I plan on decorating my office and was wondering if I could keep koi fish in a fish bowl?
2006-12-14 05:22:45 · 16 answers · asked by Lansing 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
stupid question isn't it? but I have NO EXPERIENCE with fish.
2006-12-14 05:26:47 · update #1
Definitely not. Koi can grow to 3 feet, and the myth that fish won't outgrow their tanks is just that - a myth. Well, it's partly true, because they will die before they can grow. Especially fish in the goldfish family - they are poop machines and foul up their water really quickly.
If you want a nice small office tank, go with a 5 gallon. There are lots of neat formats out there (ie cube-shaped tanks). Get a little filter (like the AZOO palm fitler), a small heater, some rocks and some plants, and get a nice Betta fish. Clean the water weekly (replace 30% of the water) and you will not be disapointed.
Some pictures, for hahas:
http://static.flickr.com/30/93077211_59d8d46ea8_m.jpg
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http://homepage.mac.com/gdbjr/.cv/gdbjr/Sites/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/Cube%20Aquarium/Tank%205.jpg-thumb_202_269.jpg
http://www.aquarium-tonndorf.de/pic/produkte/Cube-Beispiel5-600.jpg
http://www.babb2000.org/bios/Aaron/images/aaron%20multi%20CT%20male.jpg
http://www.pisciculturacorrea.com/betta/halfmoonazul.jpg
2006-12-14 05:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Koi Fish Bowl
2016-11-06 22:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Plz don't. Idk how could people think about keeping fish in a bowl?! For any kinda fish, bowls are like living hells. I pray that somebody should make a law to ban the manufacturing & selling of these bowls. Kois & Golds are pond fishes. Even at fry stage, they should not be kept in bowls as they produce a fair amount of waste and regular water changes & cleaning of the bowl will not be possible. So, eventually they all or atleast half of them would die.
2016-04-07 23:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it'd be dead in a day. Besides you also need cycle the tank before adding fish. Koi also require at least 1000+ gallons if not larger ponds full grown.
2016-03-17 21:39:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Koi need a lot of room and can grow to 4 feet. Goldfish are also not a good idea as they get big too and both of them produce more waste. Your best bet is a betta. That is really the only fish you should keep in a bowl.
2006-12-14 05:27:31 · answer #5 · answered by PennyPickles17 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
no, kois get up to 3 feet long. also keeping any gold fish in a bowl in murder. goldfish need very clean water with a filter. when there in a bowl they die usually in a few weeks or months. get a 10 gallon tank and put a fancy fantail in it. these tanks are cheap and your fish will be happy. dont put your koi in it though, kois are for ponds that are huge.
2006-12-14 05:31:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
*sigh* your koi will not get to be 4 feet in a tank, but they do get large, the only fish that can really handle living in a bowl is a betta, i have had my koi for years, largest is about 18", they are in a 75 gal tank, and as others have said koi and other goldfish have fast metabolisms and soil the water very quickly, the biggest problem is they have the water temperature too high, the higher it is the faster they metabolize, they are not like "tropical" fish
2006-12-14 05:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by dizzymisslizzie_1 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
not unless the bowl is 3 ft deep and 6 ft across!
koi get huge and need a large pond, find something else for
decoration
2006-12-14 20:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
betas are the only fish that reasonalbly can be kept in a bowl. they can deal with the lack of oxygen in the water due to a special organ they have for processing oxygen from off the top of the water. They also do not emit as much waste as anything in the goldfish/carp family.
2006-12-14 05:31:21 · answer #9 · answered by talisy77 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO, NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOO,NNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!! they will die!! i have some in a fish pond outback and they love it plus they are almost out growing it!! the pond is like 2 feet deep, 6 feet long and shaped like a doggy biscuit!! so no goldfish or koi!!
2006-12-14 08:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