biggest koi

[Don4921]

I was just wondering what the biggest koi in the world is?

[Fried_fish]

try google =P

[KILLERKOI]

dont know whats the biggest but heres one that 135cm(53in) its a CHAGOI (brown koi) from 1999 sorry for the pic quality i took it from a book only place i could find it couldnt find it onlinehttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/Picture_072.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/15941/size/big/cat/500/page/1)

[DeLgAdO]

dont know whats the biggest but heres one that 135cm(53in) its a CHAGOI (brown koi) from 1999 sorry for the pic quality i took it from a book only place i could find it couldnt find it onlinehttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/Picture_072.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/15941/size/big/cat/500/page/1)

OMFG!!!!

[mcblack]

thats really big koi!

[USMCtanker]

how big do the normal koi get l like the ones u see at pet stores and stuff

[softturtle]

About this big. Found this pic a while ago (on the net) and thought it was cool.

[DeLgAdO]

About this big. Found this pic a while ago (on the net) and thought it was cool.

OMG THATS ENORMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Princley]

nice koi

[USMCtanker]

how long does it take for them to get that big

[DeLgAdO]

how long does it take for them to get that big

acouple years

like 5 or more

[USMCtanker]

acouple years

like 5 or more

thats it i thoght it would take longer

[DeLgAdO]

thats it i thoght it would take longer

given you have a excellent size pond, warm (low to mid 70's) water and a diet with a high protein content ;)

[cyang]

that is like the shaq of koi. flavor-flav!

[PeacockBass]

acouple years

like 5 or more

Oh really?

tell me, where did you come up with this?

[Honda12]

It takes a long time for koi to reach their full size. My Uncle has had his koi for about 10 years and they still aren't at their full size that they could get. He has them in a 9000gl pond.

[DeLgAdO]

Oh really?

tell me, where did you come up with this?

Damnit peacock, you HAD to make me go read to get it right :ROFL:

The feeding pattern, and thus the growth rate, of koi depends on many factors, such as water temperature, water quality, stocking density and genetic background Koi feed most actively at temperatures in excess of 15c(59F), thus sexually immature fish can grow rapidly during the summer months when the temperature is warmer. Once koi are mature, their growth rate slows considerably; in sexually mature fish, most of the food eaten is utilized in producing eggs or sperm in preparation for breeding. However, unlike many other vertebrates, fish continue to grow throughout their lives and it is easy for pampered koi to reproduce and continue to grow because of their artificially high feeding rates. The cycle of rapid growth in summer and retarded growth in winter produces rings on the fish's scales (much like the growth rings of a tree) and a koi's age can be determined by counting these rings. Some koi-keepers, however, who heat their pools in the winter, continue to feed their koi throughout the year. If a koi has continued to feed during winter its rings will not be clearly defined and it will therefore be difficult to age.

Water quality affects the rate of growth because koi lose their appetites and may even stop eating if their environment is poor. Poor water quality can also affect the fish's metabolism, thus hindering digestion of food.

The stocking density of the pond can also have marked effects on koi growth rate. In a lightly stocked pond, koi will become sexually mature while still of a relatively small size (25-3Ocm/10-l2in) and once mature, growth is retarded. Although koi in a densely stocked pond will mature at a much larger size (50-60cm/20-24in), competition for food will slow the growth rate, food will be more scarce and the 'battle' for it can stress some koi. You will have to decide on optimum stocking levels for your own koi pond bearing this in mind. In fact, these considerations are really most important for koi farmers.

The genetic background, too, influences the size to which koi will grow; as the children of tall parents tend to be tall, and short parents produce small children, so the same is true of koi. This is obviously a simplified view of gene action, however, because of the significant role the environment plays in influencing size.

[rottbo]

i plan on keeping a few butterfly koi in my new 7500 with my silver aros tell me that wont look sweet from the top then hopefully i can get some rays in there too

[Honda12]

Good info.

[Ali]

I've had my koi for about 3 years now and they are all between the 24-30" mark. The females are distinctively larger than the males.

