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bettachris     Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004   | i was looking for some koi at my lfs, and they didn't have a every nice selection, so i went with my mom to a plant nursery and guess what. They had goldfish/koi. i saw some nice 3-4 inch black koi for 14 and some nice new import white koi for around 20. this was odd being a plant store istead of a fish store. are these prices too much for these fish? |
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koi keeper      Moderator Posts: 3203 Kudos: 2033 Votes: 240 Registered: 29-Dec-2001   | Depends on the pattern, cripsness, color depth, clarity, etc. Basically on what kind of Koi they are. How big where they for that price? It is not highway robbery by far. Reasonably priced cheap Koi, just be sure you're buying a fish you want, they will outlive you. koi edit: definately not odd, a lot of plant stores start watergardening sections and begin selling koi; much more profitable side venture than other things they could do. Last edited by Koi Keeper at 16-May-2005 15:16 Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn. |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | i am new at koi and not really critcal on there quality, just dont want to get ripped off. from what i saw they were around 2-3 inches, and i think nothing fancy as far as scale patterns go. it didn't looks so clean as in the color. it was white, but the scale indents were grey(don't know if all of 'em have this) |
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| koi keeper Moderator Posts: 3203 Kudos: 2033 Votes: 240 Registered: 29-Dec-2001 | You should be critical, you will have to be looking at them for a looooong time. Black fish are hard to spot in the pond, whites have much nicer patterns available than that. Look for glittery gin rin scales and striking easily spotted colors for just a garden pond. How large is your pond? Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn. |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | my pond is almost set-up, it is around 250-275 gallons. as u can tell from the pond size i am only looking for 1 or 2 koi at most. Last edited by bettachris at 16-May-2005 21:48 |
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| koi keeper Moderator Posts: 3203 Kudos: 2033 Votes: 240 Registered: 29-Dec-2001 | You should not even have one Koi in there, you just do not have room for a fish that will grow to be 44 inches long. Koi are huge and grow very fast; they are carp. Your pond is probably not anywhere near the four foot of depth they need. Koi Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn. |
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| bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | ok thanks for the info koi, very helpful.  |
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