Trouble in one tank?
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All are the same size So only Nipping and chasing going on now. Side question. Should i feed them all at ones... 3 diff type of food
Please tell me the pond is going to be done very very soon. That tank is extremely overstocked and the bass is going to get nasty. Not to mention, that channel cat is a heavy polluter. Just so you know, Koi need about 250 gallon per adult. How big is everybody. Even at 3 inches each, your tank is going to be over stocked very very soon.
Oh ur a newbie. 250 per koi lol u dont put in the fact on filters. I know ppl that have 5x5 ponds and have soo many koi that ppl say over stocked but it isnt. His has some really good Filters installed on it. About 6 drums. The 4 are going to be in the tank tell maybe dec. Im tring to find out how to put the BD in with my ground.
Ok, one, I'm not a newbie to koi. True koi keepers stock lighty so their fish will get over 3 feet long. Your tank is overstocked and you are going to end up stunting your fish. In my pond, I had two 2' channel cats in it and the pond was 600 gallons and it seemed overstocked. Lets think about this, 250 gallons for a 3 foot fish. That doesn't seem cramped to you. Were all of your friends Koi under a foot long? They were probalby stunted because 5' x 5' x 2 feet deep isn't even big enough for two adult koi that have reached their true size, not a foot long. I haven't even gotten around to the fact that you have a bass and a catfish in there too. Did you know that bass grow really fast, so do channel cats. Channel cats grow 1 pound for every 2 pounds of food they consume. They grow really fast so you will be over stocked in that 60 very, very soon. So please, before you go and call me a newbie, go read up on Koi. They aren't made for tanks.
And pond filters only break down ammonia and nitrite, in a heavily stocked pond like your friends you better have lots of plants or you are going to have lots of nitrates and green water.
My pond, the one with the channel cats in it, has clear water.
I don't mean to be mean, but I'm not trying to be a no it all, but a 60 is way too small for those fish and you are going to have problems soon if you do not move them into a pond in the next month or two.
And pond filters only break down ammonia and nitrite, in a heavily stocked pond like your friends you better have lots of plants or you are going to have lots of nitrates and green water.
My pond, the one with the channel cats in it, has clear water.
I don't mean to be mean, but I'm not trying to be a no it all, but a 60 is way too small for those fish and you are going to have problems soon if you do not move them into a pond in the next month or two.
I tried putting in Koi from work and the Channels ate them. I know they ate them. I saw them eat them. They even ate the solid black one. 
He was my favorite. I traded them in, we're going to start over in the spring. So how big is everyone that you have, and yes, keep the LMB on pellets but he's gonna get agro and try to eat what ever he can fit in his mouth.
He was my favorite. I traded them in, we're going to start over in the spring. So how big is everyone that you have, and yes, keep the LMB on pellets but he's gonna get agro and try to eat what ever he can fit in his mouth.His tring to eat some pink Conv. I dont want to breed them anymore... so i let him eat them. He tried but they fight back. they are about 5 each beside the Channel his allmost 7 The koi way to big for his mouth... maybe u should stock with adult com koi? only think i can find out is that the cat will suck the scales out. but they do grow back?
