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Quote: Originally Posted by Brutuscz I recently got my hands on an older article written by Kaz Takeda. One recomendation he made was very new to me. He wrote that in places with very harsh winters (Like New england..where I am located) We should feed Trout chow for one month over the summer. He discusses that the high fat content in trout chow will better allow koi to survive the winter. Has anyone here heard or tried this? It sounds like a good way to fatten them up for the cold.

Kinda out dated article. Trout chow was found to cause alot of tumors in koi in the early 70's. I would slowly get the fish from high protein to low protein in the coming months.