At what age do they breed? I was under the impression that they start breeding between 2-4 years of age.

I have kept silver aro's, arapaima, peacock bass, stingray's, oscar's and koi all together in my 2600g pond during the summer. They all got along fine ;)

[FishHeadSoup]

About this big. Found this pic a while ago (on the net) and thought it was cool.

:jaw:

[Fish_are_fishfood]

I would love to have one of those babies in a pond. They are hugggeee.

[Don4921]

d*m that is big

[Don4921]

how much and how many times a day should feed medium sized koi (about 50)

[DeLgAdO]

how much and how many times a day should feed medium sized koi (about 50)

whats the temperaure of the water?

[KILLERKOI]

Oh really?

tell me, where did you come up with this? http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/Picture_072.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/15941/size/big/cat/500/page/1) well this one was said to be only three yrs. old so who knows given the size of the pond and diet it might be possible within 5yrs. to grow that big

[Don4921]

whats the temperaure of the water?
78degrees

[lancerlot]

:eek: :WHOA:
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1207/hebetooinbowlsmall0ri.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/4271/huge20showa20featured20in20inf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/8655/monster0au.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[KILLERKOI]

wow!!! thats a nice one:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Nic]

:WHOA: :OMG: :jaw-dropp :jaw: that thing is freaking huge wow wow that is one sweet monster koi

[Honda12]

That is an awsome koi.

[Don4921]

i just got some monster koi myself 9 years old! Post pics later today

[Magnus30]

Koi are sweet, imo they have the most personality!

[humpster]

how long does it take for them to get that big


In general, it would take them a few years to get to that size... maybe 3-5yrs at least It also depends on the hobbyist. Some Koi don't even reach that size due to poor caring with regards to poor water quality, over crowding etc. Filtration and water volume per fish is very critical.

What we also have to remember is, Males don't grow as big. They could be blessed with good coloration, form and and pattern but they are not used for shows etc. They are just for breeding :) It's the females that always get all the credit! :D

[DeLgAdO]

:eek: :WHOA:
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1207/hebetooinbowlsmall0ri.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/4271/huge20showa20featured20in20inf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/8655/monster0au.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

SWEET MOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!! I WAAAAAAAAAANT!!! :eek: :eek: :drool: :drool: :drool: :headbang2 :headbang2 :headbang2

[rottbo]

i agree but i want a couple of butterfly kois that big those fins would be sweet

[dimpala]

Feeding those would be a full time job!

[DeLgAdO]

Feeding those would be a full time job!

and you would need to work 2 more just to keep up with the food bill :grinyes:

[Don4921]

here are my monster koi!Enjoy

[Don4921]

pic1-34in
pic2-32in.
pic3-39in. butterfly
all japenese and are nine years old! :headbang2

[Opiate]

that's almost that big it's ridiculous!! haha

[DeLgAdO]

pic1-34in
pic2-32in.
pic3-39in. butterfly
all japenese and are nine years old! :headbang2

WHOA!!!!!

THOSE ARE MONSTER IN SIZE!!!! :drool: :clap

[Roy L.]

I visited the BKKS national show in the UK last summer, and have some small videoclips here: http://www.putfile.com/royloevmyr/media

Generally a Koi is grown up when it's 7 years old, but it's growth-potensial is 0-5 years.

It's an ongoing bet who will be the first too grow a Koi to the lenght of one meter within 5 years (outside Japan)...
UK are concidered the only country outside Japan that really are cerious enough about the hobby to have a chance..

These fish are only fed the highest quality japanese food 8 times a day (!)
And they are kept in extremely wellfiltered water (big tricle towers).

A lot of pictures from the show on my Msn-space (link below)

[Don4921]

is there a koi show in florida?

[Roy L.]

is there a koi show in florida?

