Do pond fish need feeding every day
- how often should you feed pond fish
- how often should you feed pond fish in winter
- how often should you feed pond fish in summer
- how often should you feed koi fish
How often should you feed pond goldfish.
When and how should I feed my fish?
Natural food
In a pool with an established selection of waterplants and a moderate stock of pondfish, there are likely to be sufficient natural foods (plants, insects and other small organisms) to maintain the fish stocks for most of the time.
Any food given will be a beneficial supplement to the natural food in the pond, and will encourage the pondfish to become more tame.
The more fish that are stocked in the pond, the more likely that regular feeding will become necessary.
Feeding pond fish in winter
In pools with minimal planting the fish can browse on the film growing on the pool sides, but they will need some feeding beyond this.
Feeding in Spring and Autumn
Pond fish are “cold blooded” and the amount of food needed depends upon their activity, which is closely tied to the water temperature.
Ideally use a floating/pond thermometer to measure the water temperature; air-temperatures from weather forecasts are a second best. Goldfish and Koi become very sluggish below 8-10 degrees C and it is generally best not to feed them when daytime te
- how often should you feed freshwater fish
- how many times should you feed pond fish