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OK I have a fish club at school and one thing I would like to do is build a pond this summer and put around 20 or so koi in it but I need to know what I need,how many gallons ect. for the pond and koi.Please Help!!

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i believe the gallons per one koi is around 2000gallons.

so 2000 gallons per koi X 20 koi is alot of gallons.

Does it have to be koi? If not, consider shubuin goldfish or sarasas comets. I have them in my pond and everyone who sees them thinks they are koi. They will not eat your plants and will get along well with other pond fish like mosquito fish or Florida flag fish.

Where do you live, that you are building this pond? Weather can also have an effect on how your pond will need to be built, especially with Koi.



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I live in CT and the reason I don't want to do goldfish is because I can't find any healthy ones but i can find healthy koi.

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Where have you looked for goldfish?
If it's just the chains (p3tco and p3t$m@rt) then it's quite possible that you won't find healthy goldfish.

Koi need massive ponds and IMO require a lifetime commitment, they can outlive the oldest human. Goldfish too can live for decades.


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You will need at least a 4 foot deep pond, 6 foot being a prime depth for koi. Many Koi keepers use the water measurements as 1,000 gals per Koi you are going to keep in the pond. With goldfish, like shubunkins, you won't need as much room. With shubunkins, 3-4 feet deep in your area will be enough. And they can come down to about 100 gals per fish. So you can keep more this way. And they are just as colorful as the Koi, just smaller.

Also, when building your pond, make the walls of it straight up and down, no slopes. And make sure the shallowest part is at least a foot deep. As racoons like to frequent ponds at night and catch fish out of them. They enjoy a ledge to stand on in the water. So if you have one they will come and eat your fish. Do not have any places where they can stand within the water. This makes it harder for them to catch the fish.

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