There's gonna be a national show in Nashville in september:
http://www.koiphenshow.com/

[Don4921]

ill be sure to go! :grinyes:

[paracyprichromis]

There is a Koi show in Orlando. You just missed it.

http://www.cfks.org/Main.htm

There are others. Google for them

Para

[Don4921]

darn :swear:

[tyler100]

there is a koi in a lake here in iowa that is like 3 ft long the pond is by my house and my uncle and i were bas fishing and we seen it .. i have seen it many times its all gold and there is a nother koi in there that is big too

[USMCtanker]

there is a koi in a lake here in iowa that is like 3 ft long the pond is by my house and my uncle and i were bas fishing and we seen it .. i have seen it many times its all gold and there is a nother koi in there that is big too
ya by my old house there is 2 big as koi at about 3' plus in there. they have been in there for 10 or more years. everyone trys to catch them but there way smart. oh its a small lake thats why people see them all the time. im about to get a net and get that thing. maybe some one one here has seen them its a small lake in rancho santa margarita in so cal.

[KILLERKOI]

ya by my old house there is 2 big as koi at about 3' plus in there. they have been in there for 10 or more years. everyone trys to catch them but there way smart. oh its a small lake thats why people see them all the time. im about to get a net and get that thing. maybe some one one here has seen them its a small lake in rancho santa margarita in so cal. this is what happens to koi that are let go in lakes, these photos are carp though are u sure u guys are'nt seeing one of these or do they have distinct Koi features ???http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/carp14.jpghttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/Large_Carp.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/18256/size/big/cat/2/page/1)

[Don4921]

that is disgusting:WHOA: lose some weight fishy:ROFL: how old are those fish?

[Don4921]

those are some fat mommas:ROFL:

[KILLERKOI]

that is disgusting:WHOA: lose some weight fishy:ROFL: how old are those fish?i couldnt tell you those are wild carp they can be any age from 1yrs to 100yrs old all i know is that they look nasty and if i ever cought one i would not keep that uglysucker:ROFL:

[edotero]

Koi can get big very fast in a big pond with lots of food.

[NuttyFish]

cool :)

[NuttyFish]

Here's one. I don't remember where I got it from but according to the file's name that person/breeder name is Hosokai. Baby koi and grandmother koi together :)

Do you think koi are a lot smaller than it used to due to excessive inbreeding? It is very possible that all koi today comes from only a handful of carp.

It would be breathtaking if a group of modern koi the size of the wild carp like the one in the attachment, swimming in your pond :P

[KILLERKOI]

Here's one. I don't remember where I got it from but according to the file's name that person/breeder name is Hosokai. Baby koi and grandmother koi together :)

Do you think koi are a lot smaller than it used to due to excessive inbreeding? It is very possible that all koi today comes from only a handful of carp.

It would be breathtaking if a group of modern koi the size of the wild carp like the one in the attachment, swimming in your pond :Phows it goin nuttyfish for ur question about inbreads that really dosnt happen as much as u think the japanease are extreme perfectionists when it comes to breeding that is a thing that they thrive to prevent they consider it a dishoner and mostly breed with different farms by way of trade now dose it happen though yes but not witht he top end breeders and farmers and as for the carp koi now aday can get as big if released in the wild but they lose all of their color and look just like carp from lack of a good diet they biggest koi dosent always mean the nicest in compatitions:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Don4921]

hows it goin nuttyfish for ur question about inbreads that really dosnt happen as much as u think the japanease are extreme perfectionists when it comes to breeding that is a thing that they thrive to prevent they consider it a dishoner and mostly breed with different farms by way of trade now dose it happen though yes but not witht he top end breeders and farmers and as for the carp koi now aday can get as big if released in the wild but they lose all of their color and look just like carp from lack of a good diet they biggest koi dosent always mean the nicest in compatitions:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
ur right again:iagree: how come those koi have such a fat belly?:ROFL: :nutkick: :ROFL:

[KILLERKOI]

there is no control on how much they eat ,think of koi like cows they eat,eat,and eat all day and all night if they could they would eat till they burst and then eat their guts:ROFL: but they pass out before that point come its like a natural safty precaution :screwy:

