Right now its all hypothetical, we're bringing in an excavator tomorrow to
dig the pond. i estimate it'll be about 3000 to 4000 gal. how big of a
filter do you think would be necessary? right now i have 4 5" koi and about
5 or 6 3"-7" goldfish that will be moved to the big pond (the one that's
getting dug right now)once its ready. I'd also like to get a few more fish
once the big pond is ready. Really i just like to pretend i'm planning
ahead.


"Scott Teetsel" wrote in message
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I saw a small "pond" yesterday in a store's window front, probably 1' x 2'
and 8" deep or so. They had 2 Koi in there. Very cramped. Shame.

Scott

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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"Megan Wilson" wrote in message
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I know its been siad over and over that you're supposed to have 1000
gal
for
the ifrst koi and and 100 gal for each additional koi, but what is the
water
to fish ratio for gold fish (big ones, like 3-7 inches right now).
Also
if
i
put goldfish in there how would that affect the the koi to water
ratio?
Thanks much!

Megan, the key thing to remember here is that this 1000 gallon per koi
thing, is a thumb based rule. In theory you could keep a koi in a 10
gallon
tank if you kept the water clean enough. Of course she'd be more happy
in
a
swimming pool then a mason jar, but we're talking water quality, not
quantity.

With that in mind, having said that, etc...your fish load is dependant
on
your filtration...so how big is your pond and what are your parameters
like?

BV.