Enthusiast Geoff Lawton paid an undisclosed sum for the 17-year-old koi from a specialist breeder in Japan. But he has already put a £30,000 plus price tag on the 90lbs specimen. Koi fish eat about anything they are omnivores which means they eat meat and vegetables anything they can find bugs, worms, etc. Koi fish can get sunburns when exposed to intense heat in the summer so get them some shade during summer. Koi fish are sociable they enjoy the company of other koi fish around.
Make sure to keep an eye also when adding other types of fish in the pond koi free australian email leads fish have been known to bully non-koi pond mates. in addition, they will eat small species of fish My experience is I tried adding an albino tin foil in my koi pond and the koi eat all my tin foil. The oldest koi fish ever was a koi named Hanako was born in 1791 and didn’t die until 1977 that means she lived to be 226. Koi fish are surprisingly intelligent they can recognized your footstep if you noticed even if you are still distant away coming towards them they will quickly gather near you.
your hand Koi fish is a symbol of persistence, determination, wealth, success and good luck. Koi fish intense coloration makes them harder to survive because predators such cats and birds can easily find them. Female koi fish can lay as many as 50,000 eggs depending on the female koi fish size the bigger the female koi fish the number of koi eggs increases too There are 24 koi fish varieties of koi fish and counting. A new koi fish variety could be presented at any time but for now there are the Kohaku, Taisho Sanke, Showa Sanshoku, Tancho, Shiro Utsuri, Hi Utsuri, Ki Utsuri, Asagi, Shusui, Matsuba, Platinum Ogon, Yamabuki Ogon, Kujaku, Hariwake, Kikusui, Kumonryu, Beni Kumonryu, Chagoi, Soragoi, Ochiba Shigure,Goromo, Goshiki, Kikokuryu, and the Kin Kikokuryu.