karen_anne_29
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Aug 29, 2006, 9:25 PM
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hi all,i wondered if anyone could give me some advice regarding raising koi fry.my brother bought 50 fry about a month ago,when he purchased them they were varying size but most about 1/2 and inch in length.
Firstly we put them in a 1mx1mx1/2m plastic pond with an airstone and some parrot feather,we did lose a few (as we expected).suddenly our great british summer then decided to vanish and we had great downpours of rain,as the pond was uncovered and we was worried about rain overflowing it we bought the fry in,and rehoused them in a 3ft long aquarium.the plan is also to overwinter them in here.
we set the tank up using water from our large pond,with a small aquarium pump with built in filter and some parrot feather in there.
that was about two weeks ago,we now only have about 15 fry left,although they are growing the larger ones being just over an inch.
on the advice of the guy we got them from ,we'd been feeding them crushed up pellets but since reading on here realise that we shouldnt be doing this.so have gone out and got some bloodworm and daphnia for them.
we changed half the water at the weekend but still had a fw die over the past couple of days,ive tested the water today and got a ph value of 7.2.we changed the water with water from our pond whose's ph value is 7.6.(im afraid we've only got basic water testing kits)
has anyone got any advice ,its a shame to see these poor little cuties die,as i said we expected to lose some of them but not all of them ,any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
karen
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