Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!greg From: greg@ncrcan.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.aquaria,rec.pets Subject: Re: Any suggestions on keeping Koi indoors? Message-ID: <470@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM> Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 09:02:50 EST Article-I.D.: ncrcan.470 Posted: Thu Nov 26 09:02:50 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 08:24:31 EST References: <1414@rtech.UUCP> <2368@gryphon.CTS.COM> Reply-To: greg@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Greg Foisy) Distribution: na Organization: NCR Canada Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario Lines: 24 Keywords: koi aquarium carp Xref: lsuc alt.aquaria:5 rec.pets:1540 In article <2368@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >In article <1414@rtech.UUCP> brent@rtech.UUCP (Brent Williams) writes: >> >>I live in an apartment until I save the half-billion dollars required to buy >>a house in these parts. While I can't build the 5,000 gallon Koi pond that >>homeowners have in their backyards, I'd like to keep a few 6-8" koi in an >>aquarium inside. > >Not one of your all time great ideas. While it can be done, remember >that koi get BIG (18"+) and require LOTS of oxygen. Also, they prefer >cold water, which has more dissolved oxygen, so make that LOTS and LOTS >of oxygen. what's a Koi? -- "Shit Happens!" +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+ | UUCP: ..!mnetor!utzoo!lsuc!ncrcan!greg | Greg Foisy | | INTERNET: Greg.Foisy@Toronto.NCR.COM | NCR Canada Ltd. | | CANPOST: 6865 Century Ave, Mississauga, Ont. L5N 2E2 | (416) 826-9000 | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+