my work has about 8 northern pike all over a foot and i was wondering could i put one in a huge pond with koi its over a thousand gallon pond, will the pike kill the koi because he has huge albino channel cats in there that are 2ft.
Northern pike questions
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Carp (koi) and large esox (pike) simply do not mix. The pike will constantly harass the carp (and likely become quite fat in the process). In Europe where carp are cherished in ponds for sport/food, pike sneak in and are ruthlessly found and killed since one pike will make short work of a pond of small carp.
Pike are the wolves and carp are the sheep.
Pike are the wolves and carp are the sheep.
Also pike will need cold water as it gets older, so after killing the koi it would probily eventualy die too.
pike will kill all fish in a pond eventually. they hide silent like a submarine and BOOM one by one they take everything out.
only fish that DO live with pike successfully are the high reproduction rate cichlids like sunfish, SMB, crappie etc and even than. in a small pond theyre basically fish in a barrel with no real chance to survive, I dont think it would be possible to do a co hab in anything less than a 50ftx50ft pond
my pike eats anything that moves except my albino reed eel. last week he "15 inch pike" ate my 9 inch largemouth bass
Mikeberg;1231063; said:
huh?
Koi ponds aren't exactly kept at tropical conditions. When did Sunfish and bass become cichlids?
To the OP. Northern pike will not only eat your Koi but more than one in a small enclosure and they will turn on each other. Northern Pike are probably the worst US Native fish to try and keep in small ponds and aquariums.
throw one in the pond and let him kill all the koi then feed him goldfish and see how big he gets 
lol jk
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