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Question
Do Koi eat each other....if a new fish is introduced in the pond.

Answer
Hi Laurel,
 A koi COULD eat another koi though it isn't something that they normally do.  If one were to die, it would not surprise me if others scavanged on the body.

  Are you asking: if I introduce a new koi, might the existing ones attack it?  The answer to that is definitely "yes".

-- Ron
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