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Tue, Aug 28, 07 at 1:47
| i have a small 250-300 gallon pond with 24 1-3 inch goldfish, 2 2.5 inch koi fish and a 6in koi. i have a homemade filter to fget out the big stuff(fish pood and food) and a biological filter. it is 20 inches deep at a 3*5 section and a 10 inch depth at3*4. is this too little of room for my fish? should i get ride of goldfish? |
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| A koi should have a minimum of 300 gallons EACH, with a minimum pond size of 1000 gallons and a minumim depth of 36". Goldies need 50 gallons each. Get rid of all the koi and all but 5 of the goldfish. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Tue, Aug 28, 07 at 12:01
| ccoombs1 is correct. You've got far too many fish. They grow much faster than you would think. Do yourself a favor and get rid of all of the koi and almost all of the goldfish now. |
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| is there room for water in there...lol i would definitely cut your numbers down . problem is most koi keepers are guilty of overstocking , Filtration , filtration , filtration !!! if your system can handle it and you keep the pond clean , i would go for 10 Goldfish , they aren,t ask touchy about water quality as koi are , and they don,t grow as big as fast |
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