[KILLERKOI]

there is no control on how much they eat ,think of koi like cows they eat,eat,and eat all day and all night if they could they would eat till they burst and then eat their guts::barf: :barf::ROFL: : but they pass out before that point come its like a natural safty precaution :screwy:

[Don4921]

there is no control on how much they eat ,think of koi like cows they eat,eat,and eat all day and all night if they could they would eat till they burst and then eat their guts::barf: :barf::ROFL: : but they pass out before that point come its like a natural safty precaution :screwy:
i like the smilies:drool: so will my koi get bigger if they have a constant food supply or will that cost me alot of mula:nono: cant do that:ROFL:

[KILLERKOI]

i wouldnt do it., main reason being health, its not good for them. their not growing they are just getting fatter. u will also run them the risk of higher chance of olcers, heart failure and diseses i mean its like a slow death like in that movie SEVEN with brad pitt u will keep feeding him and feeding him and feeding him until POP!!!!:barf: :barf: :barf: :lol3: :ROFL:

[Don4921]

i wouldnt do it., main reason being health, its not good for them. their not growing they are just getting fatter. u will also run them the risk of higher chance of olcers, heart failure and diseses i mean its like a slow death like in that movie SEVEN with brad pitt u will keep feeding him and feeding him and feeding him until POP!!!!:barf: :barf: :barf: :lol3: :ROFL:
i know i was just kidding:ROFL: that would be kool to see the fattest koi!:ROFL:

[NuttyFish]

hows it goin nuttyfish for ur question about inbreads that really dosnt happen as much as u think the japanease are extreme perfectionists when it comes to breeding that is a thing that they thrive to prevent they consider it a dishoner and mostly breed with different farms by way of trade now dose it happen though yes but not witht he top end breeders and farmers and as for the carp koi now aday can get as big if released in the wild but they lose all of their color and look just like carp from lack of a good diet they biggest koi dosent always mean the nicest in compatitions:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Hi KILLERKOI, how are you doing? I think you misunderstood my question, I was not talking about now but way way back at the early stage of the pet koi breeding. My koi knowledge is below average but here's my rookie theory.

If I remember correctly from an online article that I've read koi were initially used for food and they were grey/black color originally. Then about 200 years ago some farmers noticed bright color koi and they started keeping them instead of eating them:grinyes: . Since those color koi are mutation they must have been very rare initially. It's logical to think that they must have kept the rare color koi together to get more color koi (inbreeding). Since they were farmers and didn't know about the inbreeding at that time, it is highly possible that the breeder koi were also inbreed. I mean why would they go get a wild koi for breeding when they already had tons of koi in their pond to conveniently choose from.

Basically, the parents of the color koi were already inbreed. And they further inbreed the color koi to get more color koi. I think it's very likely that all the modern koi are originated from dare I say less than 500 or even 100 genetically unique koi. On top of that the color koi with similar traits are further selectively inbreed to get the variety that we have today like asagi and kohaku. All I am saying you need some seriously inbreeding to obtain or to get rid of certain traits that are not natural. No matter how much they try to avoid the inbreeding it doesn't matter much because they all originated from a handful of koi to begin with anyway.

if released in the wild but they lose all of their color and look just like carp from lack of a good diet they biggest koi dosent always mean the nicest in compatitions:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I am not sure where you got the idea of "color koi loose all their color and look just like carp from a lack of good diet". Color in koi are genetic and I don't think food can get rid of it.

