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Quote: Originally Posted by swordfish As the paces of our daily life quicken & we get more impatient wanting to see results in a short time frame so koi breeders have developed jumbo tosai to meet our expectations. I myself own 4 jumbo tosai beside the 7 normal tosai,2 from momotaro & the other 2 from Dainichi. Their grow rate is almost 3X compare to the other 7. Some local serious hobbyist from my koi club have visited my pond & they said my koi comformation,tsuya,teri,fukurin,thickness of the colors,the way they swim etc.is fine. The shits is ok too. I'm wondering since the external parts of the koi is ok what about the internal organs? These jumbo tosai eat so much will they be 'choke' to dead 1 fine day by their building up of fat in their organs like liver? I'm giving my koi sweet potatoes or pumpkin for extra vitamin supplement & also according to Daisuke San can enchance the internal organs. I'm using tofu for calcium as I find that tofu have high calcium contents. These I give every alternate day beside their daily Momotaro food mix with Hikari excel. Any guys that have kept jumbo tosai for longer period of time care to share their experiences? SF

As far as the feeding goes at Momotaro they do feed tofu and sweet potatoes or "whatever is in season" as Daisuke mentioned too. I have my own mix of paste food that works well with my koi that leaves the koi growing while controlling the quality. As for me, I stay away from High Spriulina based koi food. Kind of afraid of my koi getting Hikkui. 2 months before the show Hikari Excel is great, but year round no good in my opinion.