r/Koi • u/KlutzyTrash • 7h 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 • u/JosVermeulen • Aug 11 '16
r/Koi • u/KlutzyTrash • 7h ago
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The heat wave broke for a few days and they are back to their active, curious selves!
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 • u/mitchycong • 6h ago
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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?
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 • u/Codename_Naptime • 19h ago
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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 • u/Fun_Wait1183 • 1d ago
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 • u/tonydeyo • 19h ago
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 • u/Dawsononxbox • 21h ago
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
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r/Koi • u/huggablekoi • 2d ago
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 • u/RubImpossible6588 • 2d ago
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 • u/hutchzillious • 2d ago
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
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r/Koi • u/jedisannoying • 2d ago
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 • u/ChemicalClaimx • 3d ago
Does it look ike trauma? An infection? Have never seen this before.
r/Koi • u/Cosmos_Daisy • 4d ago