[Don4921]

i guess that maqkes sense

[KILLERKOI]

sorry i ve only got back to this so long ago now as for ur ansawer yes your right but we arent talkin 200yrs ago if ur talking about farming for food thats more like 2,500yrs around (551-479 BC) and it was done not in japan it was in china they were called (magoi) and mainly were black, grey or red but there were no ornamental value to them yet it was just food:grinyes:they were introduced in japan by at that time an invading china in (200AD)and it was kept by a japanese emperor and.but that was it till about the 1700s when the carp were given to ricer farmers in a village named Yamakoshigo,Niggata, Japan were they introduced them to there iragations to supplement their diets of rice do to the fact that Niggata Jpn. is high in the mountains witch made it almost im possible to farm in the winter so that ment no rice , but lot of hatf frozen BUT! alive carp(yum yum yummy :woot: ),but the Color mutations didnt acurre till 1804-1830 and were red,yellow and white colored carp:screwy: witch later was coltavated to form what we call today as (KAWARIMONO) witich are the solid color KOI.and from there started all the breeding and inbreeding to. with (MAGOI CARP) to make all the different breeds to day but Japan is big so alot of the follwing spreaded out to all over japan so you are not wrong about the in breeding but as soon as the mutations were started to be noted and the word got out about these colored and beutiful fish., it began:mwave:. :y220d: woof i wonder if that could fit ont a Snapple cap:ROFL: :ROFL:

[KILLERKOI]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/19213/size/big/cat/ by the way as for the loss of color well its true it do to mal-nutrion they need to be well feed or they will look like these they a not carp they are koi that were let loose for a long time except for the one that still has a little but left but not for long:lol3:

[Oscar guy]

i wonder how many red bellys pacus it would take to eat that monster kio 5 feet long

[s1138]

nice

[Don4921]

thanx for the history lesson killerkoi:ROFL: jk

[mybadgolf]

:thumbsup: WOW! I like that! Think BIG:clap

[Steve_89]

Damn thats big...

[Don4921]

i hope it does not have a heart attack:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:

[dannyboy]

wow they are really big, didnt want anything to do with carp or any of its close relatives...but those koi were pretty cool

[Jox]

While in the Philipines I went to a chinese restaurant that had a tank at least 5000G with Pirarucu in it and another tank of the same size with aboue 5 foot long Koi. Huge

[DeLgAdO]

i wonder how many red bellys pacus it would take to eat that monster kio 5 feet long

pacus?

or pirahna?:confused:

[Chad55]

From what I have noticed the butterflys tend to stay smaller nowadays. What is the average size of koi these days. I just got three of them and what should I be expecting outta these babies?

Chad

[dannyboy]

that is disgusting:WHOA: lose some weight fishy:ROFL: how old are those fish?


im pretty sure you can tell the age by counting the rings on the scales, with one ring equalling one spring (or period of rapid growth) and as there are only one spring in a year the amount or rings equals the age. Like telling the age of a tree....Not 100% sure if this is true, but im pretty sure it is

[DeLgAdO]

im pretty sure you can tell the age by counting the rings on the scales, with one ring equalling one spring (or period of rapid growth) and as there are only one spring in a year the amount or rings equals the age. Like telling the age of a tree....Not 100% sure if this is true, but im pretty sure it is

CORRECT!!

however

if the scale is lost, the new one coming in will not have these ring

[MrRngr94]

ok. This has me convinced. I'm buying an above-ground pool and I'm raising koi in it!. Maybe in a few years my kids can ride on them. lol

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/4271/huge20showa20featured20in20inf.jpg

[nativelover]

ok. This has me convinced. I'm buying an above-ground pool and I'm raising koi in it!. Maybe in a few years my kids can ride on them. lol

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/4271/huge20showa20featured20in20inf.jpg

you never know, it could be at some expo and they were raised in a huge pond but shown in a kiddie pool. unless its already been varified they grew up in it (i didnt read all the posts) but yeah, one of those above ground pools saves your back, and arms, and shoulders, and neck, well, they save your life...almost...lol.

back to diggin for me.

[Roy L.]

These fish can only be kept in a show-pool for a short time.
They are bred and raised in very big ponds with extreme filters, lots of aeration and are fed with high-protein food around the clock. :)

[DeLgAdO]

These fish can only be kept in a show-pool for a short time.
They are bred and raised in very big ponds with extreme filters, lots of aeration and are fed with high-protein food around the clock. :)

not even a very large pool?

like say 10ft diameter with a 30'' depth?

