The youtube content I like: a nice gentleman talking calmly about his Koi and their diet. I hope one day I can have my own pond as well. Thank you for your videos good sir!

I think the hardest thing for me is to determine which delicious part of the earthworms I can surrender as leftovers! ;) Lol!

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

Kim Dawes 🤣😁✌️ That IS a dilemma! You have to learn to break away from selfishness though,...

@kimdawcatgirl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood Lol! Some things are just harder to share. Like the fat on a ribeye for example! ;)

@jayraceles

3 жыл бұрын

🙂

@ellisclyde9137

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster

I love their cute gulpy little mouths! You take awesome care of your fish and animal babies! Thanks for this uplifting, calming channel! And give your lobster Leon a hug (or a pinch)for me. Thanks, Viktor

Thank you for the insight! My koi and goldfish absolutely love peas and dried shrimp. I will definitely try some of your suggestions. :)

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool Eleni, thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

Thanks for sharing Brady, there are many people who are/were unaware that koi eat fruit and veg.

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

Thomas Prendiville Yeah I think most are accustomed to tossing in Koi pellets,... so was a good subject. Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

@MrTidjon

4 жыл бұрын

I believe that all carp family are bottom feeders, so they get to eat almost all that sinks (being most of it vegetable material... )! :-) correct me if I'm wrong any of the experts in the matter :-) If anyone interested, try also canned sweet corn. I believe they will love it. cheers from Portugal

@fasousa4798

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrTidjon Where in Portugal?

@MrTidjon

4 жыл бұрын

@@fasousa4798 Algarve

Finally I find a comments slot... Re that grocery store lobster, from Canada: As it happens, my father in law, years back came from Robin Hood Newfoundland, and my wife came from the Moncton-Shediac area of New Brunswick. So I have some "lobster learning". 1) This Lobster is a Canadian Lobster by the size of its claws. This is a cold water lobster and would not survuive in the sea unless it were north of Cape Hatteras. The ocean water south would be too warm. South of Cape Hatteras you would find the Caribbean lobster which has much smaller claws and a big fat belly. Also, and likely you knew, the lobster can die if exposed to even a few drops of fresh water. In his time my father in law was also invoved with Canadian National Railways and the shiping of lobster from the maritimes to Toronto. He told the story of a shipment that had been shipped in ice. By the time the lobsters got to montreal they were OK, but by the time they got to Toronto they were all dead. in the Montreal-Toronto lap (about 500 km.) the ice had melted and the reslt killed the lobsters. They then all had to be scrapped but the lesson was learned. He also told the story of a tripo along the coast of Newfoundland after a big storm. The storm had ashed up a huge mess on the shore in one of the beach areas. Dead Lobsters varied in size from 2/4 of an inch to about 4 feet. Hence I would expect that if yours continues to do well, he will grow some more until he has to shed and change his shell! Naturally when that time comes he is going to feel vulnerable and his behaviour will change until he is settled in his new shell. I think by that time you will likely have a real need for that larger tank you had mentioned! As for food, lobsters are scavengers so "cleaning house" is no surpirise as he searched for edible scrap. It ight be ery interesting to feed hima Quahaug ("CO-hog") This is a large edible clam that can be found along the cost of the Strait of Northumberland between New Brunswick and P.E.I. but they are not commercialised outside of New Brunswick, so you would have to go there to get them. they are also sold in roadside kiosks during the summer as Fried Quahaugs, but be careful, some people are allergic, as i found out! One summer I had some of those and that night was quite sick! However bizarre as it is, I loved Howard Johanson's fried clams when there was a Howard Johnson in PLattsbugh, NY. Those likely came from warm American waters and were likely better prepared. Lobster meat is also very rich. Once again I had a lesson to learn. At a church lobster fest in P.E.I.I ate 4 "canners" (small and less than the size dictated by the government gauge used to grade the lobsters as they are landed (one of the proceedures done as a part of a special procedure to evaluate the fishermens' income taxes. This is a cash accounting procedure allowed for a few specific professions as has proven necessary. The procedure takes place on the dock as the Lobsters are landed, and likely is old enough to have been created at a historic time when many of the fishermen would have been illiterate. A humourous note: On one trip returning by air to Montreal after a maritime vacation, when I boarded the air Canada flight about 6 PM local (Maritime daylight time) with a couple of boxes of lobster packed in artificial ice, the Stewardess remarked witha bit of a mischievoud tone: "I see you brought your dinner with you!" However having cooked fresh lobster that was a very far cry from having them to eat on the flight. Apart fromhaving any sort of fire on board, an extreme taboo on an aircraft, the stench of them cooking would certainly raise a LOT of protest! The evening I cooked a couple of these it was done in a propane-fired boiler aboard a landed boat hull that was log beyond being seaworthy, NOT inside!! Those was served with Cooked Sandfire Greens which were harvestwed in the salt water marches, striled of the edible part, boiled like spinach and served with butter. As with many edibles in New Brunswick, there are not commercialised andnot found outside of there. If anyone is thinking of visiting that area and getting in a swim on Parlee beach, its a LONG drive even from Montreal (about a day and a half.) Better to fly from U.S. to Halfax, and then change for a local flight to Moncton. Shediac is about a 15 minute drive from Moncton, so you would then rent a car at Moncton airport on arrival. Also when swimming beware of stepping on (pink) jellyfish as they will sting!

