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

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

If I remember the link, they inferred that koi were more inbred than most
fish and hence had weak immune systems. I didn't keep a bookmark for that
link. Without knowing tons about the history of koi, that made 'some'
biological sense. But it sounds like I can put them in the old Dario dario
tank downstairs where I'll be able to moniter them closely. And just
relaaaxxxxxxx........

Betty Goetz

> 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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