[MrRngr94]

not even a very large pool?

like say 10ft diameter with a 30'' depth?


That's what I was thinking. Maybe even bigger. Plus it would be really clean water if I were to going in it. It's worth a try, right?

[DeLgAdO]

That's what I was thinking. Maybe even bigger. Plus it would be really clean water if I were to going in it. It's worth a try, right?

you could only have like 2 koi in it though

[MrRngr94]

I could put at least 3 or 4 in this thing, right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-18-x-33-x-52-Oval-Above-Ground-Swimming-Pool-Kit_W0QQitemZ140001473597QQihZ004QQcategoryZ116405 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[DeLgAdO]

I could put at least 3 or 4 in this thing, right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-18-x-33-x-52-Oval-Above-Ground-Swimming-Pool-Kit_W0QQitemZ140001473597QQihZ004QQcategoryZ116405 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
:WHOA:

[nativelover]

I could put at least 3 or 4 in this thing, right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-18-x-33-x-52-Oval-Above-Ground-Swimming-Pool-Kit_W0QQitemZ140001473597QQihZ004QQcategoryZ116405 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

you could prolly put 20 in that thing, but to get then to grow big prolly 8 and to keep it managable and to make sure everyone gets a fair share id say 4 or 5 would be good. plus a few different fish so it doesnt look dull and there would be constant movement. so maybe a sturgeon and a few albino catfish. they get big and dont really mess with koi. unless the catfish is 2ft and the koi is 8" then you have an expensive meal.

[cropsebride]

My local fish shop has one thats 39inch and apparently 45yrs old. Expencive too £ 18,000

[Don4921]

My local fish shop has one thats 39inch and apparently 45yrs old. Expencive too £ 18,000
ill take ten!:drool:

[wingbak48]

:WHOA: :WHOA: :WHOA: :WHOA:
2 cool tho...wuldnt want that in my pond tho;) ;) ;)

[fisher12889]

Heres a monster I saw in Hawaii. The orange one on the top right of it was an easy 20" The little black things were guppies BTW

[GoldfishCrazy11]

Poor koi... Being kept with tropical fish, great chance of dying.

Though guppies seem to get into every and any water system (I found about 300 in a drainage pipe at the beach... they floated all the way from a pond a block up the street.)

The largest koi on record was at a State Fair, and measured 8 feet.

[bermuda]

koi are gorgeous as long as you don't get too close to them. those idiot gaping mouths get kind of freaky when they are like, 6 inches wide. my uncle owned a koi farm in colorado before he moved out to hawaii. had some gorgeous 3 and 4 foot koi there. my fave was the platinum one with a red spot on her head. go japan! :D

[KILLERKOI]

those little fish are like little snacks for those giants they wont cause any harm as long as the pond is well maintained. and a 8ft koi that is crazy what was it next to the world smallest horse or the wolfboy/ it might be true but id have to see that, it sounds fake

[GoldfishCrazy11]

I dunno I read it in some book or magazine. Maybe it was a first generation cross between a wild carp and a koi LOL :D.

[KILLERKOI]

Oh ive heard of those wild carp they are TRUE KILLERS just look what happened to this poor fishermanhttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=24695&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/24695/size/big/cat/2)poor . he didnt have a chance, or a clue what hit him:ROFL:

[Don4921]

whoa dat guy must be squished haha

[stotty]

This one is HUGE!


The largest koi to be found in the UK to date is a huge chagoi over 1 metre in length. Carp have reached sizes up to 90lb in weight (13 times the weight of a new-born baby!) thats not a koi thats a carp I have caught them up to 42lb but there are bigger!The largest koi have approached five feet in length. Females usually get much larger and therefore cost more than males

[KILLERKOI]

i knew that was a carp it was a joke, but even a 5ft koi sounds untrue the most that i could imgine is 3'9'' or maybe even 4' but thats it. but to tell u the truth i would trade a 6' koi five a 2-1/2' one of these http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=15294

[Don4921]

i AGREE

[stotty]

i knew that was a carp it was a joke, but even a 5ft koi sounds untrue the most that i could imgine is 3'9'' or maybe even 4' but thats it. but to tell u the truth i would trade a 6' koi five a 2-1/2' one of these http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=15294


:eek: Thats mad what sort of Koi is that???????

