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bettachris     Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004   | my friends wants me to hold on to a few(about 5) koi that are about maybe 8 inches, now my aunt has a 315 gallon tank (she is not a fish person i just resently brought fish into my family) with about 5 koi in there already just until her pond in ready but can i add the 5 new koi with the other ones or are they like common goldfish that are protective and will attack new fish. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00 |      |
guppylove1985  Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 709 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Nov-2003   | wow, do you actually mean a 315 gallon tank, and she's NOT a fishperson????? Anyways, if it's THAt big, no worries, they may not even notice that there are new fish  If it is actually 31.5 gallons, then i wouldn't recommend adding all five at once, considering that the tank is already over stocked and adding five more heavy waste fish at once would definitely cause a mini-cycle. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00 | |
| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | she is very rich and she bought this big house and her x husband wanted a fish tank so they got a 315 for discus but since they really didn't know much about fish they all died and the tank remained empty untill her dauther resturant closed and they had koi so she put them in her tank. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00 | |
| guppylove1985 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 709 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Nov-2003 | wow, damn I am jealous! one day... hopefully.... Anyways, I definitely think you will be fine adding the 5 koi, the affect on the bioload will be negligable if they are small, and the other fish should accept them just fine. Just make sure to take your time acclimating them  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00 | |
| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | well the new koi should arrive in a couple of days and i will drive them over to my aunts and float them. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:00 | |
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