Can you convince me not to give them any food?
They do come out during the day and swim around except during the coldest days/weeks. They have been more active this week than the past few weeks. They stay deeper in the water than their usual warm weather behavior.
I worry they are hungry so I put in some sinking food and they did eat it and more fish came out of hiding to eat. I do not feed them every day, but it has been about once a week that I give in and put some sinking food in.
Wouldn't fish "know" not to eat if they do not need it or it would make them sick?
Air temps are 21-high 50s this week. There has even been light ice on the pond when the fish are swimming around.
I understand not putting food in if they are holding still and out of sight. But when they are swimming around, they look hungry to me. Yes there is algae they can eat on the pond walls.
I am in USDA zone 7a-7b.
Here are pics from am today (most sparse) to just over a month ago when they were more active and at the surface and plants were more alive.
They do come out during the day and swim around except during the coldest days/weeks. They have been more active this week than the past few weeks. They stay deeper in the water than their usual warm weather behavior.
I worry they are hungry so I put in some sinking food and they did eat it and more fish came out of hiding to eat. I do not feed them every day, but it has been about once a week that I give in and put some sinking food in.
Wouldn't fish "know" not to eat if they do not need it or it would make them sick?
Air temps are 21-high 50s this week. There has even been light ice on the pond when the fish are swimming around.
I understand not putting food in if they are holding still and out of sight. But when they are swimming around, they look hungry to me. Yes there is algae they can eat on the pond walls.
I am in USDA zone 7a-7b.
Here are pics from am today (most sparse) to just over a month ago when they were more active and at the surface and plants were more alive.
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