"Altum" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:

My NR can't tell who this is addressed to as it's under Jan's but the
quote
is from my message. I have between 20 and 25 koi that are up to 6 years
old, about 120 year old koi (that are being delivered this coming week)
and
probably 50 goldfish of various sizes and ages. That's why we buy our
feed
in 50 lb bags. Last year they and all the fry went through about 100 lbs
of
feed. We have a long feeding season here in TN, from mid/late March to
late
Nov or early Dec.

120 koi? Wow. Where are you going to put them all?

Almost all are being delivered (next week) to a store in the city that sells
pond fish and supplies. :-) I also have about 6 adults that he'll take in
a few weeks. We have to remove some from the 2000g pond as it's getting
overcrowded.

Are any BF koi?

Yes, many of them being sold are BFs. But I will still have a 680g tank of
about 25 small butterflies because I haven't decided which to keep for
myself yet. I want them to pattern and color up a bit more before I sell
them. Eventually I will have *only* butterfly koi. They're definitely much
more beautiful than the short-fin koi. I have both scaled and scaleless,
mirror and diamond-scale BF koi in many colors. I even have two
ghost-diamond-scale BF koi.

Yellow BF koi are my absolute fave, with orange a close second. :-)

YEP!!! I love the orange and yellow diamond-scale butterflies and have
several breeders. :-)) My 800g has nothing but young adult diamond-scale
butterflies. I also have a gorgeous blue mirror butterfly.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
rec.pond's FAQ are at:
http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
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