Koi feeding in Japan | What Koi breeders feed their Koi [KOI FEEDING GUIDE]
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00:00 How much food do breeders give their Koi in Japan?
00:43 Marudo Koi Farm: Tategoi feeding pattern and food used
03:59 Shinoda Koi Farm: Hi Utsuri feeding pattern
05:11 Largest mud pond with daily tons of food!
06:22 What food is being used in Japan?
07:14 Mukashi Ogon feeding pattern
07:49 Determine how much food you can give to your Koi
08:30 Calculate body weight of Koi
09:50 Overview table size of Koi with weight
10:22 Overview water temperature and amount of food
One of the key elements for growth and development of the body posture of a Koi is food. Lots of food. That is no secret at all, any Japanese Koi breeder will share this openly with you. But what exactly do Japanese Koi breeders give to their Koi in order to grow well?
We will share the feeding patterns, schedules and food used of several Koi breeders in Japan. For the highest class tategoi mud ponds containing magnificent Kohaku, Sanke and Showa, but also for more simple one-coloured Koi. We also share with you how you can calculate for your own Koi pond how much food you have to provide your Koi with. We use a formula to calculate the body weight of a Koi and determine with this in combination with water temperature the amount of food that needs to be given to Koi of each size.
Koi breeders make use of strict feeding schedules in order to make sure they get the best out of their Koi. They constantly adjust their feeding patterns based on the temperatures, rain and conditions of the pond. But they also observe their Koi very well, when Koi get too heavy or wide in body, they quickly react and adjust their schedule slightly.
Breeders in Japan make use of both floating and sinking food. They do this in order to prevent that Koi will get injured on their pectoral and dorsal fins. Usually Koi jump and fight for floating food. For that reason breeders like to mix their food.
The variety, brand and labels of food is based on the potential of the Koi. Each mud pond is fed with different sorts of food. Most breeders use a more simple food for their one coloured Koi, because these Koi just need basically protein based on fishmeal in order to grow. While the more high class Koi are fed with high quality brands that contain color enhancement ingredient, for example spirulina and astaxanthin. They can feed up to 60% of color feed during the summer period on high class Koi, that really are seriously large amounts compared with what most hobbyist give their Koi.
But how can you determine how much food you have to give your Koi? The best way to do that is to calculate the body weight of your Koi, and determine based on the water temperature how much you had to feed.
We use the formula (Length of Koi * Length of Koi * Length of Koi * Body volume) / 100.
As body volume I normally make use of 1,7: which is the average body volume for a pond where female and male Koi are mixed.
The answer of this formula will be the weight of your Koi in grams. In the video you can also find a video where I pre calculated the weight for you. You will just have to count up the numbers.
Based on the water temperature you can determine how much of the body weight of your Koi you have to give in food. For temperatures above 24 degrees, you can give up to 2% of body weight in food. So if you have 10 kilograms of Koi, you can give 200 grams of food on a daily basis. In the video you can find the complete table that includes the percentage of body weight to feed for all water temperatures.
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this channel is like top A5 wagyu in terms of knowledge shared for koi hobby. thankyou.. new subscriber from indonesia
@Aboutkoi
2 жыл бұрын
That is one of the best comments ever... in style. Thank you, what a huge compliment! Welcome aboard! 🏆
@MarshaNPILoveCanada
Жыл бұрын
*@Kemal Nuryaman* I'm also from Indonesia
Very informative video, with some very helpful information. Thanks. Stay safe and well
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Steven, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Stay safe 😀
Thanks for the video, I will give it a go this year.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Going to Japan? Awesome! Have a great time there and hopefully come back with some beautiful Koi as well! 👍
Packed with information,thank you!
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Happy to help you
Again another quality video thanks
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks again!
Great video and very informative
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, great to hear!
Very informative! Thank you very much!
@Aboutkoi
2 жыл бұрын
Happy to share! Great you enjoyed the video
Brother really loving your videos day by day keep going all the very best👍
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Great to hear, glad you find it informative and love the video's! 👍😀
Thank you... great video
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, it is even more wonderful to be at these mudponds and have some insights in what the breeders do on a daily basis!
Amazing
Thanks for your sharing 👍
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoyed!
Hello from Vietnam. Your videos are very helpful for all koi keepers. Do much appreciate!
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Thank you a lot. Hopefully you are enjoying!
Excellent!!
@Aboutkoi
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
Great info. Thanks a lot.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for your compliment 👍
@dediirawan15589
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi Hi, i have a question, they do 7 times feed per day ? Every 3 hours ? Also do they feed at night? Or only day time ? Thanks 👍
Amazing fish koi,,,love koi
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
We all love Koi ;)
Very interesting stuff thanks 👌👍
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Top! leuk om nu eens bewust (en kritisch) te kijken naar mijn voergedrag en welke impact dat heeft. Goed uitgelegd.
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Dank je! Voeding voor Koi is zeker iets wat de moeite waard is om je in te verdiepen voor mooie (groei)resultaten en gezonde vissen
Love the video. Keep it up sir.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Cedric! 👍
@jcm06
4 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi just subscribe to your channel and your vids are awesome. Sending love from Philippines 😍
@jcm06
4 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi hopefully when you go next to Japan can you feature about the different filtration systems the breeders used. Very curious about their systems and filters they used.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
@Cedric, will do later! Thank you for your compliments and i'm glad you enjoyed!
