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noobzie
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 Posted: 2006.02.12(Sun)14:04 Post subject: |
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| Marcos Avila wrote: | | No noobzie, he cannot add Koi, at least not if he wants to respect them as a true pet and care for them properly. A 20 G would be ridiculously small for Koi, and so is the 50G you mention in your signature. |
yeah but my kois are small, like small small. Got em fo free so meh
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TJ
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| Posted: 2006.02.12(Sun)14:08 Post subject: |
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| noobzie wrote: | | yeah but my kois are small, like small small. Got em fo free so meh |
And, what do you plan on doing with them? They need 1000 gallons minimum! A 55 is like a puddle compared to that. Size of the koi doesn't matter really, when I got my koi this year for my pond, they were maybe 4 inches, they are REALLY active and grow pretty fast. |
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noobzie
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| Posted: 2006.02.12(Sun)18:07 Post subject: |
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| TJTommy wrote: | | noobzie wrote: | | yeah but my kois are small, like small small. Got em fo free so meh |
And, what do you plan on doing with them? They need 1000 gallons minimum! A 55 is like a puddle compared to that. Size of the koi doesn't matter really, when I got my koi this year for my pond, they were maybe 4 inches, they are REALLY active and grow pretty fast. |
well, my dad plans on getting a pond, prolly as soon as they get about 7" or so. My friend who built his pond still has lots of pond parts and stuff (I dunno if they have a proper name) and is willing to hook me up with it. Yeah yeah this may sound all made up but yeah its true. I duno how big the pond is going to be. BTW, I can get more free kois  The friend with the pond breeds them.
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TJ
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| Posted: 2006.02.13(Mon)7:25 Post subject: |
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| Its great that your getting a pond, I suggest 1000 gallons minimum and another 500 per koi. So for two koi that means 1500 gallons. |
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Oscer
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Location: South Africa
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| Posted: 2006.02.13(Mon)11:26 Post subject: |
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I'm personally not so fond of Dojo
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Blazer
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
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| Posted: 2006.02.14(Tue)10:56 Post subject: |
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Thank you for all of the replies! For now I'll let the goldies remain the royalty of the aquarium (the oranda is such a little princess, I don't think she would appreciate someone eating HER food!). After I upgrade, I'll introduce a couple of loaches to the mix.
One of my main concerns would be introducing a fish that is not accustomed to cold water condions. I noticed danios were mentioned, which I have kept before in a tropical 10 gallon. I know they're a hardy fish, but are danios actually suitable for a cold tank? I would also be wary of keeping such a quick little school of fish with slow moving goldies.
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Gaza
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| Posted: 2006.02.14(Tue)13:40 Post subject: |
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well you have a good point (fast fish + slow fish = stressed slow fish)
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Oscer
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| Posted: 2006.02.15(Wed)13:19 Post subject: |
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I agree, and for the record, danios are not actually suitable for a cold tank?
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