Favorite koi food?

[Cody Turtle]

I live northern California. What is your favorite food for color? What is your favorite for growth? What is your favorite for skin/ shiroji?

[aquitori]

Favorite food for color?
Ogata Performance

Favorite food for growth?
Hi-Silk

Favorite food for Shiroji?
Sweet Potato

I have been using Sweet Potato as a daily diet for my koi and feed it year around as staple.

[MCA]

don't shoot me.....why does a hobbyist think a food for color is needed? a well balanced food, plus algae on the pond walls, in water with stable ph and plus gh and kh around 100 ought to do enough. I can understand a breeder/dealer trying to crank up the color levels before a sale.

[Cody Turtle]

thank for the feed back that is partial what I was trying to ask. I'm using osi all season now and getting good growth I was just curious about beefing up what I was feeding them for the rest of the summer and the begining of the fall

Quote: Originally Posted by MCA don't shoot me.....why does a hobbyist think a food for color is needed? a well balanced food, plus algae on the pond walls, in water with stable ph and plus gh and kh around 100 ought to do enough. I can understand a breeder/dealer trying to crank up the color levels before a sale.

[MCA]

crank up the protein levels and keep an eye on the ORP, ph, and kh. If you see water quality dip...back off the protein levels and/or the qualtity of food offered.

As Art (Koidoc) said on another board...you feed the filters, not the fish. Everything is OK as long as they (the filters) do not choke.

[dubtaco]

I tried some OSI Wheat Germ Pellets over the winter and it did the trick. I have switched over to their food exclusively. Right now feeding a mix of growth and staple diets. I like it because it does not cloud the water, the kois skin has never looked better and the food is affordable.

[Brutuscz]

This is the first year I have used blackwater creek solid gold formula. I was using dainichi growth. I have to say...growing much faster with the new BWC gold formula. Colors look excellent. Only down side is oil on the water surface. I have a surface skimmer, so not too bad a problem. I definitely recommend it highly. Also want to add...not one ulcer all season. They add all the probiotics..may be part of the reason. I don't know enough about it to say for sure..but good results are good results.

[MCA]

I like many of our club members use Aqion. We get together and purchase pallets fresh from the mill.


Koi Feeds

[Nancy M.]

Hikari Saki Multiseason
Hikari Saki Growth (summer only)
Ogata silk Power (summer only)

[aquitori]

AQION- sells koi food in bulk of 40lbs only? What are the ingredients for wheatgrem, "Production"...?