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da man
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 Posted: 2006.01.19(Thu)17:51 Post subject: Goldfish and koi in the same pond? |
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Hey, I'm new to these forums, and have recently moved into a house that has a 265g triangular pond.
There is currently 8 goldfish in it, 2 comets and the rest are fancies, (adding my 2 remaining comets and moor soon).
I was wondering if it would be pushing it to add a koi or two. (Also the goldfish are quite small atm, and I don't want them eaten).
Any advice would be helpful. (Note the pond had been run for a month without fish).
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TJ
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| Posted: 2006.01.19(Thu)18:19 Post subject: Re: Goldfish and koi in the same pond? |
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| da man wrote: | Hey, I'm new to these forums, and have recently moved into a house that has a 265g triangular pond.
There is currently 8 goldfish in it, 2 comets and the rest are fancies, (adding my 2 remaining comets and moor soon).
I was wondering if it would be pushing it to add a koi or two. (Also the goldfish are quite small atm, and I don't want them eaten).
Any advice would be helpful. (Note the pond had been run for a month without fish). |
You can put koi with goldfish, its just that your pond is way to small for an adult koi. They can get 3 feet+ and need a lot of space to swim. I keep 2 koi, 3 golden orfes, and 10+ goldfish in my 2500 gallon pond, they are all fine with eachother. |
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da man
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| Posted: 2006.01.19(Thu)18:32 Post subject: |
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OK thanks for the help, glad I asked 
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Oscer
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| Posted: 2006.01.20(Fri)12:52 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | your pond is way too small for an adult koi |
I agree, with TJTommy
But I must also say I know of people who have kept koi in your sized pond (not sure what your dimensions are) that have reached more than 2 feet.
Some koi take longer to grow than others, the problem comes in when choosing that slow growing koi, because his no deferent from the rest, but if you started with a small koi of not even 2inchs, it would take him a considerable while to out grow the pond and then he'll have to be move.
So maybe it's best staying with Goldies.
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