Hello. We are getting 24 small 5 ish inch koi for our 1,300 gallon koi pond which will be finished this week. The koi are being shipped to us tomorrow and Thursday, as they are from two separate suppliers. We plan to quarantine for 3 weeks before beginning to introduce them (slowly) to the pond. We are setting up 2 50 gallon totes which will have about 12 koi in each. We will be monitoring water conditions with an API Freshwater Master Test Kit and treating the water with Seachem Prime. The quarantine totes are not cycled, I know they should have been, but we didnāt have the totes until today. My questions are
1. How many GPH of filtration do I need?
2. How often and what size water changes?
My mom was planning to put an Aquaclear 50 on each tote OR a Marineland 350 on each tote OR 2 marineland 200 on each tote. Which option would be better? We have not been very impressed with the Marineland 200 so far though.
We ordered 24 koi in case some donāt make it through shipping, in case any die in quarantine, or if any end up being bullies. We are fully prepared to sell some as they outgrow our pond, and we will be monitoring the water conditions, so everyone knows
1. How many GPH of filtration do I need?
2. How often and what size water changes?
My mom was planning to put an Aquaclear 50 on each tote OR a Marineland 350 on each tote OR 2 marineland 200 on each tote. Which option would be better? We have not been very impressed with the Marineland 200 so far though.
We ordered 24 koi in case some donāt make it through shipping, in case any die in quarantine, or if any end up being bullies. We are fully prepared to sell some as they outgrow our pond, and we will be monitoring the water conditions, so everyone knows