Jerri,
they were sold to us by an aquatic centre as Shubunkin so I think they are -
will go barbel spotting and report back :-)
Dave R
"Jerrispond" wrote in message
...
Are you positive you have a shubunkin, and not a koi? Koi eat tadpoles.
In my
yard I have a koi pond, and a goldfish pond....lots of tadpoles in
goldfish
pond, and none in koi pond, even though many large frogs live in it...This
would also explain why it is larger than the others.....the ONLY way for a
novice to tell the difference is the koi has barbels ( whiskers) and while
under 6 or 8 inches they are sometimes very hard to see.......Jerri


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