Cathy Lee wrote:


You have too many fish in such a small body of water. The shop keeper
should have told you this before selling you koi.

Yes, I know this. But we won't be able to upgrade until next year.
What I am asking is, how can I make this work in the meantime?????



Please reconsider and trade the koi for a few goldfish.

You can't just "trade in" $80.00 worth of fish. Again, advice to make
this work until next year would be appreciated.




Microbial Lift for cycling? The people here recommend BioSpira. You may
want to try a different shop. What kind of filter are you using for this
small pond?

It is a large biological filter (good for up to 500 gallons) that's
bottom fed by the pump and then the water flows out the top by
waterfall. The substrate is lava rock.


Should I be concerned about the fish scratching themselves today?
Could this be caused by the nitrite levels?

You can Google pond+cycling and parasites. It would save people a lot of
typing.

Gee thanks for the tip, I've already done that. I wanted specific
advice for my personal situation and that's why I came here.
Evidently, this was a mistake. I don't see very many helpful people
around here. Just a bunch of trolls. Newsgroups have really gone
downhill over the years.

Thanks anyway.

Kelly