Update on the Koi

[IRescue452]

Oh I forgot to add. You have to get test drops in bottles, not test strips. Dry test strips start to break down their chemical composition when they are opened and exposed to air. The first one will be pretty accurate but the next strips you use will be less and less accurate as time goes on.

[shepgirl]

Actually Koi aren't tank fish period. We have a young couple who specialize in landscaping and ponds out here and Koi have always to my knowledge been pond fish. Lots of people here have ponds in their yards and they even build up small falls, in them. It does wonders to beautify a property. Koi are the main kind of fish that are seen along with goldfish. Since we have pretty severe winters there are covers to put over the pond during the winter. Koi will become dormant around-10F and don't eat during the winter. In summer the ponds have nets to protect them from geese or other prey birds who in one swoop would swallow a Koi near the top of the pond. Raccoons are also notorious for raiding ponds for Koi, hence the netting to keep them at bay.
Keeping Koi in a tank is cruel in my opinion.

[NicoleLJ]

Yeah well your opinion Shepgirl never ment much to me at all if anything really. I am doing all I can to help these fish and this morning both these tanks are clear which I was very happy to see. If you want to keep being negative in your life go ahead but I am still going to do all I can to help these fish.

[shepgirl]

Yeah well your opinion Shepgirl never ment much to me at all if anything really. I am doing all I can to help these fish and this morning both these tanks are clear which I was very happy to see. If you want to keep being negative in your life go ahead but I am still going to do all I can to help these fish.

Nobody's opinion is ever worth much to you no matter who or what it hurts. you keep posting in the guise of asking for help but the posts are for nothing since no matter who says what you blunder on ahead with what you feel like doing anyway. A clear tank doesn't mean hoot - Koi are not meant to be in a tank unless it's larger than you could ever find. They are pond fish and always have been to my knowledge and seeing them trapped in a tiny tank bumping on the glass is cruel as far as I'm concerned. Worrying about finding dead Koi is not being negative it is being concerned. Like having too many pets that then have to be disposed of. But then, out of sight, out of mind.
I would think there are more important issues to deal with than Koi right now...

[NicoleLJ]

LOL Please do not put me in the same catagory as yourself. I would never want to sink that LOW thank you very much.

If it was not for me taking on these fish for the landlady then listening to the advice of a forum member on a fish forum The tanks would still be cloudy. And yes they can live in tanks at the size they are at thank you very much. I was making many mistake and I can admit it. But at least I was trying to help the fish. I was over feeding them so he told me the right amount to feed. He told me to empty the tanks out 75% and add fresh water at the right temp. Since I did as he told everything is improving. I woke up today to two clear tanks. So you may want them to die to make me look bad or talk like you know what you are talking about but at the size they are they are ok as long as I do as instructed. THen they will stay health. And they are healthy/ THat is why I took the close up shots so he could check them out. He said they are doing very well. So if you want to be negative fine. But I am willing and am putting the work in to keep these fish healthy. Whether you like it or not. SO keep talking trash. Your the only one that looks bad. I just look to the side and see my happy beautiful fish.

[blue]

What type and size filters are on the tanks? Do the filters have charcoal or an amonium absorber in them?

[shepgirl]

Sorry but my friend said to be healthy a Koi needs a 1000L tank. The ponds they build are13,600 l. big so please spare me the drama of saving the poor little fishies. Yeah, videos mean a lot don't they...hope they last longer than poor Luca's videos.
And spare me the song about the landlady , John has filled me in on things.
For those poor fish I can only feel sorrow.