So how do you know what koi to purchase for your koi fish pond?
There are various fish out there with different colours due to breeding, there are thousands of varieties of colours and patterns out there so it it going to be hard to decide what koi you want to have.
There are various pet shops that you can use to get your koi from but there is also the chance that if they don't have any you can order the fish online. This gives you the chance to pick from the variety of colours but this also means that you won't actually get to see your purchase before it.
You should have your pond built before this and the size of your pond should be based on how many fish you want. If you haven't built the pond yet then look into how many fish that you want and build around this. If you buy more than you planned on this can lead to overstocking and this could lead to the death of some of your koi.
If you are looking to partner up your koi with goldfish or other types of fish then this is something that you can actually do. Koi have no teeth and are non-aggressive which means they will gladly share a pond without harming other fish.
The only problem that you're going to have to consider to this is the fact that your koi are larger and will eat more food than your smaller ones so you may need to add some extra food to ensure they are all well fed.
Koi are omnivorous fish, which means they will eat both meat and plants. This means that their diets are very versatile. Koi will eat pretty much anything that you put in the pond with them, no matter if it is good for them or not. Since Koi do not have a sense of what is bad and good for them, as their owner you must control their diet.
Koi are also known to live for about 30 years on average however there are records of those which have lived for over 100 which shows that they are friends for life and something you are going to want to take pride in when choosing for your koi fish pond.
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