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maybe one day

well done :) mine are getting fairly big now :)

i also use fluval internal filters the biggest size

this fish now lives in my aunts pond :P i have only koi now

yep marc spudsy ;)

thats a scale pocket infection (bacterial) it is treatable with anti bacterial meds, as saph said the fungus is a secondary infection, you can buy a med that treats both, also thats a ginrin benigoi non metallic, hope you've caught it in time!

its an ochiba shigore... which is a blue/grey koi with brown/orange patten

your nitrite is very high, and thats toxic to fish, i'm guessing as its winter you wont be feeding so your params will be fine now, did the koi make it? potassium permanganate is a good treatment for finrot (which is a bacterial infection)

that smell is the anaerobic bacteria which lives in stagnant water, what you need to do is either buy or borrow a pond vac and get all the sludge from the bottom of the pond, you could also nd give it a proper clean? then to stop it building up again place your pump in the lowest part of the...

100% koi carp, probably a purachina (platinum ogon) small koi wont have barbles, they tend to be easy to see when the fish is 5-6" and bigger, it will happily live in a fish tank at room temperature for a year they grow fast!! (i'd say 4 foot tank minimum depending on what size it is now) but if...

i think your fish had dropsy by the look of the photo

3 feet is fine for goldies :)

try and go 3 feet deep if you can that will be enough for goldies, even in the winter

its either bumped into something or its an infection, id treat it sooner rather than later, take the photo to a good koi outlet and let them tell you what meds you need for it, or for a small fee some do home visits, if you are anywhere near nottingham, go see clinton at the nottingham koi...

http://forum.koimag.co.uk/ some great pond builds there

if you are under 2000 gallons the best filter you can get is an eazypod, i have one and they are a pleasure to clean and look after, most people would advise a koi pond to be as close to 6 foot deep as you can get it, with a bottom drain and gravity fed filter set up, but you can still have a...

sounds like a ginrin soragoi to me (sora = sky (blue/grey) goi = fish, if its shiney scaled that would make it a gin rin, as soras get older they get a 'net like' pattern to the scaled like a chagoi and ochiba shigure or could it be a shusui/asagi as the above photo ?

just out of interest how many years does it take a common goldfish to grow to 2 feet? i'm a koi keeper and dont know a lot about goldies, and if you read my whole post you would have seen ''however i would say that 150 gallons is not a good size for a pond, no matter how many fish are in it, so...

i'd say you could keep those goldfish in there just fine, if you have the filtration and water changes to match, the thing about filtration isnt really to do with the size of the fish, its all to do with the amount of food you feed them, this makes waste that the filters have to breakdown, so...

the new trend when it comes to herons is a small electric fence only a few inches high, herons wade into ponds it will only try to wade into one with an electric fence once :P i forgot to ask, do you have pics of your fish?

if its red around the scales it probably a bacterial infection, your best bet, is find a good koi dealer in your area and ask for a pond visit, (they normally charge 30 quid) sometimes free if you buy all the meds from them, they will do a scrape and look for parasites and will do all the water...

yep well done to those people who guessed dace, it is a dace

the fish i had all that time ago has now grown massive, it looks like a chub i'll get a photo of it soon to get an id :P i'm surprised it managed to survive in the pond, it was tiny when i put him in there

http://forum.koimag.co.uk/ this is one of the best ones

thanks for the info :D

anyone thinks this stuff is the real deal? if it is i think it would be handy to keep a bottle in stock, just incase !

the tank looks great, i dont like the wall paper

some sort of insect lavae i have them in my filter box also

ok great thanks

i am buying one of these http://www.evolutionaqua.com/display.php?d...=18&class_id=18 soon for my next pond, the question i have is, whats a good price to pay for it? i have been told i can get it for £445.99 is this a good price? i also think the filter media isnt very cheap (its basicly shaped...

ok will do thanks... http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=142118 i reposted in the pond forum ^^ (i am buying one of these http://www.evolutionaqua.com/display.php?d...=18&class_id=18 soon for my next pond, the question i have is, whats a good price to pay for it? i have been told i...

how big are goldfish eggs? would i know they are in my pond, or are they really small?

stunning fish, i have to admit, koi are my favourite fish by far now

i have a 'then and now' picture of my goldfish and koi i have circled the ghost koi, the first koi i got afater getting several baby goldies very soon i am making another pond much bigger and deepeer on the back garden, something like 4 foot/5 foot deep (half under ground half raised)...

i live in nottingham, maybe wharf at pinxton will have them, but if anyone knows for sure where i can get one.... i have been reading up on these fish http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/img/Blue_Dempsey_2.jpg and they seem far more suited to being in my tank than the green ones, i want a nice...

i tend to give my babies away to friends rather than sell them to pet shops, that way i know they are going to a good home, maybe you could try that, or even sell them to friends for a little bit cheaper than they sell them in the petshops

i will be getting myself a new digicam soon, i have been wanting to get one for ages, i will take photos of all my new fish, and update my tank and fish info :P

its not a tanch i have 3 of those in my pond my dad caught me :) and a few roach i think, also one fish i got from a local stream that was really small when i got it, stickle back sized, now its about 7 or 8" still not sure what it is, but someone once said it was a dace? yep i have just looked...

thats what i thought, they are closely releated broth from the carp family goldfish from crucian carp (carassius carassius), and koi from common carp (Cyprinus carpio). i was lead to believe it wasnt possible, but the fish i have make me think it is, ghost koi are koi carp bred with common carp...