number one factor in koi health is water quality you want to make sure not to add to the organic waste load through overfeeding! Besides decomposing food matter, if your koi overeat they will excrete more waste material, increasing the ammonia levels in your pond. I’ve recently been involved in research comparing several of the more popula
