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Koi or Goldfish???
I have a farm pond about 75 feet in diameter. I had largemouth bass and
bluegills in it till this past winter. There was a major die-off and I have not seen any fish this season. I am assuming that the water is fouled with low oxygen at the bottom (8 ft) and the fish died off there when there was about 2 foot of ice this past winter. I have a lot of algae floating on the surface and a LOT of bullfrogs this year. I ran a water pump and put the intake hose at the bottom of the pond. The water was pretty foul smelling coming out of the pump. I will probably have to get an air pump and run a air hose to the bottom to circulate the water and aerate it. After that, I would like to get some type of goldfish. I have seen most Koi are rather expensive. The 'common' goldfish is very cheap in comparison. What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? -- Ed J edj22 @ attglobal . net |
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Koi or Goldfish???
Ed J wrote:
Snip I will probably have to get an air pump and run a air hose to the bottom to circulate the water and aerate it. After that, I would like to get some type of goldfish. I have seen most Koi are rather expensive. The 'common' goldfish is very cheap in comparison. What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? koi $2.99 - $200,000.00 'common' goldfish $0.10 - $ 6.00 *Difference $2.89 - $199,994.00* /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com -- To avoid Grizzlies, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game advises hikers to wear noisy little bells on clothes and carry pepper spray. Also watch for signs of activity: Black Bear scat is smaller and contains berries; Grizzly scat has little bells in it and smells like pepper |
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Koi or Goldfish???
"chagoi" wrote in message ... Ed J wrote: Snip I will probably have to get an air pump and run a air hose to the bottom to circulate the water and aerate it. After that, I would like to get some type of goldfish. I have seen most Koi are rather expensive. The 'common' goldfish is very cheap in comparison. What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? koi $2.99 - $200,000.00 'common' goldfish $0.10 - $ 6.00 *Difference $2.89 - $199,994.00* /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com I did not mean what is the difference in price..... What I was wondering is what are the advantages of each type? Or is a koi just a fancy goldfish? |
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Koi or Goldfish???
Ed J wrote:
"chagoi" wrote in message ... Ed J wrote: Snip I will probably have to get an air pump and run a air hose to the bottom to circulate the water and aerate it. After that, I would like to get some type of goldfish. I have seen most Koi are rather expensive. The 'common' goldfish is very cheap in comparison. What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? koi $2.99 - $200,000.00 'common' goldfish $0.10 - $ 6.00 *Difference $2.89 - $199,994.00* /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com I did not mean what is the difference in price..... What I was wondering is what are the advantages of each type? Or is a koi just a fancy goldfish? SHEESH!!! What a tree limb in the pond mulm! ;-) It's a JOKE son!!! It's a JOKE! /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com |
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Koi or Goldfish???
Koi are colorful carp and get to be as large as three feet or more. Koi need a
much larger pond than gold fish. Gold fish seldom get much more than 12 to 14 inches long. Other than the size there is not much difference in them. Size does means a lot and larger fish need more filtration and more space. Moon I breed dwarf crayfish for planted aquariums and grow trees in aquariums. My groups |
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Koi or Goldfish???
"chagoi" wrote in message ... -- To avoid Grizzlies, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game advises hikers to wear noisy little bells on clothes and carry pepper spray. Also watch for signs of activity: Black Bear scat is smaller and contains berries; Grizzly scat has little bells in it and smells like pepper Hahahahahahahaha!!! |
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Koi or Goldfish???
George wrote:
"chagoi" wrote in message ... -- To avoid Grizzlies, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game advises hikers to wear noisy little bells on clothes and carry pepper spray. Also watch for signs of activity: Black Bear scat is smaller and contains berries; Grizzly scat has little bells in it and smells like pepper Hahahahahahahaha!!! Well! At least some one has a *sense of humor* tonight. /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com -- To avoid Grizzlies, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game advises hikers to wear noisy little bells on clothes and carry pepper spray. Also watch for signs of activity: Black Bear scat is smaller and contains berries; Grizzly scat has little bells in it and smells like pepper |
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My wife's cousin has two ponds, one 20x40 and the other about 10x15 on his
farm. He went down to a local pet store and found out when the next batch of feeder gold fish were going to come into the store. He went back and bought about 100 of them to put in the ponds. Sure he lost quite a few. But the majority of them lived. And about every five years he has to have a fish "give away". So they do quite well! And are CHEAP. Most will get a pretty orange and are well worth the .10 cent investment. "Ed J" edj22NO wrote in message ... I have a farm pond about 75 feet in diameter. I had largemouth bass and bluegills in it till this past winter. There was a major die-off and I have not seen any fish this season. I am assuming that the water is fouled with low oxygen at the bottom (8 ft) and the fish died off there when there was about 2 foot of ice this past winter. I have a lot of algae floating on the surface and a LOT of bullfrogs this year. I ran a water pump and put the intake hose at the bottom of the pond. The water was pretty foul smelling coming out of the pump. I will probably have to get an air pump and run a air hose to the bottom to circulate the water and aerate it. After that, I would like to get some type of goldfish. I have seen most Koi are rather expensive. The 'common' goldfish is very cheap in comparison. What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? -- Ed J edj22 @ attglobal . net |
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Koi or Goldfish???
Ed J wrote:
Thanks for the answers..... Ed J There seems to be a lot of information and misinformation about the difference between Koi and goldfish. I want to add my $.02 worth, because I have spent the last 15 years with both in my ponds. I am skipping all the mumbo-jumbo about species, etc because it has already been said, and I don't know that stuff anyway. I can only go on personal experience. For one, it sounds like you are trying to get some kind of natural balance to a dead pond, and are not interested in the 'pet' quality of the fish. To that, I say go for the gold. Goldfish are a LOT cheaper. Goldfish are a lot hardier than the Koi. Whenever I have had a problem with the pond, the Koi will go first. The Goldfish breed like sex-starved teenagers. We have never seen a Koi fry. Koi will live to 70 years, goldfish will live to ~ 7 years. Koi will continue to grow throughout their lives, goldfish will stop when they have reached some kind of God's formula of pond size vs. fish size. Koi develop personalities more than goldfish. In our whole pond with about 70 fish, the only ones that we have named are the Koi. In fact, we are moving at the end of the month, and guess which fish we are relocating? Hope that helps. |
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Koi or Goldfish???
Ed J wrote:
What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? Found several Koi FAQ's http://www.pondarama.com/koi.html /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com |
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Koi or Goldfish???
Ed J wrote:
What is the difference between the 'common' goldfish and koi? Found several Koi FAQ's http://www.pondarama.com/koi.html /\/\ike Chagoi http://ourkoipond.com |
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