Natural Koi Fish Food for Newly Hatched Koi and Proper Feeding
Natural koi fish food has no preservatives or other harmful ingredients. See what to feed newly hatched koi, which extras help, and how much to give.
Koi fish food is the next thing to think about after choosing the right breeding stock. Like people, koi and other living creatures need food to sustain them, and feed is a key factor in successful koi breeding. Along with the fry themselves, the food you give deserves close attention, especially for newly hatched koi, which need extra care compared with large, mature koi. One type of feed you can offer is natural food. Natural food is the best choice because it contains no preservatives or other ingredients that could harm your koi's health in the long run.
Natural Food for Newly Hatched Koi
Newly hatched koi are still weak and need human help to grow and develop. To survive, they can be given water fleas or other tiny organisms. When feeding them, it is important to strain the food so the fry are able to eat it. Other natural foods you can give newly hatched koi are algae and seaweed. Once the koi have grown, their food changes to tubifex worms, matched to what the fish need.
Supplementary Feed
If natural koi food cannot meet their needs, you can add supplementary feed to support their growth and development. You can use pellets made from fish bone meal, or pellets made from anchovy meal. One thing to know about koi feed is that it does more than keep growth and development on track. It can also keep the koi's color bright and glossy.
Feeding Koi Properly
The next thing to watch is how you feed. Good koi feed has to be paired with proper feeding. For young koi, it is best to keep their pond separate from the adults' pond, and the amount of feed should be smaller than for adult koi. The portion for small koi and baby koi is 5% of their body weight, and the food should be eaten completely in about 5 minutes, because leftover food only sits there and pollutes the pond. Too much feed also just leaves the koi overfed. The fish then produce too much waste, which makes the pond unhealthy and kills many koi fry. If you plan to switch to a different feed, do not change it all at once. Change it a little at a time so the koi can adjust to the new feed first.
That covers some useful information about koi fish food and how to feed it correctly. We hope it helps.
