putting plants in my aquarium - are my ideas ok?

"Charles" wrote in message
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At the nursery we have goldfish and koi uin with plants, never have
any problem. Customers come in and tell us about their koi destroying
everything in the pond. I don't know why the difference, I might get
rich if I did.
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I'm wondering if there's a dietary reason (or boredom perhaps?) for the
goldfish and koi that destroy plants?!?!?! Since I feed my fish heavily two
to three times a day they may have no interest in eating plants. I do
remember a large fantail GF I had some years ago who seemed to amuse itself
with ripping hornwart and elodia apart. As for the koi, the plant
destruction stopped after I sold off 6 young adults 2 years ago. One or two
of them must have been the culprits. There is little damage done to the
plants in my ponds now.

All koi are outside but I do keep my fancy GF indoors. I may put them
outside in 150g pools for the summer since they do so much better outside.
They grow faster and have much deeper colors when exposed to the sun, insect
food and algae.
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