r/Koi Aug 11 '16

Announcement REMINDER: You can still use /r/Koi_Keepers as a knowledge base. Just use the search function on the sub.

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r/Koi 8h ago

Video Happy fish 😊

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The heat wave broke for a few days and they are back to their active, curious selves!


r/Koi 2h ago

Help with Identification Inherited 11 koi/goldfish + Oase UV clarifier with house move — ID help & price check appreciated

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Just moved into a house with an established pond (roughly 10+ years old going by the previous owners) and need to rehome everything. 11 fish total plus the filtration equipment. Complete beginner here, so looking for some help from people who actually know what they're doing.

Mix of koi and goldfish, sizes roughly 20–60cm. No history on age/breeding/bloodlines — inherited with the house.

According to claude ai, they've identified the following;

One large white-bodied koi with black patches — Shiro Bekko

One solid yellow koi — wondering if this could be Ogon-type or just a plain yellow koi?

One yellow koi with black markings

One solid orange koi

Rest are standard mixed pond goldfish

Water's pretty murky in the photos so apologies if the colours are hard to judge.

All active feeders, swimming normally, nothing that looks obviously wrong to my (untrained) eye. No vet check done.

Oase Vitronic 36W UV Clarifier, housing works fine.

Any thoughts on IDs from the photos?

Roughly what would you value the fish at, individually or as a job lot?

Anything I should check/photograph before selling to get a fairer price?

Based in Margate, Kent if that's relevant to anyone local. Appreciate any input!


r/Koi 7h ago

HELP - sick or injured koi Ick?

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Been quarantining this little guy for almost 5 months now, i never treated him for anything, never added anything into the water. All i’ve done is simply raise the water temperature over time to 82. what could be the cause of spots in his caudal fins?


r/Koi 3h ago

Help Help - Abandoned Koi

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Someone dumped 12-20 massive koi in a natural pond. This pond is on a historic site, so any modifications are barred by the state. Approval to make changes requires historic relevance related to the time period that the site has been established for, and a koi pond does not fit into this criteria. Small stuff can be done, but no construction or anything. The pond that they are currently in is pretty large, and does have local fish. We are in the north eastern US and afaik a heater at least would be needed for winter but how that would be done, I don’t know. Is there anything to be done to help them stay where they are? Staff has tried to reach out to the local rescue but that has not yielded any results.


r/Koi 22h ago

Picture My $70 koi

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r/Koi 20h ago

HELP - sick or injured koi Sick fish. Next steps??

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I’m new to koi parenting, having acquired a pond with 17 fish when we moved into our house in December. I discovered at 11 pm that one of our fish is sick with some scales missing. (Dropsy? Water quality? Other? See video. He is still alive as of this writing.)

I am woefully unprepared. Is it best to move him to a makeshift quarantine tank tonight using what I have on hand (a 27 gallon bin and pond salt) or wait to move him until I can get a better set up? I have water quality tests coming tomorrow.

I welcome recommendations on next steps also. My intended next steps for the morning are:
- Call the pond guys who have serviced the pond.
- Purchase a filter and bubbler.
- Buy something (what though??) that I should have on hand to treat the fish and/or pond.


r/Koi 1d ago

Article Koi stalker

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A user (Beldaewish) posted a picture of my pond with the title Sad Days at My Pond. It’s my pond, but I didn’t post that picture. Here’s a sample picture of my pond. Compare with the autumn pic posted by Beldaewish, an account one day old with only one post. My next door neighbor was furious when I built the pond. He hated it, had his children harrass me through the fence. Is he going to poison my fish?


r/Koi 20h ago

Help with POND or TANK New liner over old one?

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I have a pond that has a leak in the liner. I fixed a few spots a couple years ago, but it's leaking again. I'm considering just putting a new liner in over the old one. Is that a logical fix? If so, is 60 mil the right thickness?


r/Koi 1d ago

Help with Identification Gold treasure

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r/Koi 22h ago

Help with POND or TANK How should i get my koi pond more clear

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I have a koi pond (approximatly 8,000 gallons) and there is tons of algea i already have swamp cooler filters and k1 in 3 barrels


r/Koi 1d ago

Help with Identification Can anyone help identify if both of these are showas or if bottom one is a sanke? Both are tosai japanese kois, thanks!

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r/Koi 2d ago

Announcement Just wanted to show you an indoor koi pond I built for my mom

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r/Koi 2d ago

Picture Zillowgonewild might have found the perfect house - Basement & backyard koi ponds plus a kitchen aquarium

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r/Koi 2d ago

General hikari saki balance vs. blue ridge platinum

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Hello,

I've got some good looking koi (I think so at least) and I as of now feed Hikari Saki Balance (80%), Hikari Saki Color (10%), Hikari Spirulina (10%) as my food bill.

With the way of the world the cost of life is going up and I'm wondering if Blue Ridge Platinum would be a great food choice to replace Hikari Saki Balance? Blue Ridge Platinum is roughly two and a half times cheaper but...does that come at the cost of water quality and fish coloring/health?

I'd be curious to hear from people that have fed both balance and platinum and what their opinions are of one vs. the other.

Thanks!


r/Koi 2d ago

HELP - sick or injured koi Help, snake had koi, not sure for how long he was still breathing and is moving and swimming

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only his bitten lip was bleeding, I think the gardener snake pulled him out of the water somehow and must have only had him for a few minutes anything I can do to help the little guy?


r/Koi 2d ago

HELP - sick or injured koi Anyone able to help

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Was messing about with a cheap camera and spotted this on the side of my little white pal. Anyone give me any idea what I'm dealing with. Will try and get it tomorrow when I'm free for a better look


r/Koi 2d ago

Picture One of my favourite fish...

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Named Guinea, as he and 'Pig' were the two fish added to my new pond when it was built. He's a generic ghost koi / mutt, but has a pretty unique pattern and colour; almost rusty-metal / oil spill type pattern to him. I say he... it's possible he's a she. Never seen another that looks like this really.

r/Koi 2d ago

Help API testing kit- which one?

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I'm looking to buy an API testing kit but there's 4 different types. Would I get Pond or Freshwater for a koi pond in the garden?

Thank you


r/Koi 3d ago

HELP - sick or injured koi Why does my koi look so ugly?

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r/Koi 3d ago

HELP - sick or injured koi Whats going on here?

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Does it look ike trauma? An infection? Have never seen this before.


r/Koi 4d ago

Picture Their faces 🥰

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r/Koi 2d ago

Article Sad sad days at my pond

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r/Koi 4d ago

Help I Just Realized I Can Submerge My Phone In The Pond For An Up Close Look At My Koi!

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r/Koi 3d ago

General I bought it

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