Our Current FIsh

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  1. Tropical_Gaz

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    Our current fish!
     
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    • Phil A

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      Nice one Gaz:dbgrtmb: I like fish.
       
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        Wow what little beauties you have there.. :SUNsmile:
         
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          Thanks Guys
           
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          Cracking fish gaz. Just gone out today and restocked my pond after heron paid us a visit last year!
          Not got any koi this time. Got 3 shubumkins 3 lemon gold fish 2 ghosh carp and 2 comet goldfish.
          Will prob get some small koi in a couple of weeks.
           
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            Gorgeous! I see from the reflection that you have a screen? Have you ever had herons visiting?
             
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              Gaz you have a great selection of healthy fish .. i love the Koi.. plenty of rain lately to keep the water levels up .. Micky :SUNsmile:
               
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                saw some fairly large koi in a garden centre in my area a few weeks ago ...

                £300 each

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                must say though that they looked good and healthy .... I'd say that they were approx 1 1/2 feet long and fat ....

                breed those and you can sell at big profit to recoup your costs of building/setting out the pond

                would love to have my own koi pond one day .... I'm just waiting for the lotto to payout
                 
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                Hiya Gaz.

                Some nice bright fishes there:blue thumb: In particular, a Shiro caught my eye:)

                *dim*, it's not so much about breeding, but more to do with culling, and having a good eye for potential, in other words, the selection process. That's where the high prices come from. Trust me, £300 is nothing in the world of Koi keeping. Some fish CAN sell for 6 figure sums.

                Cheers...Freddy.
                 
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                  Yes, home bred koi are pretty much worthless in monetary terms. Priceless I suppose if you have bred and raised them yourself though.
                  I used to pay around the £2-300 mark for my general koi but then into 4 figures for my special koi or koi I took to shows.
                  The only thing about keeping different fish with koi in the same pond is that some medications used for koi can be bad for other pond fish.
                  Nice bunch of fish you have there Gaz.
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                  Top Draw Gaz Looking Exllent lovely selection :wow:
                   
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                  Most excellent Gaz:cool:....I'd love some but Mrs Pal doesn't like it when they blow kisses at her:snork:
                   
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                  You Have Started somthing Gaz :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

                  went to a Garden center yesterday bought 4 baby koi probley the the size of my little finger going to enjoy watching them grow :dbgrtmb:
                   
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                  how big DID you buy them? its very impressive, but if you rose them from tiddly fishes its even more amazing :]
                   
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                  Very healthy looking fish :)
                   
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