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Hikari Gold koi food is made in Japan and is considered to be one of the best koi food to feed your koi. It is a number one Top Seller in Japan. Hikari is responsible for handfulls of Koi show winners including the all Japan Koi show. Feed this to your koi to see the grow at and accelerated rate with great color and water quality!

Hikari's a daily diet, developed through years of koi breeding and showing, to meet the nutritional needs of koi while providing excellent color enhancement.

A Color Enhancing, Daily Diet For Koi Hikari Gold = Gold

A color enhancing, daily diet developed to offer improved growth rates, superior form and excellent natural coloration.

1. A daily, color enhancing diet for koi rich in enhanced astaxanthin, a form of carotenoid. Provides active color enhancement helping to bring out all the natural beauty and true colors koi are known for.
2. High in stabilized vitamin C which promotes resistance to stress and immunity to infectious disease.
3. Available in three pellet sizes offering easy consumption by all sizes of koi from fry to fully grown.
4. The carefully balanced nutrition, vitamins and amino acids will keep your aquatic pet healthy and full of energy while helping them grow fat-deposit-free.
5. A floating pellet that will not cloud your pond water. Floating foods allow you to easily monitor and adjust the amount of food fed to avoid over-feeding.

Hikari Gold breeds show winners.

Choosing the right food for your Koi is one on the most important decisions you must make. We are committed to offering a wide selection of medicated, color enhancing, growth stimulating and sustaining foods.

The feeding pattern, and thus the growth rate, of Koi depends on many factors, such as water temperature, water quality, stocking density and genetic background Koi feed most actively at temperatures in excess of 15c(59F), thus sexually immature fish can grow rapidly during the summer months when the temperature is warmer.

Once Koi are mature, their growth rate slows considerably; in sexually mature fish, most of the food eaten is utilized in producing eggs or sperm in preparation for breeding. However, unlike many other vertebrates, fish continue to grow throughout their lives and it is easy for pampered Koi to reproduce and continue to grow because of their artificially high feeding rates.

The cycle of rapid growth in summer and retarded growth in winter produces rings on the fish's scales (much like the growth rings of a tree) and a Koi's age can be determined by counting these rings. Some Koi-keepers, however, who heat their pools in the winter, continue to feed their Koi throughout the year. If a Koi has continued to feed during winter its rings will not be clearly defined and it will therefore be difficult to age.