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| BoyPete 2006-09-25, 5:25 pm |
| Fish feeding.
Am I right in thinking that fish won't feed in the dark? I'm rapidly
approaching the time of year when I leave for work in the dark, and arrive
home from work in the dark. This presents a feeding problem. Thoughts??
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| Keith Kent 2006-09-25, 5:25 pm |
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"BoyPete" <petcrow@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:4nqpm8Fbkar3U1@individual.net...
> Fish feeding.
> Am I right in thinking that fish won't feed in the dark? I'm rapidly
> approaching the time of year when I leave for work in the dark, and arrive
> home from work in the dark. This presents a feeding problem. Thoughts??
>
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> ßôyþëtë
I have never heard that one before.
What about night fishing?
Keith
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| BoyPete 2006-09-25, 5:25 pm |
| Keith Kent wrote:
> "BoyPete" <petcrow@lineone.net> wrote in message
> news:4nqpm8Fbkar3U1@individual.net...
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> I have never heard that one before.
> What about night fishing?
>
> Keith
Funny you should say that, someone in another group has replied with the
same comment. 
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| ®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ 2006-09-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:09:54 GMT, "Keith Kent" <nospam@ntlworld.com>
wrote and included this (or some of this):
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>"BoyPete" <petcrow@lineone.net> wrote in message
>news:4nqpm8Fbkar3U1@individual.net...
>
>I have never heard that one before.
>What about night fishing?
Carp feed mostly at night.
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| June Hughes 2006-09-25, 5:25 pm |
| In message <4nqpm8Fbkar3U1@individual.net>, BoyPete
<petcrow@lineone.net> writes
>Fish feeding.
>Am I right in thinking that fish won't feed in the dark? I'm rapidly
>approaching the time of year when I leave for work in the dark, and arrive
>home from work in the dark. This presents a feeding problem. Thoughts??
>
I sometimes feed mine in the dark and they eat it. If they are Koi, you
should be thinking of switching over to a wheatgerm food for the winter
before long. (surely it will get cooler very soon?
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June Hughes
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| Bob Hobden 2006-09-25, 8:25 pm |
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"BoyPete" wrote ...
> Fish feeding.
> Am I right in thinking that fish won't feed in the dark? I'm rapidly
> approaching the time of year when I leave for work in the dark, and arrive
> home from work in the dark. This presents a feeding problem. Thoughts??
>
If I'm awake I can hear my fish clooping (a loud sharp sucking noise) all
night long especially if it's warmish and there is a bit of moon about, so
yes they do feed at night. However when the water temperature gets down
towards 50°F they virtually stop feeding no matter what the light is like.
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| BoyPete 2006-09-26, 3:25 am |
| June Hughes wrote:
> In message <4nqpm8Fbkar3U1@individual.net>, BoyPete
> <petcrow@lineone.net> writes
> I sometimes feed mine in the dark and they eat it. If they are Koi,
> you should be thinking of switching over to a wheatgerm food for the
> winter before long. (surely it will get cooler very soon?
I've just ordered some, but water temp is still 68 deg atm!
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ßôyþëtë
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| BoyPete 2006-09-26, 3:25 am |
| Bob Hobden wrote:
> "BoyPete" wrote ...
> If I'm awake I can hear my fish clooping (a loud sharp sucking noise)
> all night long especially if it's warmish and there is a bit of moon
> about, so yes they do feed at night. However when the water
> temperature gets down towards 50°F they virtually stop feeding no
> matter what the light is like.
Thanks Bob
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ßôyþëtë
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| Uncle Marvo 2006-09-26, 9:25 am |
| In reply to June Hughes (junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk) who wrote this in
qW7nRkJL6DGFFwrM@theacct.demon.co.uk, I, Marvo, say :
> In message <4nqpm8Fbkar3U1@individual.net>, BoyPete
> <petcrow@lineone.net> writes
> I sometimes feed mine in the dark and they eat it. If they are Koi,
> you should be thinking of switching over to a wheatgerm food for the
> winter before long. (surely it will get cooler very soon?
I agree. Wheatgerm (contained in wheatfeed, a by-product of the flour
industry) is generally available in two basic forms, one is meal
(unprocessed) and one is pelletised. The former, sadly, doesn't contain very
much germ because it is becoming so expensive that the industry gleans it
from the process before it hits the wheatfeed lines. Some of the older mills
still put it in the pellets but also they mix it with molasses, which gets
the cows hooked, but the trouble with molasses is that a spoonful will
remove the oxygen from your pond.
However, if you have a problem getting hold of wheatgerm, email me and I'll
arrange for a big bag (tm) of it to find its way to your door :-)
This is all true, BTW, unlike many of my other posts.
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| BoyPete 2006-09-26, 1:25 pm |
| Uncle Marvo wrote:
> In reply to June Hughes (junehughes@theacct.demon.co.uk) who wrote
> this in qW7nRkJL6DGFFwrM@theacct.demon.co.uk, I, Marvo, say :
>
>
> I agree. Wheatgerm (contained in wheatfeed, a by-product of the flour
> industry) is generally available in two basic forms, one is meal
> (unprocessed) and one is pelletised. The former, sadly, doesn't
> contain very much germ because it is becoming so expensive that the
> industry gleans it from the process before it hits the wheatfeed
> lines. Some of the older mills still put it in the pellets but also
> they mix it with molasses, which gets the cows hooked, but the
> trouble with molasses is that a spoonful will remove the oxygen from
> your pond.
> However, if you have a problem getting hold of wheatgerm, email me
> and I'll arrange for a big bag (tm) of it to find its way to your
> door :-)
> This is all true, BTW, unlike many of my other posts.
I've ordered 'Nishikoi' wheatgerm pellets from Bradshaws. Thanks for your
kind offer though
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ßôyþëtë
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