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Best fish for beginners, good choices for a friendly community aquarium

The Perfect Community Tank? Fish For A Beginner Aquarium

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

Perhaps a Perfect Community Tank [caption id="attachment_570" align="alignleft" width="270"] Best fish for beginners, good choices for a friendly community aquarium[/caption] With the new fishtank on..

Miscellaneous Topics

Koi and Pond Fish Cannibalism

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

Koi Cannibalism Well, what discussion of Koi Nutrition would be complete unless we talked about the Koi's more jocular habits of eating fry, frogs and..

Nutrition

Silkworm pupae are delicious to koi but should not be fed as "the" diet. They're a treat.

How To Supplement Koi and Pond Fish Nutrition with Treats

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

[caption id="attachment_564" align="alignleft" width="219"] Silkworm pupae are delicious to koi but should not be fed as "the" diet. They're a treat.[/caption] Someone said that it..

Nutrition

Koi from Israel have been of excellent quality and many are from Japanese bloodlines

Pellet Size and Koi Nutrition in Koi and Pond Fish Feeds

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

Small fish need small pellets that they can wholly engulf, but they will spend time chasing the biggest pellets. It would be better for the..

Nutrition

Sho Koi with Impact contains immune support in the form of nucleotides.

Immune Boosters in Koi and Pond Fish Food

February 10, 2018September 28, 2019 DrErikJohnson

Immune Boosters in Koi and Pond Fish Food Some foods are made with immune boosters. These are certainly harmless and they may very well perform..

Nutrition

Color Enhancers in Koi and Pond Fish Food

February 10, 2018March 14, 2018 DrErikJohnson

[caption id="attachment_561" align="alignleft" width="239"] Koi from Israel have been of excellent quality and many are from Japanese bloodlines[/caption] Are there color enhancers in the diet?..

Feeding / Nutrition

Koi food can have a LOT of one ingredient that LOOKS like a little when split into two amounts.

Ingredient Splitting in Koi and Pond Fish Food

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

Ingredient Splitting This Blue Ridge Hatchery Food engages ZERO ingredient splitting. If you were manufacturing a food and found wheat to be cheaper than fishmeal,..

Labels / Nutrition

This is the book Rick Hess and I wrote about Fancy Goldfish

Assessing an Ingredients Label for Koi and Pond Fish Food

February 10, 2018February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

Assessing an ingredients label Ingredients labels can be very exciting, or very misleading. [caption id="attachment_547" align="alignleft" width="127"] Koi Food Label Assessment can reveal koi food..

Labels / Nutrition

Vitamin deficiencies from missing vitamins are comparatively rare

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

Vitamins Important ones seem to be fat soluble A,D,E and K - and vitamin C. [caption id="attachment_543" align="alignleft" width="100"] Vitamin deficiencies from missing vitamins are..

Nutrition

Carbohydrates are the immediate energy source for the fish.

Carbs or Carbohydrates in Koi Feeds

February 10, 2018 DrErikJohnson

[caption id="attachment_540" align="alignleft" width="127"] Carbohydrates are the immediate energy source for the fish.[/caption] Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are the immediate energy source for the fish. Due to..

Carbs / Nutrition