The things you find on the side of the road:-)

[sissy]

Hey maybe this will be like mogsies forum and keep it and post all our neat finds capewind .I got a new milk can at the dump no lid but gosh who cares .

 

[sissy]

milkcan no lid

 

[addy1]

How many do you have in what sized tank? Wondering with increased filtration, how many you can put into a tank, and still give them enough room to act like normal fishy...

About 20 shubbies from 2-4 inches, majority are 4 inches counting tails. It is a 55 gallon tank, they have plenty of room to swim around, the water so far tests fine.
I have two air blocks running and a fluval filter good for up to a 70 gallon tank. The canister I added more filter material to it then what came with it.

They go out into the 1000 gallon tank pond in the summer

 

[Ruben Miranda]

Hello
With Goldfish they say a 1" fish per gallon with great Filtration & water changes.
This is the rule of thumb
I have seen this go over and people get away with it but not with out a lot of work and the fish not being stuned in growth or something.

Ruben

 

[addy1]

Mine are doing fine, I monitor the water in this tank way more than the pond (never monitor the pond water lol)

They will be out in the real pond in about 3-4 months, dependent on march weather. If I start seeing issues with the water, I will just pick up another filter or make one, like an indoor skippy until I can move them into their final home.

lol can just see one of our 55 gallon blue barrels sitting here in the living room!

 

[capewind]

Poor babies! I couldn't cull, would just have to let nature takes it's course, those that make it do and those that don't do so on their own.

IF they make it, great... I am having a hard time with the culling aspect. I would never make it as a professional koi breeder LOL. The few times I have culled this year, all I did was throw them out to the pond. Then again, I wasnt culling deformities, just the head count. The little S shaped/camel hump guy, I suppose if I had put my mind to it, I could have caught him. Hell, the kiddie pool only had about 65-70 gallons in it, and I DID catch and move him to the 55.. Could have gotten rid of him then... He is eating and growing, so I guess he'll stay for awhile... I had nick named him "retard" (ya, I know not nice), but my daughter changed it to "Scooter"... Thankfully she isnt a baby, or the fact that she named him would mean he would have to stay... Will see how it goes...

 

[capewind]

milkcan no lid

I dont mind if others post their finds... Love hearing of good deals. We so rarely find them. I love the milk can BTW! Who cares about the lid, I would have that painted and planted in no time LOL.

 

[capewind]

About 20 shubbies from 2-4 inches, majority are 4 inches counting tails. It is a 55 gallon tank, they have plenty of room to swim around, the water so far tests fine.
I have two air blocks running and a fluval filter good for up to a 70 gallon tank. The canister I added more filter material to it then what came with it.

They go out into the 1000 gallon tank pond in the summer

I was still over feeding them in the kiddie pool, but maybe every 5-8 days, would give the filters a quick rinse. I'm glad to you mentioned the air, as I forgot to put that into the 55 from the pool... will get that in there today... Filter wise, we are running an old Aquaclear 300, which I THINK was for up to 70 gallons, and a Tetra Whisper 40i which is for tanks up to 40 gallons/170 gph. I was thinking of adding the other Aquaclear 300 that came with the tank, but now thinking about it, if I have 110 gallons worth of filtration, and am cleaning regularly, maybe I dont need to bother. hehe... that leaves a spare Aquaclear to put on a tote or something... ummm... bought more baby fish last night LOL.

 

[capewind]

Hello
With Goldfish they say a 1" fish per gallon with great Filtration & water changes.
This is the rule of thumb
I have seen this go over and people get away with it but not with out a lot of work and the fish not being stuned in growth or something.

Ruben

Thanks Ruben. It has been so long since we have had "normal fish tank fish" I just could not remember.

 

[addy1]

I was at walmart, wish I trusted their fish better. Saw a watkin looking shubbie for 2 bucks.

 

[capewind]

When dealing with a local place, IF you have never had an issue, or know someone who did, it may be worth getting, and just put in QT for awhile.

I was really naughty. I bought a batch of babies (standard koi)... hubby wants more yellow (yellow, not changing to orange) and this auction was about a third yellow (with various scale patterns)... Will just sell the extras next spring... even tho hubby isnt a huge fan of standard fin koi, if he can have the yellow he wants, he can get past it/them not being butterflies... So I got HIS batch, and since it doesnt cost anymore to add another fish to the box, I put in a low bid for laughs and giggles on a cute little Tancho Sanke that I liked... and won His/her markings are not perfect, but I liked it (and think it will have at least 2 more red/orange spots), and hubby wasnt home when I bid;-) (He doesnt like the "traditional boring colors"...) It's only 4.5 inches, but for three bucks, why not LOL.

 

[j.w]

Yep addy what's another little tank gonna hurt? You shoulda got it and put it in one by itself..............maybe it's still there?

 

[capewind]

I think she should go back and get it hehe...

 

[addy1]

lol I went back, was going to set up a small qt, but it was flashing, had bumps on it, swimming weird all in just a few days. The tanks they have are tiny and stuffed with fish. Just not worth it.

 

[capewind]

Nope, not worth it at all... Since you did see things wrong, I would cross them off the list as a potential supplier for a good while...