Koi fish in aquarium
I had a koi fish in my 4foot 180 litre aquarium for about (5 or maybe more)years now, my brother told me that it is a very small tank for a koi and that we will need to give it away.
The koi was about 8 inches(very obviously stunted) (the seller wasn't good and didn't tell me that they are not to be kept in aquariums) I was very hesitant to give it away but then decided to do what's best for it.
I got in touch with a fish shop that said he would take it and find a good home for it. I gave him the koi and after i got home he sent me a video of shallow pond with fountains that looked to be in some sort of park and said that our koi would most probably go there.
Now the reason for this post was to ask if this was the right decision or should I have kept the koi with me for as long as possible. The fish had stopped growing and didn't look like it had any sort of problems. I feel worse not knowing what will happen to the fish than keeping it with me in a an aquarium that I now think wasn't that small for a fish that size.
Also I didn't know anyone here in india with a koi pond so I gave it to the fish shop guy. I just hope that fish live a good long life of joy and freedom.