This is a pic of a 83lb Mirror Carp. stick that in your pond :D and a 76 lb Common

[DeLgAdO]

This one is HUGE!


The largest koi to be found in the UK to date is a huge chagoi over 1 metre in length. Carp have reached sizes up to 90lb in weight (13 times the weight of a new-born baby!) thats not a koi thats a carp I have caught them up to 42lb but there are bigger!The largest koi have approached five feet in length. Females usually get much larger and therefore cost more than males

I.........didnt need to see that........:eek:

[KurseD]

i'm not sure if it was a koi or a carp, but last time i was at caltimar, manila, i was checking out this store that had specialized in outdoor ponds (pretty kool store, had 3 indoor ponds complete with japanese style bridges and fishes) i saw a huge koi/carp must have been at least 5ft!!! anyone from the PI know which store i'm talkn bout?

[KILLERKOI]

ok guys i finally found the worlds biggest here's the size 15'9" long and wieghts 2 & 1/2tons in and its for sale lol i know its fake but would be cool to stick that giant statuein a pond just to watch people get startled when the look in there for the first time LOL:eek3: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=24761 oh and that spikey koi is fake its done by pc. but that would save them from being lunch for the heirons LOLhttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=15294

[Don4921]

killer koi u got busted......lol
that is an awesome koi tho to bad its fake

[KILLERKOI]

killer koi u got busted......lol
that is an awesome koi tho to bad its fake
LOL i know i know it would awsome to have a few like that and it would be to see a racoon try to pick that out the water:cool-1:

[Quickstrike]

yeah, koi get pretty big.

[Don4921]

yes they dio

[RadleyMiller]

you could prolly put 20 in that thing, but to get then to grow big prolly 8 and to keep it managable and to make sure everyone gets a fair share id say 4 or 5 would be good. plus a few different fish so it doesnt look dull and there would be constant movement. so maybe a sturgeon and a few albino catfish. they get big and dont really mess with koi. unless the catfish is 2ft and the koi is 8" then you have an expensive meal.

my channels at 3 koi this summer. my trick is now to buy 10-20 2" feeders at the time when I add the koi. The goldfish are dumb and go right near the channels and at the other end of the pond I add the koi and by the time he feels secure the catfish are full, he knows where to hide, and no koi get eaten. It worked when I added my black koi. I can't wait til the black koi is the same size as the channels so he can swim over them and the contrast will be awesome!

[Don4921]

my channels at 3 koi this summer. my trick is now to buy 10-20 2" feeders at the time when I add the koi. The goldfish are dumb and go right near the channels and at the other end of the pond I add the koi and by the time he feels secure the catfish are full, he knows where to hide, and no koi get eaten. It worked when I added my black koi. I can't wait til the black koi is the same size as the channels so he can swim over them and the contrast will be awesome!

how big r ur channels compared to the koi??
and u must have put a ton of feeders in

[Purpledevil]

i can't believe carps can grow that big, i thought 3' is the maximum
they have some huge carps in laughlin, nv

[MistirE]

Nice koi pix i saw:headbang2

[Masta Flan]

i have an 8 year old koi and its no where close to that size.. mine is about 27-30 inch :(

[RedWild]

I saw a big fat 50 inches Koi in a fish store and they sell it for 2000 USD. I don't know anything about price and Kois but just to let you guys know

[J11MTP]

The really large carp pics are "Catlocarpio siamensis" & can reach over 10ft & 300kg+
but they are a very different fish to koi although commonly known as carp - Siamese Giant Carp/Barb.

[ECarbonel]

man thats crazy a koi that big

[Surfer11]

I got 11 koi last year that were about 15 inches when I got them. I put them in the pond which is 1/2 acre and the smallest one now is 39 inches.

