Re: [GSAS-Member] Koi grow-out contest

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

Betty 
No, that's just "web talk." I imagine the person is theorizing that one should 
not
expose baby fish to pathogens unnecessarily. An old tank with "stuff" growing 
in it
sounds great to me. The average fish tank has enough small things (the little 
worms and
cyclops, etc. that people are always complaining about) to feed a bunch of baby 
koi in
their early days. They are actually great scavengers.

Steev


--- Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> I'm excited! Now, I've been reading up on growing out koi fry and read
> something that concerned me. One website suggested that koi fry are very
> weak and have poor immune systems, so they need to be put in water that
> hasn't had other fish in it? Sounded wierd to me, but I'm no expert! IS
> this true? It'll affect where I put these fry...I've got some tanks with
> lots of infusoria that had fish in them about 2 months ago. Steev...is
> that safe? I don't want to kill these little guys as soon as I get them
> (blush).
> 
> Betty Goetz
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