I was actually referring to you as one of them...how I added to it is a mystery...but with that I will sign off, you can ban me or whatever. Because I don't plan on ever visiting this site again.
getting my fish drunk...... seriously, watch.
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Interesting mario personaly after all these years of keeping koi I'd say yes they are designed through evolution to be bottom feeders and have bottom facing ,mouths because of it.
Koi are omnivorous opportunistic feeder's, meaning they need both protein and plant matter in their diets and will look for these nutrients anywhere they can get them and giving them an all round nutritional diet
As such we find them in their foraging for food acctually making use of all levels of the water table to find and eat food.
They have taken every advantage of this as have their cousins the Goldfish who are just as opertunistic,
Weve seen our own koi giving an orfe a run for their money at feeding times and orfe are built for the job with mouth designed for surface eating and body built for rapid speed with a darting hit the food run retreating into the depths
Cyprinids feeding at all levels isnt an evolved thing as such, its more a learned opertunistic thing.
Which you will find applies to many of the cold water species of bottom feeders you choose read about .
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Please keep negative comments to yourself. There is no reason for any posters to start on line bickering. Let this thread get back on track.
Thank you
Thank you
I just gave my pond a shot, the birds are laying on the side of the pond laughing and smoking ciggies, hope I didn't add too much ..... oooops!
Kidding! I added the suggested amount. I'll let you know if I see a difference! I'm excited and nervous at the same time!
Kidding! I added the suggested amount. I'll let you know if I see a difference! I'm excited and nervous at the same time!
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Priscilla are you still murky?? Or just wanting an excuse to liquor up the wildlife?
I'm green. I found out my well water had nitrates in it, so all the water changes I was doing slowed down my UV from clearing it up - someone on here warned me of that, and now I get it! I should of tested the well water, BUT my other ponds were fine, I guess they have less fish and more plants.
Its been 45mins and nothing yet ...... not sure what's going on. I thought it would it be a miracle. I expect big things from a thread 7 pages long!
I don't plan to do it every day, I just wanted to try it and see if it helped my UV along.
Its been 45mins and nothing yet ...... not sure what's going on. I thought it would it be a miracle. I expect big things from a thread 7 pages long!
I don't plan to do it every day, I just wanted to try it and see if it helped my UV along.
How many doses did you do? Did you have green water? Or just algae on the sides and bottom? I just did my first 3 hours ago. I have green water.
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I'm so sorry, I can imagine how frustrated you are. 
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Wish you could do one big bog, I know a lot don't like them, but I never have green water, ever.
BTW - I aborted this operation after one dose. Just wasn't sure about the whole thing and spent a night worrying about my fish, decided to let them be.
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Good idea.
It's one thing to play around with carbon dosing in a small glass aquarium where you can observe and react quickly if things start to go wrong, it's another to try it in a dark pond that you can only observe from the top.
Especially when you are not familiar with the process.
It's one thing to play around with carbon dosing in a small glass aquarium where you can observe and react quickly if things start to go wrong, it's another to try it in a dark pond that you can only observe from the top.
Especially when you are not familiar with the process.
Agreed Mitch if your going to do this Priscilla make sure you have all the facts before you before you even attempt to do this , thats what we plan to do if we try this and it wouldnt be on the main pond.
Our QT pond would be the site of that experiment its the most sensible way forwards in our eyes dont you think ?
Dave