"Jon Pike" wrote in message
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"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in :


OK Dude, you REALLY can't keep 2 koi in a 55 gallon tank,,,,,,thats
too hilarious, kind of like keeping 2 Hippos in a bathtub. Rule of
thumb for Koi (if memory serves) is 1000 Gallons for the first koi and
100 gallons each for every Koi after that. You might get away with 5
goldfish in that tank, certainly not koi, they need clean ammonia free
water, something that your tank will never be able to give them.
Either dig yourself a pond for them or exchange them for something a
tad more suitable to your tank size. They will slowly die if you leave
them in current quarters! --
"In the beginning, God said the four-dimensional divergence of an
antisymmetric,
second rank tensor equals zero, and there was Light , and it was
good."

"Jon Pike" wrote in message
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"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in
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You forgot to add Rec.ponds to your list of crossposts!
Go ask there for more specific answers, sounds like it could be
ammonia poisoning, you either have too high a fishload or your
filtration is not keeping up with the cycle. HTH
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"In the beginning, God said the four-dimensional divergence of an
antisymmetric,
second rank tensor equals zero, and there was Light , and it was
good."

"Jon Pike" wrote in message
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Okay, one of my koi's seems to be getting sick. I noticed just
today that on his belly he's got reddish/brownish lumps. Normally
it's flat white. What could this be?
TIA.

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It's a 55 gallon tank with only two fish in it that has been running
for over 4 months.

There is no ammonia in my tank.
And to say that one single koi requires a minimum of 1000 gallons is
rediculous. You don't even know how big these fish are.

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ah, but IF they survive, we'll know how big they'll get...............