phuile wrote:
> I used to keep goldfish, but I no longer have them. I am thinking of
> putting carp or koi in a 10 gal tank. Maybe only a small one, or up to
> 3 small ones. Is that ok? Or are they strictly for ponds?
>
> I know this may not be the forum, but are carp or koi ok if it's a feng
> shui tank ... does anyone know?
>
> Thanks for any help!
Hey Phuile,
Good Feng Shui involves keeping bright, preferably orange, fish in
multiples of three. Ideal also to keep one which is black, said to
absorb negative energies. As two gold fish is hardly likely to add much
energy to a space, it is recommended to keep eight all-gold fish and
one black moore, as black as possible. This is thought to be best to
attract wealth especially if kept in the left hand corner of a room as
viewed from the entrance.
Obviously your tank is way too small to keep this many goldfish or koi.
Koi make excellent aquarium fish and like many species, their true size
can be stunted by the amount of water they are kept in and the number
of fish they are kept with, but this is only true to a degree and
ultimately they will outgrow the tank or stress out and die - although
a way to "cheat" the amount of water they are kept in is to actually
change about a quarter or so every day, which will give the fish the
illusion of living in a larger body of water even though they are only
living in a small amount of it at any one time, like a fish living in a
small pool of a larger stream.
I would recommend keeping Platys. These are small, brightly coloured,
hardy, live-bearers, and keeping nine in a small aquarium would be no
problem, and the colours fit well with the feng-shui guidelines.
Alternatively, you could keep small goldfish and remove the larger ones
as they get too big to stock a pond, or swap in an aquarium for smaller
goldfish, which most shops are more than happy to do. A small amount of
sea-salt in their water will assist to keep parasites and diseases
away, and is very beneficial for all hard-water species such as
goldfish, koi, platies and guppies. Though there is much debate about
this, consider just how many dissolved minerals are in most creeks and
streams where these fish live naturally, and how much is actually in
salt-water, and you will realise that one teaspoon per ten litres is
not very much salt at all. Too much, however, will stunt plant growth,
and there is nothing more pleasing, feng-shui speaking, than bright
orange fish swimming amongst lush green plants.
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