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Moving fish inside
Hi,
I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p |
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:37:38 -0400, "Scott M."
wrote: Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. Hi Scott, Rustic setting is right. Absolutely beautiful. Think I'd be spending most of my time there away from the mad rush of day to day. That Heron though, were you worried about your goldfish? All the best, Larry Southern Ontario |
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:37:38 -0400, "Scott M."
wrote: Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. Hi Scott, Rustic setting is right. Absolutely beautiful. Think I'd be spending most of my time there away from the mad rush of day to day. That Heron though, were you worried about your goldfish? All the best, Larry Southern Ontario |
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:37:38 -0400, "Scott M."
wrote: Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. Hi Scott, Rustic setting is right. Absolutely beautiful. Think I'd be spending most of my time there away from the mad rush of day to day. That Heron though, were you worried about your goldfish? All the best, Larry Southern Ontario |
"Scott M." wrote in message ... Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p IMHO, you will need to put a lot of effort into filtration to make this work. BV. |
"Scott M." wrote in message ... Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p IMHO, you will need to put a lot of effort into filtration to make this work. BV. |
"Scott M." wrote in message ... Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p IMHO, you will need to put a lot of effort into filtration to make this work. BV. |
Scott,
Please leave the koi in your pond. This aquarium is not nearly large enough to accommodate 4 eight inch koi. You say your have an aerator and heater in the pond. This will be fine to winter over the koi. Nedra in Missouri "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "Scott M." wrote in message ... Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p IMHO, you will need to put a lot of effort into filtration to make this work. BV. |
Scott,
Please leave the koi in your pond. This aquarium is not nearly large enough to accommodate 4 eight inch koi. You say your have an aerator and heater in the pond. This will be fine to winter over the koi. Nedra in Missouri "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... "Scott M." wrote in message ... Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p IMHO, you will need to put a lot of effort into filtration to make this work. BV. |
dont put koi into glass aquariums. if you must get a 100 gallon rubbermaid and put a
net over the top and makes sure the net is secured. make a gravity filter and make sure it is running on the pond for 3 weeks before moving it and the koi inside http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...AVITY%20FILTER bringing fish in from the pond requires "cleaning them up" http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...m%20the%20pond frankly, I dropped a 500watt heater into my 1600 gallon pond, put plastic lean to over it and kept the water 50oF or better for 11 out of 12 months in zone 5. and my pond has 18" above ground. http://puregold.aquaria.net/mypond/winters/winter.htm Ingrid "Scott M." wrote: Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
dont put koi into glass aquariums. if you must get a 100 gallon rubbermaid and put a
net over the top and makes sure the net is secured. make a gravity filter and make sure it is running on the pond for 3 weeks before moving it and the koi inside http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...AVITY%20FILTER bringing fish in from the pond requires "cleaning them up" http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...m%20the%20pond frankly, I dropped a 500watt heater into my 1600 gallon pond, put plastic lean to over it and kept the water 50oF or better for 11 out of 12 months in zone 5. and my pond has 18" above ground. http://puregold.aquaria.net/mypond/winters/winter.htm Ingrid "Scott M." wrote: Hi, I live in Ottawa, Ont and soon it will be winter. Actually, it felt pretty cold this morning. Anyways, My son has a friend with a large 65 gal. aquarium for sale. It is 36 inches wide by 18 inches by 18 inches. My thought was to bring the four koi (about 8 inches long each) in so that I could enjoy them throughout the winter. The goldfish would stay in the pond with the aerator and heater. I like the idea of seeing the koi but am not sure if I want to have to do a lot to maintain them. In the pond, I wouldn't have to do too much. Any thoughts? Scott M. p.s. My pond can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4xp2p ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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