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Fresh Foods to Feed Your Koi
By Julie Mancini
Koi keepers can offer a variety of fresh foods to provide important vitamins and other nutrients, and, to supplement standard koi diets. Your fish might enjoy these foods.
Fruits: strawberries, blueberries, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, watermelon, apples
Vegetables: squash, peas, cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, kale, green pepper, romaine lettuce, Boston lettuce (Note: Iceberg lettuce contains few nutrients for koi.)
Breads and cereals: brown bread, wheat germ, unsweetened cereals such as Cheerios, oatmeal
Greens: alfalfa, duckweed, fairy moss, water celery, dandelion greens, water hyacinths
Protein: worms, prawns, tadpoles, brine shrimp, daphnia, silkworm pupae, organ meats such as kidneys or liver, beans
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