Koi pond pics

shaz · 13th May 2009, 07:42 AM

I thought some of you might like to see my father in laws pond, His pretty proud of it and has some nice sized fish in it :)
Ours is small and houses nothing much mostly goldfish and tench with the odd other fish

filters

Lil pond

Shayler · 13th May 2009, 10:39 AM

WOW, is that filter system big enough lol

shaz · 13th May 2009, 10:42 AM

makes rick look even smaller dont it lol

Tom · 13th May 2009, 11:36 AM

wow..

i love koi..
my ex's grandad use to collect them, and some are just so exspensive when they are larger!
His pond was like the above, VERY deep, it was his pride and joy, and used to spend hours watching, and feeding, and cleaning, checking them etc...
oh and also checking the fence incase they got stolen!

it was only when he was telling me about koi shows, and the value of some of them i stopped prettending i was going to go fishing in it..lol

its more than a hobby to some koi keepers.
That set-up looks so relaxing, credit given! 10/10.. :)

666 · 13th May 2009, 12:38 PM

great looking pond , nice looking filter set up .
there's nothing like sitting by the pond .

tom your right , koi keeping , is more than keeping these stunning fish , its a terrible afliction , ive been addicted for years !!!

shaz · 13th May 2009, 03:14 PM

he spends loads of time with it, had 2 drowned foxes in it this week already though :?

Tom · 13th May 2009, 04:02 PM

again, my exs grandad found a bird in it, its one that eats pond fish, it was dead, but he though it was after a fish, and came down, not knowing how deep it was, and thinking the fish was smaller than what it was, and of course drowned.

but i must admit, i sat there for hours, didnt feel like it, and it was so relaxing, it was actually him who got me into fishing, and since then, i have loved koi..

We went to a pond place that sold "special typed" koi, as you can tell i know nothing really of them...lol
but..

there was a white one, who had nearly a pure red spot, and i said " thats cool" then i saw a price tag for £14,000 i nearly passed out..

he said the rounder the mark, the more it would cost?!?...

then i read a year or so ago, one in china went for over a million or so..
there is alot to koi fish, and as you said 666..
there more than just fish.

666 · 13th May 2009, 10:56 PM

top koi go for loads of money !!! i spent £ ££,£££.££ on a pair of oyagoi (parent fish) from garyu in japan , hopefully they will spawn this year !!

as you say , you can lose a whole day , just sitting there watching the fish , its verry strange , almost hypnotic !!

Rob · 13th May 2009, 11:00 PM

Truly truly amazing, that is some dedication to maintain and run that set up.

I love it.

jordanlewis100 · 1st June 2009, 03:48 PM

great koi pond he's got every right to be proud there are some stunning fish in there!!!