What are the guidelines for feeding pond fish?
Feeding time is probably the most enjoyable activity of keeping fish. It is an important time to check on the health of your fish by inspecting fish close at hand and observing their behaviour. If possible, pond fish should be fed on a basis of a little and often rather than one main feed a day. On each occasion, they should be fed what they will eat in 3-5 minutes, removing what they haven’t eaten from the surface. Subsequent feeds should be adjusted accordingly. Overfeeding will lead to water quality problems as the excess food soon pollutes the pond water. In the warmer summer months, fish will have larger appetites and consume larger quantities of food than any other time of the year. At these times, a higher protein “growth ” diet should be offered and at cooler times, in spring and autumn, a lower protein “wheatgerm” food will prove to be better for your fish and filter.
