New Koi :D

[Pondering]

A couple at our local pond club last month offered some of their Butterfly/Fan Tail Koi.    Pictured below are the 3 large ones, a black one (upper left corner) and some of the smaller ones.  Unfortunately i can't tell who's who anymore 

[Pondering]

ok, so i think the previous pictures of Koi we were given were actually mutts    Here is a pic of 2 Koi we took off the hands of a friend who has a pond 1/3 of our size.  Don't know how they survived in that small space, but they did.  I think our pond is actually to small for them, but it's better than where they were!  Our dog is intrigued by them. 

[miguynmkoi]

Very pretty koi you've adopted!  Pup looks so cute watching them.

[Pondering]

Thanks! I was thinking the fish looked better than the dog in that pic, here's a couple more of her wanting to play with them. 

[KatFish]

  Cute.

[tootsie]

I have one just like the one you have in the pond What kind are the smaller white and orange ones? They look like some of mine! I love your pond
Tootsie

[Pondering]

Thanks KatFish and Tootsie!  Wish i knew what kind they were Tootsie, we had goldfish originally and then a couple cleaning their pond gave us a bunch of their fish (before the 2 ginormous ones) so i think they are kind-of a mixed breed. 

[trish]

Pondering - The dog is so cute and the koi are pretty.  You have a lovely looking pond. 

tootsie & Pondering - The smaller white and orange/red fish are Sarassa comets. 

[Ky Kim]

Cute pics, and those two Koi look great. Love the dog wanting to play with them.

I was going to say what trish said, that the orange & whites are Sarassa comets (type of goldfish)

[tootsie]

Pondering, that is a very nice pond you have Now we know what those orange/white/red/ fish are called! I kinda sorta thought thats what they were. Geesh, there are so many When I first saw them this early summer, they were all in the grass and very shallow water. I thought they were just babies (Koi), and they were just hiding from predators  Yikes, they almost look like large carpets, or perhaps I should say swarms of bees, swirling all through the pond, I see they each have their own groups tho? I might try asking around if someone might like to have a few. I did see and wish I could have taken a picture of this unusual fish. It is a dusty black, about 3 1/2 " long. It swims very fast, and the tail part just swishes so fast! I have tried many times to sneak a pic, but this thing swims like the dickens  
Thanks Trish for confirming the comets
Tootsie