Fishy Feeding Time

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We have a fish pond in our garden. I really find it very calming to sit and talk to the fish. For one thing, they never argue. I'm no expert - not even an enthusiastic amateur - and I am prone to 'spoiling' the fish something rotten. Whilst some people might buy enormous televisions or fabulous sound systems, most of the fancy technology we have is in the pond. The fish have state of the art pumps and filters, a summer 'jacuzzi' system that bubbles extra air into their water, and a beautiful big sun umbrella to stop them getting too hot. In autumn when the temperature starts to fall I stop feeding them. My pond thermometer is broken so I don't do it strictly by temperature, but I stop feeding when they start to slow down. Then through the winter they eat very little, sucking the algae off the pond liner if they need a snack, but essentially their little fishy tummies go into a sort of hibernation. This weekend they have been getting more lively. We've had temperatures about 16C (all you fahrenheit types can double and add 32 and you'll be in more or less the right area) and they seem to be feeling frisky. I don't have the special easily digestible spring food that they would like, so I just gave them a small amount of the regular food - about half a scoop (against a summer feed of 2 scoops a day). I'll then not feed them for a couple of days to make sure nobody's looking like they have tummy ache. One of the most typical questions people ask when the hear we have fish and cats is whether the cats attack the fish. Luckily for all concerned, the cats don't know that fish taste of fish.