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Fri, Nov 19, 10 at 23:43
| I was looking in the for sale ads on ksl web today was
looking in the koi ads a lady has a 5 to 6" koi for sell is in her aquarium . she wants to sell it for $6.00 no big deal. my concern is i want to put it in my pond will it adjust to the cold temps or will i have to wait I do have a 180 g tank in my shed w a pump should i put it in there and let it adust to the temps i know its not much warmer in there. Any sugestions would help thanks. |
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| Moving fish in the winter can be really dangerous. Their immune systems are 90% shut down when the water is at 50° and the added stress of moving one will lower it even further. He could be attacked easily by parasites and/or bacterial infections. Plus if he is indoors now and you ware wanting to put him into cold water, the stress of that drastic temperature change could kill him. Large koi can handle that kind of stress much easier than a tiny little baby koi. Personally, I'd pass on this fish and wait until spring. |
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| Thanks ccombs for the info. I thought about it also nice koi but i will pass thanks again. |
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