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Rule of thumb for fish stocking explanation
Just Me \"Koi\" wrote:
If I read you right, then you are saying that the minimum size of a pond for ease of movement of the fish is a 1000 gallons? Does dimension of the pond as to the 1000 gallon then come into effect? To follow up with the 100 gallons per fish will, are you then suggesting that for your 1000 gallon minimum pond one can keep 10 Koi to start with, and add one Koi for every 100 gallons added to the pond? For example the old rule will yield 11 fish for a 2000 gallon pond, while my understanding of your statement will suggest that 2000 gallons will hold 20 Koi. I am sooooooooo confused -- _______________________________________ "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "Sam Hopkins" wrote in message .. . Hi Everyone, Every so often I see people post asking for the rule of thumb to stocking fish. Usually the response is 1,000 for the first koi and 100 gallons for each additional koi. One has to wonder why the first koi is hogging up 1,000 gallons while each additional koi needs only 100 to be happy. Most people assume that this has to do with nutrient loading of the water which is and isn't true. In the aquarium world the rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per gallon. It's possible with the use of a fluidizer and big filter to get 12 inches per fish per gallon. This 12 inches of fish per gallon is also achieved in some fish hatcheries. It'd be possible to get a 12 koi to live in 1 gallon of water. I raise alligator gars. One thing I can say is that there sure isn't much fish but they sure are long. One of my gars could live in a 5 gallon tank... but he wouldn't be able to turn around. Instead he lives in a 75 gallon tank. When you hear "1,000 gallons for the first koi and 100 gallons for each additional koi", what you should really hear is, "You need 1,000 gallons for all of your koi to be able to turn and move around and swim. You need 100 gallons of water for each koi to deplete their nutrient load and limit the size of your filter to something manageable". Sam It is 1,000 gallon for the first koi and 100 gallons for each additional koi. So for a 2,000 gallon pond you could have eleven fish. Also one of the reasons is that the fish need this much room to excerise all their muscles so that they develop properly. -- Bonnie NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/ |
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