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Old 06-07-2007   #4 (permalink)
PapaBear
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From all I know Oomo's recommendations are correct for your fish and water temperatures. It takes about 2 hrs at your temperatures for food to pass through the gut, so dividing the feeding into 8 times per day should minimize waste and maximize their ability to digest it well. There are some ponders with auto feeders that have them programed to divide the desired amount of feed into small numbers of pellets every 1/2 hr 1 hr. In this way the Koi are ingesting small quantities continually, which mimics how Carp feed in the wild.
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