How to transport big Koi

[Craig Brown]

Someone on Craigslist is selling Koi (12-24”) because their pond is too crowded. It is about a 45 minute drive from their house to mine. Would a large Koi be OK in a big plastic container for 45 minutes to an hour without circulating oxygen?

Thanks!

 

[sissy]

NO do you have a port in your car for a air pump .

 

[Craig Brown]

I have a cigarette lighter port. Can you buy pumps that run on DC?
I was a Marine Biologist a long, long ... long time ago. I did shark research. When we picked up small sharks in the Florida Keys, we would put them in plastic bags filled partly with water and partly with pure oxygen. I would guess that it is easier to get a DC air pump then a tank of oxygen.

 

[Smaug]

Yes a large container with an open lid for air exchange would be fine but an air pump would be helpful.

 

[Craig Brown]

It's too late to get one from Amazon. I'll try to find a local store that might have them. Best to minimize at least one risk by having a pump.

 

[DoDad]

get one from walmart. in the sporting goods dept. they are used to aerate minnow buckets

 

[Faebinder]

Fortunately 45 minutes is not too terrible of a ride for most fish out there.

 

[Craig Brown]

As I am not a fisherman, it had not occurred to me that a portable pump is a fairly common thing. If I do buy fish, I will definitely purchase a pump.

 

[DoDad]

Those pumps are battery operated .

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Unless you will be transporting in a sufficiently large container, my concern would be Ammonia toxicity. Large fish produce appreciable amounts of Ammonia. Large stressed fish even more.

 

[Smaug]

Unless you will be transporting in a sufficiently large container, my concern would be Ammonia toxicity. Large fish produce appreciable amounts of Ammonia. Large stressed fish even more.

Could be easily remedied with seachems prime in the water.

 

[sissy]

I know Eric said it is best to move them early morning if I remember correctly .It was on a youtube video he did

 

[Smaug]

Just for a fyi,your pond is 1500 gallons ? Dont get carried away with koi stocking as that's only suitable for 3 or 4 big koi and even then it's pushing it

 

[sissy]

They grow fast and koi are a little harder to keep healthy and take care of .I wish someone had told me

 

[Faebinder]

They grow fast and koi are a little harder to keep healthy and take care of .I wish someone had told me

They are more friendly than goldfish.