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    Thread: WANTED - your home made koi food recipes??

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      WANTED - your home made koi food recipes??

      I know the majority of us have been using ready feed pellets from the market. I'm just wondering any hard-core here that made his/her own foods for their beloved koi? I know a guy at the local koi shop who is expert at this kind of stuff but I have not consult with him yet. Let's hear what you have up on your sleeves? just so that you know, you can really bulk up your fish with home made foods and you don't have to feed them too many times a day either. the trade off is time consuming.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen View Post
      I know the majority of us have been using ready feed pellets from the market. I'm just wondering any hard-core here that made his/her own foods for their beloved koi? I know a guy at the local koi shop who is expert at this kind of stuff but I have not consult with him yet. Let's hear what you have up on your sleeves? just so that you know, you can really bulk up your fish with home made foods and you don't have to feed them too many times a day either. the trade off is time consuming.

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      I know its not what your looking for, but at times I just feed sweet potato or Shrimp directly. Not really much prep work invovled in that . We don't cook for ourselves, fish certainly aren't getting anything prepaired.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen View Post
      I know the majority of us have been using ready feed pellets from the market. I'm just wondering any hard-core here that made his/her own foods for their beloved koi? I know a guy at the local koi shop who is expert at this kind of stuff but I have not consult with him yet. Let's hear what you have up on your sleeves? just so that you know, you can really bulk up your fish with home made foods and you don't have to feed them too many times a day either. the trade off is time consuming.

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      Hello Steve,

      I have been feeding my 60 kois with homemade food during last week, they completely changed, they really calmed down as they hand feed now!!!

      I used:

      - 12 canned sardines
      - 2.2 Lbs of shrimps
      - a fair amount of rice
      - 6 garlic cloves
      - orange juice

      I mixed with gelatine and they really loved it !!!
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      I fed my fish with shrimps from time to time as well.

      sweet potato? is that like yam? any picture of it? just want to know what you are talking about. Thanks!

      Steve

      Quote Originally Posted by Ryan S. View Post
      I know its not what your looking for, but at times I just feed sweet potato or Shrimp directly. Not really much prep work invovled in that . We don't cook for ourselves, fish certainly aren't getting anything prepaired.

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      Is there a way to make our own pellets???
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      Quote Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen View Post
      I fed my fish with shrimps from time to time as well.

      sweet potato? is that like yam? any picture of it? just want to know what you are talking about. Thanks!

      Steve
      Sweet potatoes are similar to yams but not quite the same. Here is a picture of what sweet potatoes look like. I had shared before that I feed mine cooked barley soaked in garlic, honey, liquid vitamins and Gene's koi clay. It's easy, cheap and the koi go crazy over it. I give it as a treat during the Summer and exclusively towards the end of the feeding season.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen View Post
      I fed my fish with shrimps from time to time as well.

      sweet potato? is that like yam? any picture of it? just want to know what you are talking about. Thanks!

      Steve
      Yes Steve. They are "slightly different, but most people consider a yam a sweet potato. You can find them at the grocery store, especially between now and the end of the year as they are a holiday favorite among many people. If you buy the raw ones, just put them in the microwave for, I think, 5 minutes on high. Peel cut into bite size pieces and feed. I must warn you, it can make your water a bit messy if too soft! Why not just mix some HiSilk Sweet Potato pellet in with a couple other types of pellet, put in a food processor, add cod liver oil or anchovy paste some garlic and orange juice (concentrate), some koi clay and make your own paste food a couple times a week!? I don't recommend you do this at THIS time of year however. You'll have to wait until next summer for this. But you can mix the pellets, koi clay, garlic powder and orange juice and use them to make a paste to feed at this time of year.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen View Post
      I fed my fish with shrimps from time to time as well.

      sweet potato? is that like yam? any picture of it? just want to know what you are talking about. Thanks!

      Steve
      A lot of sweet potatos around here, so I get them free often, or as low as $.19 a pound at produce stands. Toss them in the microwave and the skin peels right off and I cut up into cubes.

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      Mike,

      I ate yam (sweet potato) often especially Japanese yam that Safeway sold. this is good stuff for human consumption so I am not sure I can save some for the fish. ))

      for adding clay, are we talking about the liquid part only? I was told not to mix the sandy stuffs in and only use the liquid part. mix the clay powder in water and only use the liquid part.

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      I think the majority of Asians would call this yam. thank you for the pictures.

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      Quote Originally Posted by SONATINE View Post
      Sweet potatoes are similar to yams but not quite the same. Here is a picture of what sweet potatoes look like. I had shared before that I feed mine cooked barley soaked in garlic, honey, liquid vitamins and Gene's koi clay. It's easy, cheap and the koi go crazy over it. I give it as a treat during the Summer and exclusively towards the end of the feeding season.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Steve Nguyen View Post
      Mike,

      I ate yam (sweet potato) often especially Japanese yam that Safeway sold. this is good stuff for human consumption so I am not sure I can save some for the fish. ))

      for adding clay, are we talking about the liquid part only? I was told not to mix the sandy stuffs in and only use the liquid part. mix the clay powder in water and only use the liquid part.

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      What I do is take about a 1 to 2 cups of water, mix in a tablespoonful of clay, stir it up, mix in 1-2 teaspoons of liquid vitamins, add a tablespoon of honey and a lot of powdered garlic. Then, I pour the whole thing that over barley or the pellet food and let it soak.

      BTW this might clear up the Sweet Potato/Yam question http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetab...eetpotato.html
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      thank you for the link. I can now correct my wife .... better not.

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      Quote Originally Posted by SONATINE View Post
      What I do is take about a 1 to 2 cups of water, mix in a tablespoonful of clay, stir it up, mix in 1-2 teaspoons of liquid vitamins, add a tablespoon of honey and a lot of powdered garlic. Then, I pour the whole thing that over barley or the pellet food and let it soak.

      BTW this might clear up the Sweet Potato/Yam question http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetab...eetpotato.html

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      thank you for the link. I can now correct my wife .... on second thought... better not.

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      Quote Originally Posted by SONATINE View Post
      What I do is take about a 1 to 2 cups of water, mix in a tablespoonful of clay, stir it up, mix in 1-2 teaspoons of liquid vitamins, add a tablespoon of honey and a lot of powdered garlic. Then, I pour the whole thing that over barley or the pellet food and let it soak.

      BTW this might clear up the Sweet Potato/Yam question http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetab...eetpotato.html

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      Yams are very large. Sweet Potatos are smaller.

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      What type of gelatine do u use. Its it jello gellatine ? Who used to be promoted by cosby himself.. the lady s man lol
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      I think you’d just use the gelatin they sell over by the canning stuff. It’s plain and unflavored. I’d post a picture of it but I’m too lazy to go to the kitchen right now. Lol

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      Quote Originally Posted by My2butterflies View Post
      I think you’d just use the gelatin they sell over by the canning stuff. It’s plain and unflavored. I’d post a picture of it but I’m too lazy to go to the kitchen right now. Lol
      is the final cost of the diy food cheaper than the premade pellet?

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      Oh, I have no clue. I feed pellets and give them worms, slugs, grasshoppers, lemons, oranges, and limes as treats. I just have plain gelatin on hand for jam

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