Thank you for the useful, straughtforward tips for fellow koi owners and breeders.

Great video! Im so glad I ran into this one. I just got 7 new koi about 12 inches and Ill be feeding them some of this tomorrow.

I love all your videos!!! Especially Leon♥️ It's a pleasure listening to you and watching how much you care for your animals, fish and plants! Take care

Your koi are so pretty!! Thank you for your videos on them

Thanks for sharing BRADY, yeah great informative vid like it, ill definitely be giving my koi a variety of foods now after watching your vid nice job 👍👍👈.

This was kind of a mind blow, thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous fish! They are so peaceful.

Great tips...and some very beautiful Koi.

I love that you are feeding your fish some real natural foods too. It was fun to watch them with the watermelon rings. When I was a child, we bought a house with a pond and waterfall set up. There were small goldfish type fish in their that breed on their own. We just let the natural algae mats and stuff grow decent sized and they mostly fed on those plus the natural bugs. I did add some commercial fish food in maybe weekly. I was always having to cull (give away) babies as it made a quite natural habitat. On a similar but side subject, it always amazes me that people insist on feeding their dogs kibble which is not really very good for them. They just poop most of it through. Before the 60's, people feed their dogs mostly just table scraps and they were healthy.

@imberrysandy

Жыл бұрын

thank you for sharing. i am trying to enrich my senior dog's life

Very informative, I've just started my first Koi pond, so thanks for this information - I love your set up too :)

@Bradybrandwood

2 жыл бұрын

Cool Steve! Thanks for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

Love it, thanks for sharing ❣👍

awesome video Brady, very relaxing to watch! :)

The price of koi food is getting harder and harder to be able to afford so I’m slowly introducing my fish to alternatives such as lettuce, peas, brown bread, sweetcorn, prawns, things like that

Good to know, its easy Food for them and as you said is more healthy Too..

Thank you for showing it's a big help as we stay in the hands bundoes

Thank you so much for telling this

@Bradybrandwood

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

Floating slice of watermelon... lovely! Can't wait to do this first thing tomorrow morning! Thanks! Greetings from Subilang, Bali

@annetnedelec1313

3 жыл бұрын

This is the second time I'm watching this video and it makes more and more sense. I've been feeding my koi, goldfish and other fish pellets plus your famous watermelon a treat.. but after watching this again I'm going to give them fewer pellets and more natural food. Thanks again!

This is just FUN to watch. 😘

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

Gloria thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

WOW......WHAT A TREAT♥♥♥

Beautiful fish

i have a bunch of realy cool ideas thanks for the video :)

Really interesting stuff, thanks 👍

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

thank you. ive been thinking about feeding my koi a variety of fruits and veggies but was hesitant. im trying the watermelon first. :)

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

Angel Awesome! Thanks for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

Goddam broski u got MADDD koi 😏👍

thank you for this video. i recently volunteered to care for koi fish at a garden. The fish looked neglected and was only fed pellets. The turn over rate of volunteers is high, so the original care taker left years ago. I love your advice to use watermelon as a toy! That is a great idea I will try later this growing season.

@Bradybrandwood

Жыл бұрын

Awesome Sandy, thank you for checking out the video. ✌️✌️✌️

You're like the Mister Rogers of Koi

Hey Brady i didn't know you had koi's too haha i was looking at Leon since a while haha ...nice pond! I give marigold or oranges for their colour and against parasites. And chickpies and indeed spaghetti. But my wild birds fight for that one. I saw this other guy putting a whole savoy Cole in it..upside down .the big koi's and steurfish had eaten it in 24hrs..left on axstump..haha I will try that watermelon..ASA frisbee and Cale as a ball to play around with..

Hi, Brady! Nice video, very interesting behaviour and nice opportunity to keep studying it. Do you know that lobsters are incredibly long-living creatures. They can live up to 100 years and even more and they keep growing all the time. Let's see how much can grow this one!!

@CAMSLAYER13

2 жыл бұрын

Lobsters are biologically immortal. They only die of age because they eventually get too big to provide enough energy to moult.

