feeding koi

See, there's a lot of fish down there. A LOT of fish. They veritably swim on top of each other with gaping mouths gurgling at the surface. Thousands of them. The guy claps his hands as dinner bell, and just like Pavlov's dogs their mouths would water profusely but they're already in water and they don't have salivary glands. The food is measured in boxes. When the feeder gets to the end they can no longer spoon it so they upturn the box instead. A little more than a spoonful is dumped as final measure.

All of that is clear in the video.

But American media cannot tell a story straight if their lives depended on it. Their professional lives do depend on it but they're too thick to understand even that. American news presenters really are very stupid. And all who still watch them at this late point are too. Rarely do they ever tell you anything useful. They twisted this story and edited it to appear as if Trump is impatient when he's actually following Abe's lead. It's a moment of grace, not impatience. While our media is simply despicable.

Aquarium hobbyists know the problem of overfeeding. The fish must be fed only what they can eat within seconds. And if a fish doesn't get any food, then too bad, that fish has to wait for next time. But next time can be within an hour. An automatic feeder will do this several times a day. I saw one of those automatic feeders at doctor's office. It dumped food three times as I waited and watched. I thought the thing overfed his fish by far too much. But they did devour all the food in seconds, and those were the biggest neon tetras I've ever seen. They were YUGE! The size of regular fish. I mentioned that to the receptionist. She said, "Everybody says that."

My landlord had twin sons older than myself. One was a vice president of Rio Grand Railroad, the other twin was severely retarded. Other than that the two men are identical. Guess which one was my friend.

He'd come over and I'd watch as he fed the fish in my fifty gallon tank. He was a child at heart and mind. I warned him, feed them only a tiny amount.  But what child can do that? It's not satisfying. I walked into another room and returned immediately and in that time he dumped the entire container and the tank was filled with suspended particles. He was delighted. The tank was flickering with confetti fish food flakes. The whole tank had to be drained immediately and re-filled with the fish in it. Drained again and filled again, to clear it of debris that would cause algae bloom. 

But it's different with a lake filled with carp. The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs has such a small lake where carp come up by the thousands to be fed. They are never sated. Hotel guests love it. The hotel bakery could dump an entire pan sheet rack full of bread all at once and it would be devoured in seconds. I imagine. They're voracious. I don't even know if the hotel has its own bakery. I'm trying to make a point, alright?