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01-04-2021, 11:56 AM #1
Koi?
Hi all,
Sorry if this is obvious for you but I’m starting my first koi pond and bought some “koi carp” fish online. When I was acclimatising them in my quarantine tank I realised they look very much like goldfish?
What do you think? I can’t see any barbs either…
Thanks IMG_6829.jpgIMG_6830.jpg
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01-04-2021, 08:29 PM #2
Hi
100% by their body shape these are small koi
KevT
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01-04-2021, 08:57 PM #3
definitely koi, i have some very similar where did they come from ?
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01-04-2021, 10:22 PM #4
Thanks guys for the confirmation haha. Bought them from a seller from eBay
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02-04-2021, 05:23 PM #5
I could be wrong here as it not easy to see from those photos but it doesn't look like any of those fish have barbels. They could actually be goldfish. I thought that was the easiest way to tell the difference?
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02-04-2021, 05:24 PM #6Freddyboy the legend
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Johnathan
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02-04-2021, 05:27 PM #7________________________________________________
All we ever wanted was everything,
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Squash every week into a day.
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02-04-2021, 05:58 PM #8
if you look at the metallic one on first pic bottom left close up you can see a barbell and in the reflection on the glass
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02-04-2021, 06:01 PM #9
also in second pic same fish close up looks like a barbell to me
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02-04-2021, 06:05 PM #10
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02-04-2021, 06:25 PM #11________________________________________________
All we ever wanted was everything,
All we ever got was cold,
Get up, eat jelly, sandwich bars and barbed wire,
Squash every week into a day.
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03-04-2021, 01:07 AM #12
Just took a few more photos, what do you guys think?
In one of the photos if you zoom in I think I can actually see a barb...
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03-04-2021, 08:53 AM #13
Also look at the tails .
Generally Koi have a full tail and Goldfish have split tails . . . . . i know there are fancy Koi too bred for different fin shape
The barbs should be there from day one but develop as the fish does, so if you can see hair like growth that will be it
two sets of barbs per fish
1000 gal
2 x Hozelock 6000ltr 9W UV
Allpond Spin Filter 8000 11W UV
Blagdon pond oxy 640 ltr/hr
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03-04-2021, 10:15 AM #14
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03-04-2021, 10:23 AM #15________________________________________________
All we ever wanted was everything,
All we ever got was cold,
Get up, eat jelly, sandwich bars and barbed wire,
Squash every week into a day.
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