walao.. den very pity laa.. my dad rare some koi fish too.. but in an aquarium..
pity that fish grow according to the aquarium size.. i wan them to b BIG

Maybe you should talk your father into building a koi pond ,
or better yet, let me care for them in my newly built pond....

LOL..
btw.. to diffrentiate gold and koi are easy... jz simply look into their pattern.. koi has more pattern than a gold fish, for eg : orange and white patches.

This post has been edited by -K3N-: Sep 6 2007, 12:58 PM

gold fish n koi/carp is totally difference wor...

pick the RED one NOT ORANGE. then the red patch best is solid.. not like faded color.. best all the color is above the eye leave. something like that lah hahha.. n of cos get the color balance one..

yes, they don't grow big in tank even in pound too pack also don't grow

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Added on September 6, 2007, 1:00 pmgold fish is round, koi is long...

This post has been edited by nezumitaro: Sep 6 2007, 01:00 PM

1 more simple way to diffrentiate them is size /gg
To be more specific , koi fish.. erm.. under their mouth.. they have something i duno what its called.. whiskers mayb ? while goldfish doesnt..

ohh... that one moustache la bro, whiskers is for catfish....

haha.. dats y i said i duno whats it called ~

my dad has been taking care of koi fishes for years. if i remember correctly before i go oversea, there are about 18+ of kois. some of them has been with me since i was small.

sadly some of them died when we move them to a bigger pond as we move our house. way to stress i guess haha

nezumitaro, your pond not very deep right?

not very deep 3.5 ft only..

yup yup. can see it via the way the koi fish grew.
because i see a differences on how koi fish grew when i followed my dad visit his friends

if it is not deep, koi fish tend to grow fat or side ways

This post has been edited by sotong4896: Sep 10 2007, 03:02 PM

then if deep?

if deep enough, the fish will be more in balance in terms of body and beautiful. you wouldnt feel it is fat. deeper gives them more space to swim and exercise.

i dont know how deep my dad's pond is, but as i recall it is at least around 7 - 8 ft. I wouldnt know haha since the shape of the pond already looks like an eight haha so maybe my dad make the pond with 8 ft deep for wealth fortune haha

waw ur dad pond must be sooo huge!! take photo ler!!!

hahaha i cant now because in oversea. will take for u when i am back end of the year yeah.. lol got man make waterfall xD but my dad ones consider small, I have seen some even bigger ones in my neighborhood. They got pondok somemore and koi fish swiming around ... envy wei haha

wawww so siok then i need to flaten my house to make a pound hahhaha

wahh soo big eh, hmm need to find ways to make my pond bigger He..he the deepest point in my pond is only 4 ft, hmm need to make them exercise more then...

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Added on September 17, 2007, 8:48 amYo taikos.. he..he.. i just want to ask, since i'm using a biofilter for my pond, is it normal that my pond water turn to green after 3 weeks and what is the necessarily steps that i should take to overcome this?

hmm would changing of water helps?

This post has been edited by mamril: Sep 17 2007, 08:48 AM

Hi mamril

1 of the reason could be the bio mechanism not yet started. It takess 4-5 weeks to trigger.

check your ph, ammonia, etc

I would advise you to check more info on www.koi.com.my or www.koiphen.com

Btw, bottom drain is a must for KOI pond though.

Rgds

Hmm , the yup probably so, two of my fish is dead already, maybe need to find the ammonia level tester,

but the rest is swimming joyfully

Outdoor koi pond at home.



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i own a deserted koi pond.. haha.. too bad some died during the time..
~i dont have time to take care of them, i m far from home~
isk isk, i miss having koi pond..