| Fancy Koi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Koi are a result of cross breeding many generatios of Carp and Goldfish. The breeding of koi dates back hundreds of years to Japan. Koi are consider statues quoe in many societies in Japan. Koi are kept in many climates from the tundra line to as far southern hemisphere. Koi are very hardy fish which live in communities upto thousands but generaly are keep to 10 - 30 in any pond. Stress is the biggest killer of koi. Koi are known to live far past 100 years. Exeptional cases they are known to live 150+ years in captivity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Care and Feeding of Koi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Koi should be feed twice a day, and removing all uneaten food after five minutes. Koi will eat vegetation as well as meat usually smaller fish. They are not a gressive but larger koi will eat smaller fish(even their own). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| What Fish are Accepted in Koi Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The rule af tumb when choosing other fish | to join koi, is fish whoare not aggressive like chinchilles. This fish are territorial ,this another thing to take into consideration . Territorial fish will attack other fish defending its territory. Koi ussualy accept most fish . This could not eb said about other fish. Your best choice is to introduce community fish. These are very good decision since koi are generally docile fish. Tip, some koi came be tame to the point of being hand feed by one person.
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