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426Hemi
11-20-2005, 11:12 AM
hey all
Heres some pond pics the one with the Koi used to be inside but I had to make room for more tanksLOL
cockroach
11-20-2005, 11:23 AM
great looking koi, how long is he?
426Hemi
11-26-2005, 4:21 PM
He was around 2 feet when he made the leap of death :(
426Hemi
11-27-2005, 1:38 PM
ya I had a 2 foot channel in there too but I lost the whole pond cause of some kind of poisoning still not sure what happened the pond is a cattle trough about 300 gallons
MOUNTIAN
12-04-2005, 5:10 AM
DO YOU HAVE A POND FOR SELL
MOUNTIAN
12-04-2005, 5:12 AM
OH IT IS HARD TUB
guppy
12-05-2005, 12:59 AM
426hemi, Is it a metal trough or a plastic one? The metal ones need a liner or a coating before using for fish as most are galvinized and that leads to zinc poisoning, The fish build it up in their systems with only minor symptoms until it is too late them start loosing weight, gasping and flashing, sloughing excess slime, shimmying, and then die, all in the course of a couple days.
426Hemi
12-09-2005, 7:17 PM
Its a hard plastic rubbermaid cattle trough
pheedbak
09-08-2006, 5:11 PM
300 gallons is a very small for a Koi pond, especially if you have a big catfish in there as well. Is it possible that the "mystery" disease could have been precipitated by an ammonia spike? Ammonia spikes can happen so fast even after the water has been checked to be ok. I dont know...its just an idea
sprayin70
09-11-2006, 1:38 PM
Those Koi look great!
P. tang
03-07-2007, 12:33 PM
426hemi, Is it a metal trough or a plastic one? The metal ones need a liner or a coating before using for fish as most are galvinized and that leads to zinc poisoning, The fish build it up in their systems with only minor symptoms until it is too late them start loosing weight, gasping and flashing, sloughing excess slime, shimmying, and then die, all in the course of a couple days.
Sorry to derail, but this is incorrect. I have used a 330g galvanized metal stock tank for just over 4 years with no il effects to my fish. used to have it stocked with cichlids I grew out (oscars, midas, buttikoferi, rd's severums, trimac, black belt) none of wich ever had problems eating or showed any signs of any problems (no HITH or anything) I just got rid of the cichlids for a couple Large mouth bass (2 18" and 3 22") 2 pacu and a 10" bullhead cat. Again, I'm not trying to say zinc isnt harmful, but it diddnt hurt anything I've kept in the tank. And I constantly scrape the tank to get rid of algae, and also move the clay pots around a lot and none of the coating has ever scratched off and rusted. Hope that helps!
Opiate
03-07-2007, 11:43 PM
lookin good! pity for ur loss tho :(
jimsuy
08-10-2007, 12:18 AM
VERY NICE KOI....
stingray man
10-25-2007, 9:13 PM
That was a butiful koi sorry for ur lose was it a butterfly kinda looks lik it?
dennis_21
10-28-2007, 1:46 PM
nice koi...