"Olde Hippee" wrote in message
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Brevity snips

Tell us about some of your babies.
Nanzi
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My oldest koi was bought as a yearling in 1998 or 99. The first koi I
bought in 97 died in that contageous ulcer epidemic. The shop replaced them
all. Of the replacements, most were lost to preditors. We netted the ponds
and bought more. Only one of those died one winter, a female loaded with
eggs (eggbound?).

So I would say Goldie, a yellow female is the oldest as she survived all the
preditors. She would have been born in 1997 or 98.

BTW I feed my koi both trout and catfish chow from Tractor Supply Company.
They also have access to plenty of plants, occasional orange slices, bugs,
worms..... and whatever else falls in. They also get treats of whole wheat
bread and kitten chow. The fry, too small to eat pellets, now get canned
mackerel and dog food, goldfish flakes, orange slices and duckweed. They
also have access to plants and whatever falls in. They've gained a lot of
weight since I added the canned food. :-))) I had some problems using
only expensive koi pellets last season.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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