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Post Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:19 pm   Healthy Shell?

My biggest is growing like a weed. I haven't seen her shed much though and I've tried the blueberries and such to help with the shedding. She look ok?
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:49 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

Well you can tell he has never shed. Best you can do now is buy the koi pellets that have wheat germ. That seems to be the new thing to help them shed.
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:32 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

I just adopted one that needs a good shed... which brand do you think is the best for koi pellets with Wheat Germ?
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:35 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

Nails look to be a male... but cut down on the pellets and protein.

The Hikari brand seems to be the popular one, but you can try any koi food that lists wheat germ as the main ingredient.
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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:20 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

Is the Plastron normal?
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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:28 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

stopgaming wrote:Is the Plastron normal?

It has retained scutes so no.
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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:40 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

Bought the food a few days ago, swapping it out for my current reptomin pellets. Hope it works, It's nice here so I'm going to get them some sunlight today
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Post Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:05 pm   Re: Healthy Shell?

You don't need to completely replace the Reptomin, maybe use it 2/3s. And reduce portions overall.
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