| How do you take care of Koi fish? Well, that's a | | | | must feed your koi the right kind of food |
| broad question that requires broad answers. | | | | depending on the time of year because in the |
| Before you begin to take care of your fish, you | | | | winter their metabolism slows down and they |
| must make sure that you have everything that | | | | digest less protein. I hate to say it, but the more |
| you need to take care of them. | | | | expensive food is probably better quality. These |
| Do you have the right filtration? Not having the | | | | more expensive foods also give the fish brighter |
| right filtration will cause undue stress on the fish | | | | colors. When it comes to Koi fish food, you get |
| resulting in sickness and even death. It will also | | | | what you pay for. |
| have your water looking kind of cloudy. The last | | | | How much do you feed your fish each day? |
| thing that you want is cloudy gray pond water. | | | | When it comes to feeding your fish, you should |
| Do you have the bacteria for your pond? Adding | | | | feed them no more than they can eat in five |
| bacteria is essential to maintaining your ponds | | | | minutes. If you have some food left over after |
| ecosystem. It is also a requirement when it | | | | five minutes, you should give them less the next |
| comes time to replacing water that has | | | | time because in the summertime, you can feed |
| evaporated from your pond. | | | | them more than once a day. |
| Do you have summer food or winter food? You | | | | |