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Color of Koi
This is our second year for our pond ...........so far this year we've
had at least three spawnings.......as we have three different size fish some are about 3/4 of an inch long some about 2 inches and some about 3 1/2 inches.......my question is do Koi sometimes revert back to their natural carp color?? Or are there brown Koi?? I've never seen a brown Koi....maybe they're culled because they are not too colorful.....Out of the 18 survivors two are the brown color with light colored bellies.....just wondering if this is normal as we're newbies at this.... Pondering....... Bob and Susie Bob The early bird may get the worm..... But the second mouse gets the cheese You may see our pond at www.gulftel.com/seadogs |
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Bob,
the color of the koi is primarily genetics, with a certain number of them being throw backs to the original carp. The koi that you buy, particularly the larger Japanese koi, they have been culled and reculled to get the best color, pattern, and size. All of the throw backs are culled out, as are a large number of koi that just miss the mark that the breeder is trying to achieve. I have ended up with a fair percentage in each years spawn. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Bob" seadogs@gulftel,com wrote in message ... This is our second year for our pond ...........so far this year we've had at least three spawnings.......as we have three different size fish some are about 3/4 of an inch long some about 2 inches and some about 3 1/2 inches.......my question is do Koi sometimes revert back to their natural carp color?? Or are there brown Koi?? I've never seen a brown Koi....maybe they're culled because they are not too colorful.....Out of the 18 survivors two are the brown color with light colored bellies.....just wondering if this is normal as we're newbies at this.... Pondering....... Bob and Susie Bob The early bird may get the worm..... But the second mouse gets the cheese You may see our pond at www.gulftel.com/seadogs |
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I have seen brown koi the color of root beer for sale at the koi/pond
conventions. Sorry can't remember what they call them, but you'd probably find them in www.koi.com encyclopedia, look for "something" ogon. ~ jan "Bob" seadogs@gulftel,com wrote in message This is our second year for our pond ...........so far this year we've had at least three spawnings.......as we have three different size fish some are about 3/4 of an inch long some about 2 inches and some about 3 1/2 inches.......my question is do Koi sometimes revert back to their natural carp color?? Or are there brown Koi?? I've never seen a brown Koi....maybe they're culled because they are not too colorful.....Out of the 18 survivors two are the brown color with light colored bellies.....just wondering if this is normal as we're newbies at this.... Pondering....... Bob and Susie See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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On Thu, 29 May 2003 01:09:44 GMT, "RichToyBox"
wrote: Thanks . That's what I kind of suspected but wasn't sure.......I'm tring to round them up, but I think I waited too long for some of the bigger ones, have a hard time getting them to go into the minnow trap........maybe have to get a bigger trap or they just may be too smart Bob, the color of the koi is primarily genetics, with a certain number of them being throw backs to the original carp. The koi that you buy, particularly the larger Japanese koi, they have been culled and reculled to get the best color, pattern, and size. All of the throw backs are culled out, as are a large number of koi that just miss the mark that the breeder is trying to achieve. I have ended up with a fair percentage in each years spawn. Bob The early bird may get the worm..... But the second mouse gets the cheese You may see our pond at www.gulftel.com/seadogs |
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On Wed, 28 May 2003 21:46:37 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote: Hi Jan I didn't even know I had the brown ones until they were caught in the minnow trap, they blend in so well they are almost invisible........ bob I have seen brown koi the color of root beer for sale at the koi/pond conventions. Sorry can't remember what they call them, but you'd probably find them in www.koi.com encyclopedia, look for "something" ogon. ~ jan "Bob" seadogs@gulftel,com wrote in message This is our second year for our pond ...........so far this year we've had at least three spawnings.......as we have three different size fish some are about 3/4 of an inch long some about 2 inches and some about 3 1/2 inches.......my question is do Koi sometimes revert back to their natural carp color?? Or are there brown Koi?? I've never seen a brown Koi....maybe they're culled because they are not too colorful.....Out of the 18 survivors two are the brown color with light colored bellies.....just wondering if this is normal as we're newbies at this.... Pondering....... Bob and Susie See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Bob The early bird may get the worm..... But the second mouse gets the cheese You may see our pond at www.gulftel.com/seadogs |
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Name for the ones that they sell are chagoi. They are the first in the pond
to come and eat out of your hand. They generally will outgrow everything in the pond. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... I have seen brown koi the color of root beer for sale at the koi/pond conventions. Sorry can't remember what they call them, but you'd probably find them in www.koi.com encyclopedia, look for "something" ogon. ~ jan "Bob" seadogs@gulftel,com wrote in message This is our second year for our pond ...........so far this year we've had at least three spawnings.......as we have three different size fish some are about 3/4 of an inch long some about 2 inches and some about 3 1/2 inches.......my question is do Koi sometimes revert back to their natural carp color?? Or are there brown Koi?? I've never seen a brown Koi....maybe they're culled because they are not too colorful.....Out of the 18 survivors two are the brown color with light colored bellies.....just wondering if this is normal as we're newbies at this.... Pondering....... Bob and Susie See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Ah, TY RTB. )
Bob, go to: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...UTF-8%26sa%3DN 5th picture down, is this what you have? If the URL doesn't work, what I did was goggle "chagoi koi" and clicked images. ~ jan On Thu, 29 May 2003 23:52:59 GMT, "RichToyBox" wrote: Name for the ones that they sell are chagoi. They are the first in the pond to come and eat out of your hand. They generally will outgrow everything in the pond. See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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