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Subject: Something's wrong...
From: "Happy'Cam'per"
Date: 12/10/2004 8:11 AM Central Standard Time
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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!
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No kidding.
It makes me nuts when I see tank packages with pictures for the 5g tank with 3
Koi and 5 Goldfish in it.
It boggles my mind.

I agree with you TYNK
It really make my blood boil to see poor fish being cramped up like that,,,
Its not like you'd keep a puppy in a shoebox.....
and we've all heard this one befo
"but they're really small...you have no idea how big they are"...
Sure they are small..BUT THEY GROW!!!! just like we grow out of our baby
clothes and cots......

when will people learn....
grrr.....
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Subject: Something's wrong...
From: "Happy'Cam'per"
Date: 12/10/2004 8:11 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


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!
-

No kidding.
It makes me nuts when I see tank packages with pictures for the 5g tank
with 3
Koi and 5 Goldfish in it.
It boggles my mind.

My teeny weeny itty bitty koi that I got a year ago are ten inches long
now. Good thing I resisted temptation and got only 6 because even that
is too many for my 2000 gallon pond.

Ruth Kazez


Starfish wrote:

I agree with you TYNK
It really make my blood boil to see poor fish being cramped up like that,,,
Its not like you'd keep a puppy in a shoebox.....
and we've all heard this one befo
"but they're really small...you have no idea how big they are"...
Sure they are small..BUT THEY GROW!!!! just like we grow out of our baby
clothes and cots......

when will people learn....
grrr.....
"TYNK 7" wrote in message
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Subject: Something's wrong...
From: "Happy'Cam'per"
Date: 12/10/2004 8:11 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:


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!
-


No kidding.
It makes me nuts when I see tank packages with pictures for the 5g
tank with 3
Koi and 5 Goldfish in it.
It boggles my mind.