Make sure you have all the necessary spring pond products when you need them. It never fails, each year it seems like the spring weather holds off as long as possible, then suddenly changes. Almost overnight, the sunny warm weather arrives, the ice on your pond melts and algae begins to grow. When this happens, be ready for it! Check out all our spring pond products that will help you get a jump on establishing a clear healthy pond this summer.
Not sure what you should do to get your pond ready this spring? Check out our Spring Pond Cleaning & Start-up Page for some great tips.
Spring & Fall Koi Food, Cold Water Fish Food - whatever you may call it has one thing in common - Wheat Germ. A wheat germ based food for koi and goldfish has exceptional digestibility, especially at low temperatures. This is very important in colder climates where pond temperatures drop in the fall. Since koi and goldfish metabolisms slow down as the water temperature gets colder, so does their ability to digest the rich proteins often found in regular summer koi food. If the fish aren't digesting their food well, then they aren't getting the nutrition required to build up their stores of energy that they live off of during the winter months when they don't eat. Plus, all the extra waste they are producing from improperly digested food is released in to the water at a time when the pond filters' ammonia reducing activity is also greatly diminished.
Always use a thermometer to check the temperature of your pond in the spring and fall before feeding your fish. Feed wheat germ food in spring and fall when water temperatures are between 48˚F/9˚C and 65˚F/18˚C.
You might also like to read our Feeding Koi At Different Temperatures for more information.
We have several different brands of spring and fall foods such as Profishent, Tetra and Aquascape, designed to feed your fish at colder temperatures.
