ok, having a go a koi hehe

[Rad Michelle]

i know i dont have any ponds big enough for koi (yet) but i've had these babies for a year now, today i just pulled them out of one of the preforms as there was so much alge in the bottom from decomposing winter crap i couldnt even see how they could swim around.

i dont know much about koi, as i'm a plant person, i do know i want some wakin this year.. but what do you think about my kiddos. i dont know if they are good looking or even what they are called otehr than one is a koi.. and the other two are butterfly . i know i'm supposed to feed them special stuff since they havent eaten all winter but closest pond store didnt have anything like that... so just making sure regular koi food will work. and i dont think they grew very much this past year, so wondering if they will grow this year... and i really want to get them to learn to feed from my hand rather than hiding until the coast is clear to eat... since i just now got them food ive been throwing baby snails in there.. and it LOOKED like they were eating..

iddk just looking for some most important facts that everyone wish they had when they first got koi hehe.
do mine have a certain name?

[PondmaninAL]

Michelle, if your water temperatures are above 50°F, then you can feed them a little of the regular koi food. The rule of koi is: the more you feed them, the bigger they get, not all at once though. Those are three nice fish but I like regular fins and long fins, not butterflies . I had a nice longfin that died while I was getting everything ready to move.

If you put a good size plant filter on their pond, you will have a good place to boost marginals.

[Jerry]

Plant person too.  The %$#%$ Koi will play havoc with your plants. :'( :'(

There are things you can do, some may even work!

[Sunbeam56]

The little black and white koi could be called a "shiro utsuri".