My koi love watermelon and wild blueberry’s

Nice fish.. Oh i wish i could buy them in my Country. Here what we have all f. Cross

I love that big black & white guy

Good to know!

Very educational.

@Bradybrandwood

Жыл бұрын

Awesome David! Thank you for checking it out. ✌️✌️✌️

Good feeds

👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks

Cut an orange in half and chuck it in my koi love them 👍

Hello, i just love your koi. What filters do you use? Do you use a pump? I’m looking forward to get a pond I will appreciate your advice

🖤🖤

Agree.

Hi Brady, thanks for this video. Love your setup. I was wondering how you mix up the feeding between these natural foods and the koi pellets? Is it 50/50, or is the natural food more of a treat?

@Azraiel.Bridger

2 жыл бұрын

fish food is ultra processed garbage mostly by product from grains and animal processing waste you shouldnt feed animals or koi that garbage natural foods are better as a whole koi are essentially carp kile common "goldfish" they will eat constantly and shit even more ...so :/

Bread and rice and vegetables to my koi’s

Hi Brady, Thank you for sharing this video, you have beautiful peaceful koi. I have a 110 gallon indoor koi/goldfish pond, and like my 2 dogs who I make human grade dog food for, I would like to do the same for my Fin babies, as I don't like feeding any commercial foods, I understand the concept of the foods to give the fish, but, I would like to know what a daily routine of food you would suggest?

Boiled Shrimp. Insteresting.

Thank you for your video, and how often do you change your pond water sir ? You got me one subscriber 👍

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jocelyn, thank you for watching. I don’t have a set schedule for water changes. I do them as often as I have time.

Thanks for letting me know not to put sauce on, was about to splash a dollop of mayo on prawns

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

😅 Haaaaaa Haaaaaaaa! I was more referring to leftovers that already had Tobasco or Cajun Spice or something on them.

@jblake1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood hahaha got ya, was only playing, great video I've just got my self some frozen prawns and watermelon for my koi 😄

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

@@jblake1 😂😅😂

Hey what fruit and meat is reccomended for koi

Hi, I have one Koi and about 11 gold fish in my small outdoor pond. Can I feed these types of food to all of them?

Any problem with feeding my pond fish wet and dry dog food? Is a 5,000 gallon Pond full of bugs and other things for them to eat. I just supplement with dog food. The koi are still young. 3 to 6 inches. The Goldfish range from babies to adults. Dirt bottom pond. No filtration. The water just overflows out when it rains heavy.

I read that you shouldnt feed koi peas too many times a week. I forgot why but yea.

Do the earth worms carry parasites?

If koi eat shrimp shells, which is not digestable, would that go back to the pond and hard on the filter to clean?

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of nutrition and also color enhancers in shrimp shells. The Koi will grind on them with the teeth in the back of their throats,... and what ends up in the pond as waste should be picked up by leaf baskets and filters just like leaf particles, pine needles a d other things that end up in the pond. ✌️✌️✌️

hey.. is there any problem in feeding them with BSF worms ... can u explain the merits and demerits of them sir!

Icam definitely see the results of a cleaner pond since the Japanese garden j go too has a lot of green algae making the pond hard to see because they feed them pellets. I'll see if I can convince them to switch their diet to have a cleaner water

Why is there so much conflicting information. I read on some sites don’t feed them peas and why would you feed them cooked shrimp or crayfish? They certainly don’t cook anything. I have been feeding mine a homemade food which does include peas and sweet potatoes, krill, flaxseed or oil, and spirulina, they love it are healthier than ever before. Nice video, we feed ours watermelon too.

@Bradybrandwood

Жыл бұрын

Yeah there is a lot of conflicting info. in the Koi world as well as aquarium keeper world. Since this video is about feeding leftovers, feeding cooked shrimp, or cooked crayfish is more a matter of would you rather throw it out? Or would you rather feed it to your Koi. Raw is likely a better choice, but when you’re buying from seafood markets who knows what odd bacteria you might be bringing to your pond.

I have an outdoor pond with large goldfish. Can they safely eat all these same things, and will they?

@Bradybrandwood

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bret, yes definitely. ✌️✌️✌️

One of my koi are lyin on there side on the bottom of the pond but swims away very fast when i walk to the pond its cold here minus 1 sometimes

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

tommy riordan That is very cold, and koi are cold blooded, so they will often lay on their sides in very cold water. That is likely what is happening, but obviously very hard to say over the internet.

@tommyriordan870

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood i understand lol do you think covering the pond would make a difference i bought a large sheet of heavy duty greenhouse plastic wil that help do you think?

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

tommy riordan Yeah definitely. I did some tests at the farm a few years ago, and the pond that I covered with plastic stayed about 10° warmer than ponds that were not covered in plastic over the winter.

@tommyriordan870

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood thats a good results thanks for helpin me

🤔.. well.. now I know.

