Koi Food

Evolution Aqua	Fujiyama	Hikari	JanCentAn
Medicarp	Nishikoi	NT Labs Medikoi	Peaches & Cream
Takazumi	Yamato Nishiki

We stock the finest range of Koi Foods and we constantly review and revise our range as the best manufacturers are always striving to improve their food recipes to provide Koi Keepers with the very best nutrition for their fish.

You will see that our extensive selection of Koi Foods has been carefully selected from the top Japanese and UK manufacturers, in a broad range of prices. We feel that the Koi Food we have on our shelves is one of the very few things in life in which the price has a direct corellation to the quality of the product i.e. the more you pay, the better quality it is.

In the wild, Common Carp commonly inhabit lakes, ponds or slow moving waters with high biological productivity. Due to excessive nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, these water bodies are able to support an abundance of aquatic plants and have soft, vegetative sediments. Although Common Carp can exist on a vegetarian diet of water plants, they are omnivorous and prefer to scavenge the bottom sediments for insects, crustaceans, zooplankton, crawfish, and benthic worms.

So, sediment on the bottom of your Koi pond and maybe 15 fish in a 1 acre pond.

Thankfully this is not necessary with modern Koi foods which are highly researched and include some or all of the natural food sources mentioned above but in a convenient, nourishing, pellet form.

Our Koi are not warm blooded but are “Poikilotherms”, meaning that their body temperature is the same as the water surrounding them. This is the reason why we must feed them different foods at different times of the year so that the enzymes in their digestives systems are able to cope.

At very low temperatures our Koi have virtually stopped their metabolism and there is no enzyme activity to break down food so we must stop feeding. The water temperature (Not Air Temperature) is the overriding factor in this and it depends on the manufacturer as to what the recommended temperature is, eg Takazumi Vital is 4°C and Saki Hikari Multi Season is 5°C.

It is pointless, and can be dangerous, to feed Koi at water temperatures lower than this.

Never over feed !

Remember, feeding less is always better than feeding too much. If you overfeed your Koi then you may overwhelm the filter system, the water quality will become unacceptable and your Koi will suffer.

This situation, if not addressed quickly, will lead to fatalities !

Observe your Koi carefully and if they are loosing weight and volume then increase the amount of food a little.

Always control the amount fed so there is no leftover food after the feeding period. If you find leftovers, remove them immediately to avoid water quality problems.

For new environments, please reduce the feeding amount until your filtration system has completely cycled and developed adequate bacteria levels.

If something unusual happens (a sudden water temperature change, unstable water quality or illness) you should stop feeding completely or reduce the amount fed until the condition is corrected.

Special care should be taken during the spring when you restart your feeding routine. Use only easily digested diets, like Hikari Wheat-Germ increasing the amount fed little by little until you are feeding the amount you feel fits your situation. This helps your pets effectively reactivate their digestive process.