can koi and gold fish live together

[printman]

I have small gold fish in my pond i want to buy koi fish, someone told me koi and gold fish can't live together eventually the koi will kill the gold fish. is this true:banana:

 

[maniac]

Ive had koi and goldfish together, all year with no problems

 

[DrDave]

I see no problems, I have had both before I got into breeding.

 

[Smirf1405]

I have 3 gold and 3 koi living together.No problems so far

 

[koiguy1969]

absolutley they can...i have at least a dozen of each and have had them all over a year together with no problems even the fry from this year all school together.

 

[Ross]

I have had koi n goldfish for 2 years now no problems n one koi is now 9" long much bigger than the gold fish still no problems

 

[sissy]

11 years mine have been together and not many issues that I have seen .A little aggressiveness during spawning ,but that is it .

 

[LilyPad]

Comets/commons may be fine, but don't put koi with the fancy goldfish types! I have personally witnessed small koi brutally attacking Black Moor and Fantail goldfish. They're slow and won't be able to get away from the fast koi.

 

[sissy]

I have fantails and never had a problem and have fancy tail fish and my 2 biggest koi are over 2 feet long and it has been 11 years now

 

[Lisak1]

Same here - no problems between the big koi and the slow, fancy goldfish. We all live together in harmony!

 

[RobAmy]

Mine do great together

 

[LilyPad]

I'm guessing it depends on the size of the pond and how much cover their is. The attacks I witnessed were in a small space (not enough for a permanent home, this was a temporary set up) and didn't have any plants or other hiding spots. I realize now that the fish were likely stressed and that contributed to the aggression.

 

[koiguy1969]

reviving a 6 year old thread here?