Thanks 😊
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you too! 👍
Hello Sir, excellent video as usual. Just wondering what the ph is like in these green water and if there is much of a ph swing. Thanks.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
pH often is quite low in mud ponds. It varies from around 6,5 to the lower end of 7. Sometimes up to 7,5/7,6. For that reason sometimes mudponds one year can be very succesful with growth results, while next year the results can be disappointing because of heavy rain for example.
wow， very detailed information here！ thank you alot to make that chart table for us to understand the function！but for temp up 20 degree I do understand the number is based on daily， how abt those temp under 20？ especially 10degrees is that mean I need to feed them that amount daily？ thabk you！
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Both for under and above 20 degrees this table shows the amount of food that can be provided to Koi on a daily basis. So for example at 15 degrees 1% of body weight in food. If the Koi weight is 1000 grams, you can provide around 10 grams of pellets on a daily basis. Hope that will help you 😊
Yet another great video...would like to understand the benefits of 50/50 feeding..ie when feeding sinking and floating in anyone feeding session
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment, appreciated! The benefit it has in my opinion is a better distribution of food throughout the area if you have larger numbers of Koi. Meaning all Koi have more chance to grab some food, also the more 'shy' Koi that tend to stay in the background.
@michaelfox2753
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi Thank-you for the reply.
nice video brother actually i started growing my own koi pond...
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Great! How many Koi do you have in your pond?
@TravellingIlonggoTv
4 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi i started about 50 koi but i wanted to add more its a great fish bro.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
@@TravellingIlonggoTv , you surely can add some extra. Will be nice!
@TravellingIlonggoTv
4 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi thank you brother i was inspired from your video. ill be posting my koi video soon
How about food and mineral for koi fry/ baby. What food and mineral and vitamin they give? Please make video about this
Great video. Is the weight of food split over the number of feeds for the day, or is it the weight of food per feed?
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, the weight mentioned differs a bit. But it is indeed per day and not per feeding round. Sometimes I mentioned the weekly amount and sometimes the daily amounts.
@PaulWheelerPhotography
4 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi Thank you :)
So what specific name brand food is the best for koi fish to eat for growth and development ?
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Pfoe... There surely are multiple good brands. I've listed some high quality choices in the description of the video!
Does Saki Hikari make a sinking food? I can't find it.
@Aboutkoi
11 ай бұрын
Yes they do, for example the Balance and Growth are available in sinking. I think color and multi season are not.
Please make an English Subtitle 🙏🏻
Hi, i have a question, they do 7 times feed per day ? Every 3 hours ? Also do they feed at night? Or only day time ? Thanks 👍
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
It depends for each breeder. Average I would say about 5-8 times. Most breeders start early in the morning with the first feeding round. Then rest of the feeding usually is only day time & one late at night
@dediirawan15589
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi thanks for the information, i will subscribe this channel
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you a lot! That's nice to hear, welcome to the club 😉. Hopefully you are going to enjoy the new weekly content!
Hello sir what is the best food for breeders koi to have a egg developer of female breeders? Thanks
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Hi there, it is important to use protein containing food. Ideally I would go for food with a large basis of fishmeal. You can also add for example frozen shrimps as addition
how many times need to feed the koi daily? maximum how many times?
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Some of the ponds in this video are fed 6 or 7 times by the breeders. And breeders will probably know very well what is best for their Koi. So I suggest to follow their approach 😉
@markred3267
4 жыл бұрын
thanks for the info.Will do
Are you from netherland
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Correct!
They are using saki-hikari as food?
@Aboutkoi
2 жыл бұрын
Many are, I can't speak for all of course. Most of the ponds you see in this video are fed with Saki
Do we need to seperate them first before breeding them if they stayed together before
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
It is not necessarily needed. But will surely help to separate male and female koi for a while to increase the chance of natural breeding in your pond or tank.
@sangsanga7403
4 жыл бұрын
And what are the bests age to breed them 😊
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Female should be at least 3 years old, male above 2 years old. Little bit older will be easier usually.
@sangsanga7403
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks ..😄ill be back for results
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Best of luck! Hope it will work out.
The food itself is important, but more importantly, how to make it aggressive to predation? The most important thing is the technique! Here's a summary list of what's going on there. kzread.info/head/PL3--geNz_JVur4vAGmbira01AMSvD7He9
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
Hi can I just ask is the chart table for any age of koi? Thanks
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Hi there, yes it is applicable to any age. However, if Koi are younger you are fine if you increase the percentages slightly. When Koi are older it is better to decrease it slightly.
@jameswithers3066
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi so if I had around 20 koi at 60cm, you can feed 1.5kg a day? Also what would be the minimal you could feed so they stay healthy but slow steady growth? Thanks in advance.
I love ur koi but can’t get them in us
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to... but we don't sell any Koi at all. We are just an information source and sharing knowledge with you 😃
@melindaengelkamp8019
4 жыл бұрын
I have koi and live in the us
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure there are places to buy Koi in Japan indeed. Cool to see Koi hobbyists from all around the world!
@Kylenguyen0676
4 жыл бұрын
Hung Chung where do you live in U.S? Yes you can buy koi from Japan
Which food they are giving
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Most breedrs give to their higher quality Koi a famous japanese Koi good, you will probably know the name. For lower quality Koi they usually give a more affordable pellet food
Water sound is very disturbing.. ☹️
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry 😢. Will try to prevent it in new video's!
@sihina4169
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi its fine appropriate your effort 👍
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
@@sihina4169 Thank you! Still I will surely try to take it into account for new video's