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:
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.
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.
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.
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