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16-01-2020, 09:32 PM #1
Oldest koi
Just a quick question who can give me the ages of there oldest koi which is still alive and in there pond as a newbie I want to know if they may out live me
regards Chris
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16-01-2020, 09:37 PM #2
My oldest koi is 18 months
I also have wondered this as there are lots of numbers flying about. I think in our climate and in an enthusiast pond you expect 15-30 years I would say.
I have seen threads claiming the oldest koi recorded in japan was 226 years
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16-01-2020, 09:42 PM #3
Only 4 years for me and my chagoi. Pretty sure Fred has some 20+ years
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16-01-2020, 10:14 PM #45000 Gallon Fibreglassed Pond With 54" x 27" Infinity Window
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16-01-2020, 10:17 PM #5
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16-01-2020, 10:20 PM #65000 Gallon Fibreglassed Pond With 54" x 27" Infinity Window
BD300 Drum Filter
Artesian 0.5hp - Aquadyne 4.4c Beadfilter - PS4 Protein Shower
Badu Eco Touch - EP20 UV Sterilizer - ASHP - Venturi
Hi Blo 60 - Medo 45 - Spindrifter Bottom Drain
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16-01-2020, 10:24 PM #7
Brave man take it she can't see the screen haha
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16-01-2020, 10:26 PM #85000 Gallon Fibreglassed Pond With 54" x 27" Infinity Window
BD300 Drum Filter
Artesian 0.5hp - Aquadyne 4.4c Beadfilter - PS4 Protein Shower
Badu Eco Touch - EP20 UV Sterilizer - ASHP - Venturi
Hi Blo 60 - Medo 45 - Spindrifter Bottom Drain
Wide Mouthed Skimmer
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16-01-2020, 10:48 PM #9
Mine is currently 12 years and is the first one I ever got I would think the lifespan also depend on whether you heat in winter as I think the aging slows down with the metabolism to some extent
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17-01-2020, 12:08 AM #10
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17-01-2020, 07:49 AM #11
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17-01-2020, 07:54 AM #12
I have a couple 24 years old. A tench.
A chagoi. And some rudd. 8 rudd.
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17-01-2020, 12:47 PM #13
Oldest koi
There was a thread about two years ago, about the same subject?
I posted up my Orange Ogon bought back in 1976, looking a bit worse for wear, ie she had been unwell for a couple of months & started to loose her bright Orange all over colour, she is still with me today, & is now almost 50-50 Orange & white (snow on the roof!)
She is now 44 years old, & the previously mentioned thread stopped (killed) then.
Stay Lucky.
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17-01-2020, 12:50 PM #14Freddyboy the legend
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17-01-2020, 12:56 PM #15
aka bekko & hi matsuba @ 40 years plus and several at 35 years plus so must be doing something right lol.
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17-01-2020, 01:05 PM #16
Oldest koi
Guys
Maybe some back ground on my 44yo Ogon, I lived in Herts when I purchased her for my 1200 gallon DIY pond, from what was then Henlow Koi! Now I believe Perfect Aquatics, same location, she was one of a batch bought together as tosai, buy four get one free deal, she stayed with all my others until 2006 when I moved to Norfolk, & they all survived the move.
She appeared to have stopped growing, before the move, but her new Home is 8,000 gallons give or take with filter changes etc over the years, but she decided that all the food going in that pond was hers, she along with most of the others would know when the auto feed would trigger, but she would line herself directly under the stream of pellets, until she would literally GAG ? (Imaging ramming eight slices of dry bread into your mouth)
Yes she started growing again, I don’t have any need to get her out of the pond but she must be about 80cm long.
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17-01-2020, 01:10 PM #17
Any pictures like
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17-01-2020, 01:28 PM #18
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17-01-2020, 02:02 PM #19
Oldest koi
I added the photo to my previous post! Photo about 8 months ago?
Will try get a new photo of her today?
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Today’s photo 1315 ishLast edited by silver.wolf.9883; 17-01-2020 at 02:26 PM.
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17-01-2020, 02:05 PM #20
Beautiful mate found the thread
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