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From: kus3@sphinx.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Any suggestions on keeping Koi indoors?
Message-ID: <2690@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 14:22:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 20 14:22:01 1987
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Reply-To: kus3@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Bob Kusumoto)
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In article <1414@rtech.UUCP> brent@rtech.UUCP (Brent Williams) writes:
>
>I live in an apartment until I save the half-billion dollars required to buy
>a house in these parts.  While I can't build the 5,000 gallon Koi pond that 
>homeowners have in their backyards, I'd like to keep a few 6-8" koi in an 
>aquarium inside.  
>
>I've read about the herculean efforts many people endure to filter the pond
>for their outdoor pools.  If any of you out there have koi in an aquarium,
>please either post to the net or mail me any tips on what you do that works
>or doesn't work.

I don't really know about keeping around 10 big koi in an aquarium, but I've
have success keeping 2 big koi and a bunch of little fish (don't know if
they're baby kois or goldfish, I don't pay that much attention) in a 10 gallon
tank with this really old filter system (works on water pressure, no eletricity
:-) and basicly clean out the tank every 2-4 months. Unfortunately, I only
keep them indoors for the winter and bring them out to an "outdoor tank" when
it warms up enough. I really don't know about long term effects in an indoor
aquarium.

Hope this helps.


Bob Kusumoto

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