Koi fish are addictive

[NicoleLJ]

My landlady gave me her sons 4 koi fish but the tank kept getting murky. It was only a 10 gallon tank. So she went out and got a 55 gallon tank along with some other fun stuff for it. Looks great now. SHe asked if I would like to pick out some koi with her and I was hesitant but said sure. So now we have 7 koi and a sucker fish(don't ask me the real name I cant remember.) I was talking pictures when my camera died. So here are a few pictures of the Koi and the one of Leo the sucker fish.

THis is shimmer. It is a really light shade of gold.


We changed this ones name to Golianth When he was the larges fish in the tank. He is the one in back of shimmer.


This one is Peace. Easy to see why.


The main one here is Skeletor. He looks like he has a black skelton on his body.


Peace agian who is now the largest fish in the tank.


And last but not least Leo


I love them already. The Landlady is think of building a small pond for them in the spring for the spring and summer. I think that would be fun and interesting and the kids would love it.

[Karen]

Tell her to reconsider the small pond if there are any raccoons in your area. Our former landlord tried having a small, man-made pond outside, and the local raccoons regarded it as a convenient snack bar. They even took down the ugly chicken-wire fencing he tried placing over it to save the fish ... those little paws are extremely dextrous.

Thanks for sharing the pictures with us, handsome fishes you have there!

[NicoleLJ]

THanks Karen

A post on another forum sent me looking to find out what types of Koi we have. We have two Ghost Koi(Silver Surfer and Sekeletor) one Hikari Koi(Peace) 2 Gold Ogon Koi (Sparkle and Shimmer) One Sanke Koi (fire fox) and last but not least Bekko Koi(no name has stuck with him yet.

Interesting to now know the varieties we have.

[IRescue452]

The ammonia levels in that tank are going to be out of control. Koi really aren't good for indoor situations unless you have several hundred gallons. Make sure you all are extra careful not to put your hands near the water if you have open cuts as poorly farmed koi often have a number of diseases. Never let them go in the wild if they get too big.

I love looking at the koi from Nihon Koi Farm in Japan. I'd like to get one from them one day if I ever had several thousand to spend on a fish.

[NicoleLJ]

I went and put the 3 smaller Koi into the extra 10 gallon tank. They are only about 4 inchs long. I hope this will reduce the cloudiness that keeps happening. The other 4 that are about 8 inchs are still in the 55 gallon tank. I am also vaccuming the rocks every day. So I hope that helps. SUggestions are welcome. I am learning as I go.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I love koi !! I didn't know you could keep them in a tank though... . We have a large pond in our garden, with lots of koi, Japanese and Israeli(ghostkoi). They are all so fantastic!!
This is a link to my website, to the page with pics of our pond.
http://users.telenet.be/bernardgabriels/thepond.htm
And here are 2 good links;
both links are in Dutch, but you can see all the pictures!!
http://www.dekoi.info/soorten.html

http://www.ottemadokkum.nl/soorten/#top