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golden Orfes
anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything
about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
John,
I've had two for three years now (Detroit area - zone 5). They are about 8" long (about 2" when purchased). They do very well with koi. Agressive eaters, whenever I throw some worms in the pond, they are always first to eat. "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
ohh wow
I been looking for some!!! *pout* when I previously had some, they were fine with koi & goldfish, no special attention needed "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
ohh wow
I been looking for some!!! *pout* when I previously had some, they were fine with koi & goldfish, no special attention needed "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
John,
I've had two for three years now (Detroit area - zone 5). They are about 8" long (about 2" when purchased). They do very well with koi. Agressive eaters, whenever I throw some worms in the pond, they are always first to eat. "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
ohh wow
I been looking for some!!! *pout* when I previously had some, they were fine with koi & goldfish, no special attention needed "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
I had three several years ago. They are fun to watch, always moving
and will jump out of the water to catch bugs. I gave them away when they quickly outgrew my little puddle. You might want to check with one of the UK groups as they raise them as game fish over there. (up to 15 lbs.) They do get along with koi and gold fish. "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
I had three several years ago. They are fun to watch, always moving
and will jump out of the water to catch bugs. I gave them away when they quickly outgrew my little puddle. You might want to check with one of the UK groups as they raise them as game fish over there. (up to 15 lbs.) They do get along with koi and gold fish. "John Rutz" wrote in message ... anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
thankd all
he ( the LFS guy ) not the owner thought they were a type of colored mosquito fish but if they can get as bigg as you all say guess I will pass John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico never miss a good oportunity to shut up see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
golden Orfes
sigh. been looking for orfes. I had a whole pond full of nothing but golden orfes,
there were at least two batches of different sized babies and then this winter from hell and they all died even tho I had the big airstone going all winter. THEY JUMP. they are superb at birth control on GF and koi. Ingrid John Rutz wrote: anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
golden Orfes
I got 3 of them they swim right with the koi. I have had no problem at
all with them. I'm in region 5. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND |
golden Orfes
sigh. been looking for orfes. I had a whole pond full of nothing but golden orfes,
there were at least two batches of different sized babies and then this winter from hell and they all died even tho I had the big airstone going all winter. THEY JUMP. they are superb at birth control on GF and koi. Ingrid John Rutz wrote: anyone keep these? the LFS has some but nobody seems to know anything about em ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
golden Orfes
I got 3 of them they swim right with the koi. I have had no problem at
all with them. I'm in region 5. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND |
golden Orfes
but if they can get as bigg as you all say guess I will pass
They are amazing growers... they grow about as fast as Koi in their first years. I bought 10 of them 5 years ago (they were less than an inch) and I have 9 left (heron :-( ) and they are all about 12" in size. They are supposed to be school fish so you'd have to buy at least 5 to make them happy. A nice side effect of keeping them is that they always live at the surface, and that seems to invite the koi to do the same. I had to put road signs in the pond to aid them to go to the bottom from time to time ;-) Their color is incredibly bright when they are healthy, and when you look at the pond from a distance, they are the most eye catching color wise. Their feeding habits make koi seem to anorexic & lethargic :eek: My wife calls them "the sharks"... You do have quite a large pond IIRC, so yes, I think they would be a very well worth add-on. Theo |
golden Orfes
but if they can get as bigg as you all say guess I will pass
They are amazing growers... they grow about as fast as Koi in their first years. I bought 10 of them 5 years ago (they were less than an inch) and I have 9 left (heron :-( ) and they are all about 12" in size. They are supposed to be school fish so you'd have to buy at least 5 to make them happy. A nice side effect of keeping them is that they always live at the surface, and that seems to invite the koi to do the same. I had to put road signs in the pond to aid them to go to the bottom from time to time ;-) Their color is incredibly bright when they are healthy, and when you look at the pond from a distance, they are the most eye catching color wise. Their feeding habits make koi seem to anorexic & lethargic :eek: My wife calls them "the sharks"... You do have quite a large pond IIRC, so yes, I think they would be a very well worth add-on. Theo |
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