Koi Fish?

[blakenkayla]

hey i havent done much research on these beatiful fish but i did learn that they are usually in a pond enviroment.Im thinkin of doing a ying/yang type deal with these fish.! black koi and 1 white koi.! being female one being male.My question is do you think a 6 foot long 2 foot deep pond with a filter pump be okay for 2 koi fish?

 

[Davo86]

hey i havent done much research on these beatiful fish but i did learn that they are usually in a pond enviroment.Im thinkin of doing a ying/yang type deal with these fish.! black koi and 1 white koi.! being female one being male.My question is do you think a 6 foot long 2 foot deep pond with a filter pump be okay for 2 koi fish?

are you from the UK? if so then ideally you will need the pond to have an area with a depth of at least 3 feet, (4feet + would be better) this will help the fish survive through the winters, also you haven't said how wide the pond will be? koi can easily reach 1.5feet in length in around an 18month period and can get to around 3 feet in total. Personally i think you will need a minimum of a 8 x 4 x 4 ft pond, with very strong filtration.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The pond is way to small for koi, its only large enough for goldfish, koi can grow up to 3ft+ long (they have not been unknown to grow up to 4ft long), so a 6x2ft pond is obviously to small i'm afraid. Your best option would be to go with some common or comet variety goldfish, although no more than 6 really since these goldfish can grow quite large themselves (non-fancy goldfish such as comets and commons can grow to 15inches+ long). Goldfish do come in black and white (although a lot of black goldfish start to develop orange colouration after a while) as well.
How deep is this pond? If the winters in your area ever get cold enough to freeze the surface of the water, the pond should ideally be at least 3ft deep for keep fish in, since the deeper the pond the more insulated it will be from the cold, and so the fish are less likely to have problems hibernating in the pond during wintertime . If the pond is too shallow and the fish have grown pretty large, you could risk losing them to the cold during harsh winters.

 

[afishdude]

just a quick question, whats in that 10g in you sig? a male betta and what else?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

just a quick question, whats in that 10g in you sig? a male betta and what else?

Looks like a black/dalmation molly to me (not an ideal fish for a 10gal or as a tankmate for a betta though, mollys are sociable fish that enjoy the company of their own kind, but care must be taken with stocking different genders, and some varieties of mollys require semi-brackish tanks to thrive in the long term, and mollys have been known to pick on bettas etc).