Arapaima with koi ?

[ckyap]

Hi .. everyone .. anyone has experienced or seen arapaima mixing with koi fish ? ...... Thanks . in advance ....

 

[yohan]

yeah! in a lfs. but the koi's size if somthing that wont fit in the gigas mouth.

 

[NilePufferFanatic]

Koi will be eaten as soon as the aparima can manage it.

 

[BaTsBR]

I raise two gigas with some kois
they just dont fit in gigas mouth.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

That would be an expensive meal. I wouldn't suggest it for too long.

 

[johnptc]

what about the koi at 83 degrees....might be to warm for the koi

if would guess well fed pimas might leave them alone

 

[Zoodiver]

Yeah, koi are not a tropical fish by any means. And arapaima do best in fairly warm water. I can't see them mixing well.

 

[BaTsBR]

I raise two gigas with some kois
they just dont fit in gigas mouth.

Just before I said that, today I saw that my two kois were eaten by my biggest gigas, the only that can manage to eat them.
As long as that were enought food, I didn't realize they would eat the kois.
well, at least he ate very well.

lesson to remember, always put biggest kois with gigas

 

[ckyap]

HI .. thank for all the advise .. how big a koi is considered as big ? ... how many inches ? What is the safe size ... that a fish .. can swim with an arapaima ? .. thanks

 

[BaTsBR]

that's difficult to say, the gigas has a large mouth.
that means the fish should be at least twice as bigger than his mouth open. ehehehehehhe
I'll let johnptc answer that.