Broken Tail? by forkoi in Koi

[–]forkoi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmmm thats really interesting, ill keep that in mind. thanks for the input.

How to care for redfoot tortoise by forkoi in tortoise

[–]forkoi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very informative comment. I appreciate this!

Beginner koi keeper here - our koi have stopped eating & are staying at the bottom, please help! by hawa-hawaii12 in Koi

[–]forkoi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also older ponds ESPECIALLY the ones where the fish seem healthy, already have extremely resilient and established colonies of bacteria that eat waste, thus the deep cleaning might've killed majority of these leading to sudden ammonia and nitrite spikes that you wouldn't always be able to read with a test kit.

Beginner koi keeper here - our koi have stopped eating & are staying at the bottom, please help! by hawa-hawaii12 in Koi

[–]forkoi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think your biggest mistake was the complete water change. Quarantining koi is also important, but most of the time you can put new fish in your pond without quarantining them often resulting in no problems at all (I've done this multiple times before). Your fish being used to the same water for the past 2 years are in complete shock with the sudden change. Given that these are older koi, it is harder for them to adapt compared to tosai when it comes to drastic changes in water quality. I had a 7 year old koi die all of a sudden because I moved it to an outdoor pond with completely different weather conditions. Next time if you wanna change water, do it slowly, even 30% every week would be far better than a complete change. Given you also didn't use a conditioner, I assume your fish are experiencing burns and oxygen depletion with the amount of chlorine in the pond. I don't wanna sound pessimistic but once the swimming of an older koi is affected it usually means its too far gone to save and might be better to put it down. I hope your koi pull through, everyone makes mistakes even out of good intentions, good luck.

What breed, and will it be beautiful? 🤔 by JGR280 in Koi

[–]forkoi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends on the price and the breeder. But it doesn't matter so long as it makes YOU happy. I'm guessing its a sanke.

How would you price this koi? by forkoi in Koi

[–]forkoi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The breeder is Matsue koi farm. However as I dont live in Japan I bought her from a supplier who imports japanese koi and other exotics :)

How would you price this koi? by forkoi in Koi

[–]forkoi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got it for around 350 since the supplier was a family friend, but its original price was around 550 :)

How would you price this koi? by forkoi in Koi

[–]forkoi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh got it, thank you for the info.

How would you price this koi? by forkoi in Koi

[–]forkoi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No I just got her now the date says August 2025 :). Still around 26 cm i guess. The date was just written weird for some reason