could you possibly post pics of your fish individually? i can identify many breeds by sight and have resources to identify the ones i can't recognize immediately...
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from this picture, i can recognize you have a hi usturi (the red one with black splotches) and a doitsu kujaku (the white/grey one with black splotches)
*"hi" meaning red and "doitsu" meaning scaleless
*"hi" meaning red and "doitsu" meaning scaleless
Dear Balrock43,
I was really excited of your help. Because I know it is awkward to have some fish and be ignorant about their type. Actually I tried to compare them with the pictures on the net but without any basic knowledge and experience it did not work out.
I will post their pics and be sure that I will start learnig after their types.
Thanks alot
I was really excited of your help. Because I know it is awkward to have some fish and be ignorant about their type. Actually I tried to compare them with the pictures on the net but without any basic knowledge and experience it did not work out.
I will post their pics and be sure that I will start learnig after their types.
Thanks alot
These 3 poor fish had died last year, so I have their photos at hand and I have more from them alive.
Can we say; No1= hi usturi
No2= doitsu kujaku
No3= ?
Thanks alot
Can we say; No1= hi usturi
No2= doitsu kujaku
No3= ?
Thanks alot
Jafrias, all 3 were the members of the second group of fish (8) I bougth. They died with in 40-45 days, after each other and that time all the parameters were also ok. I mean the reason cannot have to do with the existing situation because I stopped filtering etc. on August and they were dead on july and september. I took them to the fish seller but he said he does not see any physical evidence??. That was all and cause I don't have an extra knowledge I didn't take any steps to prevent more deaths. Thanksfully it did not happened any more.
actually, i think i was wrong... >_< The first one is a hi utsuri, looks about 12 weeks old... the second one is a sanke, or tashio sanke by the look, and the last one is a kohaku, which is a fairly common yet revered breed.. the tashio sanke (2nd) and the utsuri (first) are both fairly valuable fish, and, on the right market might sell for anywhere between $8,000 and $20,000.
And beware of the butterfly breeds of koi... Japanese koi enthusiasts and breeders do NOT like these.. They may look flashy and elegant, but breeders prefer the traditional fins of the normal breed, as do I.
And beware of the butterfly breeds of koi... Japanese koi enthusiasts and breeders do NOT like these.. They may look flashy and elegant, but breeders prefer the traditional fins of the normal breed, as do I.
these fish seem fairly young and small, no more than 12 centimeters, maybe 4 inches...
Koi at this size are still VERY young and VERY succeptible to diseases. It'll take maybe 5 or six years to reach their full size, a little more than a meter (3+ feet)...
Koi at this size are still VERY young and VERY succeptible to diseases. It'll take maybe 5 or six years to reach their full size, a little more than a meter (3+ feet)...
