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Hand Feeding your Koi
One of the most rewarding and entertaining things about having a The key to training your Koi to eat from your hand is patience If your goal is hand feeding then you need to start training from If you have been feeding your fish by simply broadcasting the Eventually one or two will swim up and eat. When that happens, The following week, set up as you did last week, but this time Once you have them to the point that they will eat form your Hunger is a great motivator for Koi... Once you have your Koi eating out of your hands you can alternate ************************************************
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