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Old 08-20-2004   #6 (permalink)
dick benbow
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One thing i have learned is that providing good food and water is critical for the growing fry. As koi age they absorb a lot of their bodies needs from the food. BUT as babies thru tosai the minerals they need for organ and bone growth primarily is taken from the water. I have always provided plenty of fresh water from the well during this stage. I have never added minerals to the water altho I would think it would be an excellent idea.
On your 150 gal green tanks please keep your population to a minimum. as long as your playing around with idreas in your mind. if there was a way to say every week during the first coupla months to be able to add green water input from a bigger vessel and then wean it away to clear once a week to check on things, that would really be nice.
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