koi temp...

[Jon Pike]

So I've got this 700 gallon pool set up in my basement now. The pump leaks
a bit but I don't care much because I haven't gotten a 'lid' for it all yet
anyway. Fish isn't going in for a while.
I've already got my koi in the basement, in a tank with ~80g, and a 10g
sump running a trickle filter. Working well. Temp in that tank is 64'f.
Temp in the pool is 54'f. It's only been full for a day, and the water I
had to fill it with was as cold as it comes. So there's -probably- still
some warming up to do. I hope.

Anyway, I've been looking around google for tolerable temps for koi. I've
found that below 50-52'f you should stop feeding them. I haven't been able
to find anything about how well he'd do at 64, or even 60'f, but right now
he's eating and swimming around about the same as he ever did in 70 and
75'f water.

The idea here, is that I want to be taking -really- good care of my koi,
and not just letting him get by. I didn't absorb 1/8 of my basement
floorspace for nothing! So, is there such thing as an 'ideal' koi temp, and
also, does anyone have good links to pond cycling information, if such a
thing exists?
TIA

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[Happy'Cam'per]

I think they should do fine at a steady 25 degrees celcius.
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"Jon Pike" > wrote in message
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> So I've got this 700 gallon pool set up in my basement now. The pump leaks
> a bit but I don't care much because I haven't gotten a 'lid' for it all
yet
> anyway. Fish isn't going in for a while.
> I've already got my koi in the basement, in a tank with ~80g, and a 10g
> sump running a trickle filter. Working well. Temp in that tank is 64'f.
> Temp in the pool is 54'f. It's only been full for a day, and the water I
> had to fill it with was as cold as it comes. So there's -probably- still
> some warming up to do. I hope.
>
> Anyway, I've been looking around google for tolerable temps for koi. I've
> found that below 50-52'f you should stop feeding them. I haven't been able
> to find anything about how well he'd do at 64, or even 60'f, but right now
> he's eating and swimming around about the same as he ever did in 70 and
> 75'f water.
>
> The idea here, is that I want to be taking -really- good care of my koi,
> and not just letting him get by. I didn't absorb 1/8 of my basement
> floorspace for nothing! So, is there such thing as an 'ideal' koi temp,
and
> also, does anyone have good links to pond cycling information, if such a
> thing exists?
> TIA
>
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