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Koi vs. Goldfish
Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a koi? Thanx. |
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:37 GMT, Dean Krick
wrote: Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a koi? Thanx. Koi get much larger and do much better in a pond than aquarium. Goldfish can be kept in either. Koi are too expensive so I don't keep them. Instead I restock with goldfish once a year and let the herons do whatever. Some of the goldfish reach 10" in length. Not sure if the two can breed. |
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On Thu, 2005-24-02 at 09:37 +0000, Dean Krick wrote:
Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a koi? Thanx. No, they're not the same. They're from the same family, but not even the same genus. Koi are true carp ("Cyprinus carpio"), Goldfish are "carassius auratus" (which means something like "gold-coloured carplike thing") You _can_ breed koi to goldfish, they produce sterile offspring. -- derek |
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:48:33 GMT, Phisherman wrote:
===On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:37 GMT, Dean Krick ===wrote: === ===Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I ===understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a ===koi? Thanx. === ===Koi get much larger and do much better in a pond than aquarium. ===Goldfish can be kept in either. Koi are too expensive so I don't keep ===them. Instead I restock with goldfish once a year and let the herons ===do whatever. Some of the goldfish reach 10" in length. Not sure if ===the two can breed. Yes they can interbreed........ WINDSONG......the ability to play musical tunes by farting! This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies! Jo Ann asked Dr. Solo to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best for diagnosis. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. Get your fish at Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas........you guys got that DANDY ORANDAS |
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"Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:37 GMT, Dean Krick wrote: Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a koi? Thanx. Koi get much larger and do much better in a pond than aquarium. Goldfish can be kept in either. Koi are too expensive so I don't keep them. Instead I restock with goldfish once a year and let the herons do whatever. Some of the goldfish reach 10" in length. Not sure if the two can breed. I do the same (I actually started out with rescued feeder fish... well they became feeder fish anyway but some have survived for many years now). But every once in a while I cannot resist getting a butterfly koi. They are so beautiful, graceful and don't tear up the pond. They problem is that they have gotten so big (3 of them) that I worry about the pond being too small for them. Some day I will have to build another pond or find a home for them.... |
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"jedi" wrote in message ... I do the same (I actually started out with rescued feeder fish... well they became feeder fish anyway but some have survived for many years now). But every once in a while I cannot resist getting a butterfly koi. ## Most of our Koi are butterfly type. As they grow and I have to cull them out I sell the regular koi off and keep the BF koi. They are so beautiful, graceful and don't tear up the pond. They problem is that they have gotten so big (3 of them) that I worry about the pond being too small for them. Some day I will have to build another pond or find a home for them.... Carol.... the frugal ponder... I have a firm grip on reality. Now I can strangle it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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