The following guide will help to give you an idea. Please note that it is a rule of thumb and is based upon a single fish living in a pond water temperature of 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) ...
- For a 6 inch fish that weighs 2 ounce or 50 grams - feed 1% of this weight per fish per day in total.
- For a 12 inch koi that weighs about 14 ounce or 400 grams - feed 1% of this per Koi per day in total.
- At 15 Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) you should reduce the amount of food fed by 1/3rd.
- At 10 Celsius (50 degrees F) reduce the amount of food fed to about 1/10th.
- When it comes to feeding Koi and goldfish it is always better to feed little and often. If you have the time then 5 times a day is ideal, but not essential.
- Floating pond food food rather is better than sinking pond food. This helps to prevent excess food from decaying on the pond floor. It also gives the fish more time to eat.
- If you have mixture of large and small fish grind the food up into smaller particles to give the smaller fish a chance to eat before the bigger, greedier fish eat everything.
The reason for all of the above 3 tips is that the amount of food fed has an almost immediate and direct impact upon water quality and biofilter load.
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