Separating Fish

[distanc3]

Originally Posted by wasabisashimi

isnt koi tough fish? they can live outside in a pond with cold air and debri,, will they be so easily damaged or hurt if transferred into a tank that is not properly cycled?

tough fish, but must consider the following:

1. Change in temperature. it'll take DAYS with heat to transfer from your pond to indoor tank (pond temp 1 or 2 degrees vs indoor tank 20 degrees)
recommended temperature change is 1-2 degrees per day.
2. Cycled water. tough fish, but ammonia (nitrite, nitrate) and messy koi dont mix. As the matter of fact introducing a koi into an uncycled environment will crash the whole tank. (if you didnt balance the water temperature)

I would say its a little late to transfer, the temperature is way too harsh koi =(

well since no one posted pics, I'll do so


about a year old 10inches.


my most prized RIP =(


Ghost koi



Bonus picture, Chinese softshell turtle

there now everyone else post

[bcrdukes]

Wow, you have some very beautiful koi!

I'm too ashamed to post pictures right now. The tank is pretty messy so we have to change water this week.

[bcrdukes]

Alright.

One of you guys here knows/works with my mom. Stalker.

[TOS'd]

^ LOL! post pics, theres nothing to be ashamed about.


And that turtle looks so cool, i want one! Where and how much?

[distanc3]

Originally Posted by TOS'd

^ LOL! post pics, theres nothing to be ashamed about.


And that turtle looks so cool, i want one! Where and how much?

theyre harder to come by as they are a bit more sensitive when theyre this size compared to your regular red ear sliders. These guys are suppose to be aggressive when it gets larger, and they are considered as a delicacy in China. I got this little guy from a small pet shop on kingsway across from DQ. got 4 of them 3 died becuase they didnt eat =( He was the size of a dime, now hes about a loonie (about 1.5 years?). Definitely cute little bugger and will eat his half his weight in blood worms each day, and cant be mixed with fish that is his size =T

[twitchyzero]

i could eat that turtle like the chocolates
it looks even better if it's fried like those cracker mini crabs haha.

[Fafine]

Originally Posted by distanc3

theyre harder to come by as they are a bit more sensitive when theyre this size compared to your regular red ear sliders. These guys are suppose to be aggressive when it gets larger, and they are considered as a delicacy in China. I got this little guy from a small pet shop on kingsway across from DQ. got 4 of them 3 died becuase they didnt eat =( He was the size of a dime, now hes about a loonie (about 1.5 years?). Definitely cute little bugger and will eat his half his weight in blood worms each day, and cant be mixed with fish that is his size =T

how much you get it for?

[distanc3]

^25 a piece but thats when they had a ton of them, but according to them they only had a handful that survived. therefore they dont carry them any more =(