{"id":695,"date":"2017-05-18T11:49:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T11:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=695"},"modified":"2017-05-18T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:01:12","slug":"guide-to-feeding-pond-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/guide-to-feeding-pond-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide To Feeding Pond Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/handyhintsaquatics.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>\nIn the summer when the water temperature is 50 \u00b0F (10 \u00b0C) or above, Fish can feed up to four times a day. Never feed more than they can consume within two minutes. It is better to feed in small portions so everything is eaten, this will prevent waste and pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Autumn\/winter and spring only feed once per day<br \/>\nWhen the water temperature drops to 10\u00b0C or below feed your fish on Wheatgerm. Wheatgerm is rich in fibre, and fish find it easier to digest in low temperatures.<br \/>\nWhen the water temperature drops fish lose their appetite, they are less active and find it difficult to digest ordinary food<\/p>\n<p>When the water temperature drops below 45 \u00b0F (7 \u00b0C), your pond fish will not need feeding. At below freezing temperatures fish become dormant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer when the water temperature is 50 \u00b0F (10 \u00b0C) or above, Fish can feed up to four times a day. Never feed more than they can consume within two minutes. It is better to feed in small portions so everything is eaten, this will prevent waste and pollution. Autumn\/winter and spring only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fish","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions\/696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlgv.co.uk\/whiltonlocksgardenvillage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}