Regular Member heidiinatree@yahoo.ca Posted May 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 I went to the lfs and LuLu's old tank mate( a big smokey oranda) which lived with her with a previous owner was still there .....and they had him housed with koi.. he seemed to be acting fine but won't the koi nip him?? ..should I go get him ???Ipoor guy looks outta place 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member cometgirl Posted May 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 Tough choice Heidi. Do you have space? I know just how you feel, since I was in my lps a couple of weeks ago and saw a beautiful oranda as big as my fist in with some tropicals! The poor thing was missing some scales, and I still keep thinking about whether I could have saved him, but my tanks are fully stocked right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member heidiinatree@yahoo.ca Posted May 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm tight ..I've got tanks and rubbermaids ..and the fry..I know a game of musical tanks could fix things ..but it will leave me with one fish over stocked which is not bad ..I have over 10 x filtration and I change the water every 3 days regardless...what do ya think ???.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member cometgirl Posted May 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 Well, as long as you won't be in trouble when the fry get bigger, I would be tempted to go for it. But maybe someone else will get on here and be the voice of reason. I am a complete sucker for small helpless creatures! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member heidiinatree@yahoo.ca Posted May 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 Well, as long as you won't be in trouble when the fry get bigger, I would be tempted to go for it. But maybe someone else will get on here and be the voice of reason. I am a complete sucker for small helpless creatures! well I won't be keeping any fry for myself ...my husband always tells me my heart is bigger than my tanks and I always reply .."that is why god invented rubbermaids.". .. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member heidiinatree@yahoo.ca Posted May 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 I rescued him or her !!!! ...WOW was she/he happy to get outta that tank with koi!!!! she /he is a robust little ..well big bugger..I don't think he/she has seen river rock before and is enjoying pushing it around the tank like a little soccer ball I will post pics soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted May 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted May 6, 2008 That's great Can't wait for a few pics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Peanuts Posted May 31, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted May 31, 2008 Well done for the rescue! I would have done the same. I'm a sucker for a goldies in need, espcailly if I know that it had been a previous tank mate to one of my existing fish. Post pics soon! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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