I own a koi i.e. 3" long?
i wonder how can i make my koi big
i put it in a 40 g tank beside my two small goldfish
i want my koi big and fast
plz help
koi are pond fish
get him a minimum of a 1000 gallon pond
Hi
Koi growing ponds are heated . the ones I have see use waste water from powerstation steam turbines to heat the hose down to 60-62F
You can keep Koi in tanks close to any other fish but they normally outgrow your ability to buy new tank to fit them in. A 3" Koi should be 9" inside a year and will need a 100G tank.
Answers: Koi are STRICTLY pond fish. Take the fish back to where you got it from. It cannot be kept in fish tanks.
It will potentially gain 12" within the year. The smallest kind of Koi get 2.5-3ft long, there's no road a fish that large could survive in a small 40g. Fish Man is entirely correct, these fish stipulation 600-1000g ponds minimum, filtered.
Return the fish back to the store.
you want fast growth put it outdoor for rapid growth and big space.
fitting filter and heavy feeding.
kOi keeper & goldfish warden.
If you nurture it well and keep the water power good it will grow...
But in 6 months it will be too big for that tank.
Now whether you have it in a 40gal to grow it a bit bigger before moving it to a pond later thats OK, but if you expect to keep a fish that will grow to more than 2ft long and should live for 50 years in that reservoir.. no way.
Ian