What about oil and seasoning on the fish skin??

@brandonbadase

3 жыл бұрын

Thinking the same thing and what about cooking salt will it be good for them

when you feed them watermelon, what about the seeds? both the black seeds and the white ones?

@Bradybrandwood

11 ай бұрын

They easily crunch them up with the grinding teeth in the back of their throats.

@bettagems9209

11 ай бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood Thanks for the reply! Didn't know that about their teeth. I love fish. And Leon is king!

3:21 cut the water melon into pizza slices so they can easily eat at the edges

Should i remove the shell of the peas? A lot of people say I should

@Bradybrandwood

2 жыл бұрын

No, Koi have crushing teeth in the back of their throat, they can easily chew and digest peas. ✌️✌️✌️

Aw man I was hoping this was the solution to doing my dishes, but I eat a lot of red meat and processed foods.

What about rice?

What fruits and vegetables should I feed my koi first first?

@JulieWallis1963

2 жыл бұрын

Start with soup, then a bread course. Maybe a salad, then the mains of shrimp and peas. Finish with chocolate pudding.

How about Cray heads? cooked and crushed?? (Lobster)

The skin of the salmon is the most nutritious part of the fish.

Do u have to take out the seeds

@Bradybrandwood

Жыл бұрын

No, they will chew them up or spit them out. ✌️✌️✌️

How many of the koi in this video are descendants of the female magoi???

@Bradybrandwood

Жыл бұрын

None of the koi in this video. Those young koi were all in a different pond. I will point a few of them out in a Leon video sometime soon.

@wvkoi5675

Жыл бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood oh okay. I just got two small female magoi from a farm in CA. You definitely inspired me… aside from their genetic benefits for breeding koi, I have found them to be very friendly, almost more so than the koi, after just a few days in my quarantine tank, once they figured out I was the food guy.

Do you keep any Koi yourself these days?

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Benson Yeah I have a pond at the house these days, and have baby Koi from a Sanke set and an experimental Magoi set I’m enjoying playing with. ✌️✌️✌️

@SniperSteve1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bradybrandwood Ever think about getting back in the business?

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Benson No, simply too much work and high overhead to breed show level Koi. I enjoy my free time these days. 😄

I grew up using hotdogs as bait for catfish and I was curious if my Koi would eat it. Turns out they love hotdog bits lol.

I always read you should take the outside of the pees off do you do this to?

@Bradybrandwood

2 жыл бұрын

No I don’t do that. Koi have grinding molars in the back of their mouth they can easily grind up peels or shells.

They could eat mealworm?no or yes

I read that peas are bad for them??

@annetnedelec1313

3 жыл бұрын

I saw on youtube frozen peas given to koi which have SD something (when they stay in a vertical position). I didn't give my koi anything for 3 days. On the 4th day I fed him peas and he got well the same day... back in horizontal postion.

I have a ton of indoor aquariums and now have a pond. Unfortunately koi are illegal to own here. Your koi are beautiful. Jealous.

@shepherd9217

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know why they're illegal?

@savannahbugg

2 жыл бұрын

@@shepherd9217 I know some places carp can be very invasive

@Stephen-uz8dm

2 жыл бұрын

Australia?

It could eat a child

@Bradybrandwood

4 жыл бұрын

swamping mosh peat 😁🤣😄

It same to dogs and cats, dry kibble is the absolute worse type of pet food. For fish it is dry pellet which is at the lowest type of food that you can choose, as a pet owner those pet food company trying their best to brainwash us so we only think our pet should eat food that they made and called balance while charging us for tons of money. We are basically giving cash for trash, it's a processed food which is very unhealthy. Imagine you eating a canned food or something like instant noodle or cereal, you won't live a longer life. feed something like frozen food frozen worm or live food if you prefer live version or even cooked food like boiled egg, boiled shrimp, squid, mussel, fish, etc so much better than that kibble or pellet.

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely. ✌️✌️✌️

Hi Brad. Really enjoying your videos especially Leon never stop the updates. Question: I need to worm my goldfish is the dewormer safe on mystery snails??? Can't find any information on it.

One no no food you said in here. Pasta is bad for koi because they don’t have a normal digestive system. Anything like bread or pasta is a no no

@Bradybrandwood

3 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind though that almost all processed Koi pellets are wheat, oat, or corn meal based,... as are breads and pasta.

I feed my turtles and fish whatever tf I have on hand, crushed turtle food/treats, puppy food, cat food, leftover hamburger, fast food, bread, house flys

My stupid koi won't touch watermelon!!

@donuttheleo6660

2 жыл бұрын

Don't call your koi stupid it could be unaware what it is

@larrylem3582

2 жыл бұрын

They will if they're hungry enough.