Koi Varieties

[brokensword]

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[darkmuse]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

[brokensword]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

up to 3' and very quickly, though I've found if you're NOT trying to get champion size fish, the rate is both slower and less. So far, at least. I have fish going on their 4th/5th year of growth and they are at 16". Hoping they stay at 20" or less so I avoid bioload problems!

[j.w]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

I like the idea of having a pond full of Shubunkin's as they are so colorful w/the different patterns, like smallish koi.
If I had it to do over that's what I would have chosen instead of 12 all oj feeder fish.
Oh well I love them anyways

[brokensword]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

I like the idea of having a pond full of Shubunkin's as they are so colorful w/the different patterns, like smallish koi.
If I had it to do over that's what I would have chosen instead of 12 all oj feeder fish.
Oh well I love them anyways

You should seriously source a couple more; it would be fun for you and give you more reason to spend time by the pond! Getting into koi helped ME that way...

[j.w]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

I like the idea of having a pond full of Shubunkin's as they are so colorful w/the different patterns, like smallish koi.
If I had it to do over that's what I would have chosen instead of 12 all oj feeder fish.
Oh well I love them anyways

You should seriously source a couple more; it would be fun for you and give you more reason to spend time by the pond! Getting into koi helped ME that way...

I don't want to add more right now as I had a fish loss last year due to too many fish pooing and making my filters fill up too fast. If the others die off someday I will add the Shubbies as I love them!

[solaria5505]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

I like the idea of having a pond full of Shubunkin's as they are so colorful w/the different patterns, like smallish koi.
If I had it to do over that's what I would have chosen instead of 12 all oj feeder fish.
Oh well I love them anyways

what are shuubunkis? do you have any pix? i don't have coy jsut goldfish but i like the red and black ones best.

[darkmuse]

I like the different colors but know they can get vry large, so am sticking with goldfish. Shubunkins are almost as good as koi that way.

I like the idea of having a pond full of Shubunkin's as they are so colorful w/the different patterns, like smallish koi.
If I had it to do over that's what I would have chosen instead of 12 all oj feeder fish.
Oh well I love them anyways

We all have those woulda shoulda coulda moments! And is there any reason you can't put more 'smallish koi' in now?

[j.w]

@darkmuse Here are some photo's of Shubbies as I call them. Not my photo's. Taken off the net.
I wait to add new fish to my pond till the weather gets warmer, like in the 60's or 70's and the water is warmer so they can adjust better. Make sure your pond is cycled also. You can use something called Prime to make it adjust faster but I have never used it myself.

[darkmuse]

@darkmuse Here are some photo's of Shubbies as I call them. Not my photo's. Taken off the net.
I wait to add new fish to my pond till the weather gets warmer, like in the 60's or 70's and the water is warmer so they can adjust better. Make sure your pond is cycled also. You can use something called Prime to make it adjust faster but I have never used it myself.

yes, very nice looking fish. Great pics of them. Mine are less spotted and more splotchy. Very much like koi but a lot easier to keep!

[Gemma]

I love all Koi, but I prefer the metallic oppose to the classic show koi ( Sanke, Showa etc)
I had 2 shubbies up until last Fall, then I lost my Red, he was 14yrs old, now I'm afraid I will soon lose the other one too

[brokensword]

I love all Koi, but I prefer the metallic oppose to the classic show koi ( Sanke, Showa etc)
I had 2 shubbies up until last Fall, then I lost my Red, he was 14yrs old, now I'm afraid I will soon lose the other one too

I noted that to j.w too; it seems the shubbies are more prone to dying over winter than the comets. Can't fathom why, but I know my shubbie herd has shrunk over time. Used to have 20ish, now I think I'm down to under 10.

I like almost all the koi types, but favor the utsuris the most; I had some red shubbies with black markings when they were still young, called them 'Tiger 1 and 2'. Loved the look but as they grew, they lost that pattern. That's when I started seeing koi differently!