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Aquarium for winter
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 |
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Scott, that aquarium is no where near big enough for 32 inches of koi.
Sorry. ( Janet in sunny Niagara Falls -- "Scott M." wrote in message ... 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 |
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I was considering buying some baby koi (or getting some from a friend
whos may be spawning soon) and wintering them in an aquarium. How large would I need for newborns? Im in new england, northern mass "Janet" wrote in message ... Scott, that aquarium is no where near big enough for 32 inches of koi. Sorry. ( Janet in sunny Niagara Falls -- "Scott M." wrote in message ... 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 |
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I was considering buying some baby koi (or getting some from a friend
whos may be spawning soon) and wintering them in an aquarium. How large would I need for newborns? Im in new england, northern mass "Janet" wrote in message ... Scott, that aquarium is no where near big enough for 32 inches of koi. Sorry. ( Janet in sunny Niagara Falls -- "Scott M." wrote in message ... 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 |
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If the babies are small, less than an inch in length, you can probably have
1 fish for each 2 gallons of water. They will grow. Typical growth in the pond is about 8 to 10 inches per year in my zone 7 area, so in an aquarium, being fed over the winter, I would expect them to grow at least double their current size, with 4 times not being unreasonable growth. If you get 2 inches of koi per gallon, you will have to have some super filtration, or you will work yourself to death doing daily water changes. As for size of aquarium, I have seen people have koi in aquariums as small as 10 gallons, but 20 or 50 is better. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/index.html " wrote in message om... I was considering buying some baby koi (or getting some from a friend whos may be spawning soon) and wintering them in an aquarium. How large would I need for newborns? Im in new england, northern mass "Janet" wrote in message ... Scott, that aquarium is no where near big enough for 32 inches of koi. Sorry. ( Janet in sunny Niagara Falls -- "Scott M." wrote in message ... 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 |
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A ponder I met said when people were giving away baby koi, she would often
get two or three and put them in a 29 gallon aquarium. She originally started this to cycle an isolation tank but said now its mostly just cuz she likes to see the fish a little closer for a little while. She would put them in the pond when they were around 5 inches. She had some sort of Eheim or one of those nice canister filters and here the frigid sub 32 degrees days usually last no more than a month or so. So taking them out was never a problem. I guess you could infer she thought 2 inches per gallon per inch of the expected final size was fine (with a nice filter). With a much longer winter I would think the answer would be a definite 'Not many' It could be quite an expense for a whim if you were going to do it right. Or as Rich said, minimum essentials would be a couple of hang on bio wheels and an appropriately sized Python for those frequent water changes.(Not to mention the tank, hood, air stones etc). I got my 50 gallon + hood and light at a thrift shop really cheap. Bio wheels from Petsmart. They wont volunteer this normally but 'Petsmart on line' on some things is about half the price of in store - but if you print out the ad and take it instore they will honor the price. Both times I have done it the manager had to be called to confirm this was correct... then to do a price over ride. Good Luck! Bill Brister " wrote in message om... I was considering buying some baby koi (or getting some from a friend whos may be spawning soon) and wintering them in an aquarium. How large would I need for newborns? Im in new england, northern mass "Janet" wrote in message ... Scott, that aquarium is no where near big enough for 32 inches of koi. Sorry. ( Janet in sunny Niagara Falls -- "Scott M." wrote in message ... 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 |
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A ponder I met said when people were giving away baby koi, she would often
get two or three and put them in a 29 gallon aquarium. She originally started this to cycle an isolation tank but said now its mostly just cuz she likes to see the fish a little closer for a little while. She would put them in the pond when they were around 5 inches. She had some sort of Eheim or one of those nice canister filters and here the frigid sub 32 degrees days usually last no more than a month or so. So taking them out was never a problem. I guess you could infer she thought 2 inches per gallon per inch of the expected final size was fine (with a nice filter). With a much longer winter I would think the answer would be a definite 'Not many' It could be quite an expense for a whim if you were going to do it right. Or as Rich said, minimum essentials would be a couple of hang on bio wheels and an appropriately sized Python for those frequent water changes.(Not to mention the tank, hood, air stones etc). I got my 50 gallon + hood and light at a thrift shop really cheap. Bio wheels from Petsmart. They wont volunteer this normally but 'Petsmart on line' on some things is about half the price of in store - but if you print out the ad and take it instore they will honor the price. Both times I have done it the manager had to be called to confirm this was correct... then to do a price over ride. Good Luck! Bill Brister " wrote in message om... I was considering buying some baby koi (or getting some from a friend whos may be spawning soon) and wintering them in an aquarium. How large would I need for newborns? Im in new england, northern mass "Janet" wrote in message ... Scott, that aquarium is no where near big enough for 32 inches of koi. Sorry. ( Janet in sunny Niagara Falls -- "Scott M." wrote in message ... 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 |
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