Baby koi growing fast

Joined
Nov 7, 2014
Messages
381
Reaction score
308
Location
Chicago suburbs
Hardiness Zone
5a/5b
Since my last post, the baby koi in my pond are up to 4-5" in length and are now able to eat the regular pellets I feed to the adults. We have only lost 1 baby since we discovered them--it got stuck in the skimmer net.

So...... what the heck am I going to do with 10 baby fish? Our pond is around 750 gallons from what the previous owner of the house had told us--there is no way it could accomodate that many fish plus two adult fish of spawning age on a long-term basis.
 
Joined
Aug 2, 2013
Messages
3,211
Reaction score
2,194
Location
North East Ohio-Zone 5
Country
United States
Do you have a local mom & pop pet/aquatic store near you? Sometimes they will take fish in exchange for store credit.

Craigslist is another way you may find homes for your excess fish.

Also check for any fish clubs in your area. They may be able to help you find homes as well.
 
Joined
Oct 9, 2012
Messages
6,275
Reaction score
2,818
Location
Plymouth
Hardiness Zone
7a
Country
United Kingdom
Maria your lucky in the UK aquatic outlets wont buy fish from owners even if they sold themto you basically you have to either get a private sale or non at all .
We where lucky our aquatic store wanted our koi for a disoplay pond the fish that werent up to show standard went to the lake they have [non fished]
We can buy and sell on ebay but that has a bit of a bad reputation for diseased fish

Dave
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Baby Koi 4
Baby koi? 10
Petsmart baby koi keep dying 31
Found a baby koi! 16
how to start a pond with 2 baby koi? 20
Baby koi bumps or spots? 9
Baby koi getting bullied by goldfish 20
What do you all do with your baby koi fish? 44

Members online

No members online now.

Forum statistics

Threads
31,504
Messages
517,951
Members
13,711
Latest member
binkybruce

Latest Threads

Top