Well here in the UK it's September the time of our Indain summer meaning the nights are clear and thus getting that bit colder so its now you should be thinking about puting some time aside to give your pond and filters a good spruce up ready for the riggers of winter which for many are just around the corner .
Giving your pond a good clean prior to the winter means you are creating for you fish the optimum conditions with which to survive the riggours our respective Western winter months , some may get mild winter conditions others harsh and long
But by doing this now you are creating best possible condition for the spring, thus will be helping your fish survive what will be a very difficult time for your fish, with them being at their lowest edd.
Willo's post about swopping to Wheatgerm and garlic means we should be weening our fish off their summer feeds about now and swopping as she rightly states Wheatherm being a more digestable food for our koi and goldfish who contrary to poppular believe like koi do not have stomachs
Remember as the temperature dips, to stop feeding stop feeding your fish at the 10c mark.
Some foods say 5c I know but I have yet to meet a koi keeper who pays attention to that "with all unless heating their pond throughout prefaring to stop at the 10c mark".
Now if preperation is done in time for the winter you shouldn't have much in the way of problems the other end of it in Spring.
If you cant get wheat germ and galic mix by a bottle of seachems gralic extract and add it to your pellets as you feed them this way you are in part helping protect your fish from parasites as parasites appear not to like the taste...
We wish you luck in your preporations remember net your pond agaist leaves any detriitus dead leaves mulch etc should be removed by vacuuming the bottom of the pond if you dont have a pond the only option will be to net it all out of the pond .
Dave
Giving your pond a good clean prior to the winter means you are creating for you fish the optimum conditions with which to survive the riggours our respective Western winter months , some may get mild winter conditions others harsh and long
But by doing this now you are creating best possible condition for the spring, thus will be helping your fish survive what will be a very difficult time for your fish, with them being at their lowest edd.
Willo's post about swopping to Wheatgerm and garlic means we should be weening our fish off their summer feeds about now and swopping as she rightly states Wheatherm being a more digestable food for our koi and goldfish who contrary to poppular believe like koi do not have stomachs
Remember as the temperature dips, to stop feeding stop feeding your fish at the 10c mark.
Some foods say 5c I know but I have yet to meet a koi keeper who pays attention to that "with all unless heating their pond throughout prefaring to stop at the 10c mark".
Now if preperation is done in time for the winter you shouldn't have much in the way of problems the other end of it in Spring.
If you cant get wheat germ and galic mix by a bottle of seachems gralic extract and add it to your pellets as you feed them this way you are in part helping protect your fish from parasites as parasites appear not to like the taste...
We wish you luck in your preporations remember net your pond agaist leaves any detriitus dead leaves mulch etc should be removed by vacuuming the bottom of the pond if you dont have a pond the only option will be to net it all out of the pond .
Dave
