Comments on: can koi fish live with other kinds of fish and are predatory to tadpoles?

By: redbass

redbass — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:54:56 +0000

Koi will only eat vegetation or dry foods like pellets. They like to feed on the surface. Koi will not eat tadpoles. Koi like to be with their own species.

By: Images And Words

Images And Words — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:49:33 +0000

Koi’s are knowm to eat tadpoles.. but they can easily accomdate other fishes of medium sizes.. my koi even ended up eating my guppies..:((((

By: K3vag

K3vag — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:26:50 +0000

since you’ll be keeping koi in a tropical setting, they should be acclimitized to the temperatures found there… if you’re looking for other fish to house with koi you could try chinese high fin banded sharks, other medium to large cyprinids found in your area like carps, some larger species of catfish may work…. just make sure if you choose a non native species that they don’t get into any of the local water ways…

koi are omnivorous… if they are hungry enough and the opportunity presents itself (and if the tadpoles don’t taste bad or are non poisonous) they may eat tadpoles.

By: Loollea

Loollea — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:21:06 +0000

koi shouldn’t be kept with any other fish except goldfish, they have the same requirements
my koi never ate the tabpoles but my neighbor says that hers do
so you’ll just have to try your fish and see if they do

By: * PACU *

* PACU * — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:52:29 +0000

Well i dont think that the koi will eat the Tadpoles unless the koi is very large .
But the Koi IS NOT an aggresive fish.
and you cant really put any other fish in a pond except goldfish and kois.