14" motoro with koi?

[hawilipino]

can i house a 14" motoro with some koi?...most of them are between 4-5"..and i have one 9"..and two 7"...or will they stress him out?

 

[fishguy306]

How are you going to work out the temp issues? Dont koi need cool water?

 

[hawilipino]

no..the koi are able to stand low temp water...i have them in 80 degrees right now and they're perfectly fine..other than that..does anyone think they koi will stress the motoro out?.

 

[wheresalbany]

I would say it's not a good idea since both koi and rays are huge waste producers. It could be very taxing on your filtration.

 

[turkeyboy85]

I would be more concerned about losing the koi then the motoro

 

[oldfish]

I would be more concerned about losing the koi then the motoro

ditto

 

[hawilipino]

I would be more concerned about losing the koi then the motoro

alright..thank you everyone for your opinion..i just didn't know which one to let go

 

[FishDog]

If your filtration is big enough then it should be okay. The ray might try to eat the koi but then again he might not. I had thought about putting some nice koi with rays one day.

 

[MeAko]

Pwede yan! <--That's possible/doable! If you kois are used to floating pellets, then chances are they will be more mid level swimming and surface searching for food. But if they're used to sinking pellets, they might pester the ray.

Forget about the temp difference, Kois in the Philippines not just survive but THRIVE in our 27 degree Celsius waters. Generations upon generations of Kois have learned to love our tropical water temp. They have said sayonara to cold water.

But just in case you are thinking of disposing of your ray, please consider disposing it to me.