[DeLgAdO]

I got 11 koi last year that were about 15 inches when I got them. I put them in the pond which is 1/2 acre and the smallest one now is 39 inches.

got pics?

pics or it doesnt exist :)

[basslover34]

got pics?

pics or it doesnt exist :)
:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

[Mystix212]

They're in a half acre pond, they happen to grow a minimum of 24", yet you cant go out into the centre which most of them may be. How could you even get to feed them in a pond that big. Pics or I will declare you a fake.

[bigd00d00]

thats big..

[hankn]

40" Koi available for $205:
http://www.nishikigoi.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=921&category_id=1&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1
Don't think all Koi are that cheap:
33" Koi for $10,000:
http://www.nishikigoi.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=721&category_id=1&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

[BigSplash]

I've got some nice koi. Many are in the 30-33" range.

This is my first post trying to put on pictures so we'll see if I can do it.

For some reason I think the photos didn't load. So if you want to see some anyway, (I don't think there will be any really big koi) but lots of koi pictures on our gallery at the site below.

Thanks, Mike
www.hammockkoifarm.com (http://www.hammockkoifarm.com)

[arkmann]

I thought this was the biggest koi

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_03/koicarp1SWNS_468x312.jpg

[pirarucu319]

that huge koi..BTW,any species that can co-exist with koi such aro,cat's or any other giant monster..??

[alma]

that a huge koi. San Diego Zoo has quite a few large kois in there pond

[black peter]

I got 11 koi last year that were about 15 inches when I got them. I put them in the pond which is 1/2 acre and the smallest one now is 39 inches.
99.9% of koi dont even have the potencial to get to this size,and for the rest - it would take at least 7 - 8 years to grow them so big presuming they have the perfect conditions for it,..... nice try.......

[ccdoido38]

this is a member of the carp family, is considered a "koi" in Japan
they get much bigger than this but this is the above average "fishing" size


but no joke; i've seen probably a 5' koi(well maybe it seemed like that 'cause i was 10) in a isolated lake up in the mountains. but still, i think they were close to 4'. not carp but koi, like high quality ogons, shusui, kohaku, etc.
it was crazy!!

i wish i knew where that place is now...

[ccdoido38]

I thought this was the biggest koi




that's nothing, i have koi much bigger than that little fry

[tunerX]

that's nothing, i have koi much bigger than that little fry

You should get in the records books, since that is recognized as the largest, heaviest, oldest koi in the world.

[ccdoido38]

are the record books stupid or something??lol

there are koi like that EVERYWHERE in Japan, whether someones' pet or not. are they talking about koi in general or that specific color the ogon?

there are much bigger koi than that one in captivity(Japan)....it's probably the biggest in that Country the man's in.

[tunerX]

are the record books stupid or something??lol

there are koi like that EVERYWHERE in Japan, whether someones' pet or not. are they talking about koi in general or that specific color the ogon?

there are much bigger koi than that one in captivity(Japan)....it's probably the biggest in that Country the man's in.

That Koi actually came out of Japan and it was labeled as the biggest in the world before it left. Is it the biggest Kigoi?

[Kevaldo]

some cool pic's in this thread

Kev

[chesterfieldzoo]

Wow, mine are like minnows compared to some of these. I thought 30" was huge for garden pond koi.

[aikio]

nice pond n nice koi in this video..
enjoys it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC5yg_BlH1s&feature=related

[doubledragon]

Wow, there are some really big koi in this thread. I can't wait till mine get bigger. There is a restaurant close to my house that lets you feed the fish with one of those 25cent feeder machines and there are some huge fish in there. I know theres atleast 3 koi close to four feet, that you see every now and then. They look awesome going under the dock.

[mrlodo]

i want one

[jpstodwftexas]

"We know she's the largest coloured carp every exported out of Japan - where you find the largest ones - and there's certainly been nothing like her in Britain before."


Well We don't know if she's the Largest in the World..just the Largest exported out of Japan.