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laney
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On 2003-11-17 14:57, cynfulcynner wrote:
On 2003-11-17 14:39, Kailuageoff wrote:
I don't know squat about fish, but if you go with fresh water you should think about stocking it with Japanese Koi.
Don't get koi -- they're small and cute when you buy them but they will eventually get too large for the tank. Also, you'll go broke feeding them!
--cindy, keeper of three freshwater aquariums
I say get koi! Koi only grow to their environment, they will not out grow a tank. You just can't get too many fish (a rule for any kind of fish) Koi won't hide like tropical fresh water fish, they don't require a heater, they are clean and don't need a complicated filter system. You can buy food in bulk (seasonal food, growth food, and general purpose food) They beg like dogs and will come to eat out of your hand eventually. I only feed mine a small handful every few days.
I have and outdoor 80 gal. tank with 4 Koi and 3 cray fish (who clean up after the koi) My oldest, big daddy, is about 7 and 6-7" long. He has lived through a move and an over-feeding pet sitter (caused a disease which killed most-I gave them salt baths to heal)
As a scuba diver, I will not keep a salt water tank. I attended a coral reef study on an island in the Bahamas and learned that some salt water fish will not breed in captivity so they are harvested off the reef, sometimes with the use of explosives which stunn the fish for collection. Although beautiful, tanks are also hard to start and very expensive.
When I fill my indoor tank, I plan on getting nothing but koi and a blue cray fish.
Good luck with your tank and sweet find!
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