[schildkoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by gcuss Steve, I may disagree slightly with this. (but I believe you were speaking to health and water quality issues, in which case, I agree) People might have less than desirable conditions for a GC. But when I think of shortcomings that are overlooked because you don't have "The next big Grand Champion" in your pond, I think of things like 8' of depth, 1000+ gallons per fish, constant electronic meters to adjust hardness of water for the specific color you're looking to finish or maintain etc... I'd hate to think people accept an unhealthy environment for their fish simply because they weren't expensive koi, or are great prospects for showing. Fundamentally, that's just cruelty to animals. Grant

Grant, my point was simply to suggest that if it isn't wise to subject a GC to maintenance PP treatments, why would it be ok (health wise) to subject a pond grade koi to such? I simply do not get that logic.

That logic is typically also used by the same folks that consider their koi to be their "beloved pets" and again, I simply do not understand the logic of subjecting a "loved one" to those risks when they do not have to be.

Steve