My pond fish

Most of these hand feed and you can sit and stroke them while they feed

You can call them Pretty if you like Janey

There Koi fish, there is about 5 of them over a foot long

janey wrote:Why thank you, thats some pretty fish you have there Marty

Thank you for those kind words i shall tell the fish that they are pretty when i feed them later, i think they will swim round rather happy

do you sell them?

a blode down the the road to me breed and sell them i'm sure he get abit ££££ for the big ones

no i don't sell them i used to pay big money for some but this Xmas with the bad winter i lost about £5k worth so no more expensive fish its to heart breaking putting good big fish in your wheelie bin

Nice koi Marty !

When we used live in our old house, We had lots Koi fish in a pond, and one of them was called Bruno cos he had what looked like a bruise on top of his head and that's why the previous owner called him Bruno but he used to come up and let you stroke him and feed him. Miss them really but don't tell my Oh

Bruno311210 wrote:Nice koi Marty !

When we used live in our old house, We had lots Koi fish in a pond, and one of them was called Bruno cos he had what looked like a bruise on top of his head and that's why the previous owner called him Bruno but he used to come up and let you stroke him and feed him. Miss them really but don't tell my Oh

people reckon they have a 3 second memory but they defo know if its me at the pond and what time they get fed

Marty wrote:no i don't sell them i used to pay big money for some but this Xmas with the bad winter i lost about £5k worth so no more expensive fish its to heart breaking putting good big fish in your wheelie bin

i bet it is i'm not into fish i'm not sure why do the cost so much? is ithe size, the colour or the type?

All 3 really Steve the best are Japanese, then these would be graded AA, A, B, C standards so a Japanese double grade A is the best in colour and markings, size adds value and also the type of koi some are rarer than others and so that increases the value, if you buy smaller fish and wait for them to grow only 2-3 years but you cant guarantee the markings as they do change when they grow

21 fish mostly around 10" to 16" i restocked with small/medium fish so they'll be decent size by next summer hopefully

how long do they live for? do you sell them on or show them?

Keep them just for pleasure they can live 60 year in the right conditions, but there's alot can go wrong in a pond

you going have to show us your full set up i'm interested in it

I,ll take some pics tomorrow for you of it all

cool

Marty wrote:

Bruno311210 wrote:Nice koi Marty !

When we used live in our old house, We had lots Koi fish in a pond, and one of them was called Bruno cos he had what looked like a bruise on top of his head and that's why the previous owner called him Bruno but he used to come up and let you stroke him and feed him. Miss them really but don't tell my Oh

people reckon they have a 3 second memory but they defo know if its me at the pond and what time they get fed

Ours used to come to the top at feed time.

This is where we used to get our from

http://www.avenuefisheries.com/

Fantastic
I could sit and watch them for hours........something very calming and relaxing about watching them swim and glide.

Bruno311210 wrote:This is where we used to get our from

http://www.avenuefisheries.com/

Some nice fish but expensive as well

Beautiful Koi.
We are not allowed to have koi down here in Tassie which is a shame.
I keep quite a lot of fish, mostly American cichlids and suitable tank mates.
My pride and joy being my 8 foot tank. A fellow cichlid enthusist and myself started a cichlid club down here about 5 years ago and have a forum as well as there was nothing down here for fish freaks like me!

I have 2 big Oscars in a tank as well inside, why cant you keep Koi

Because we have stupidly strict quarantine laws here because we live on an island!
The ole..'if they get into the water ways we will have an epidemic!" mmm but goldfish are fine!??!!
Anyway I wont get on my soap box...it's a subject I get a little passionate about! LOL!

nice marty ,,, few bobs worth there mate