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Which Koi Varieties and Colors Are Best? A Complete Guide to Koi Keeping Methods
Koi have a robust and graceful build, brilliant colors, highly varied patterns and a majestic swimming style, giving them extremely high ornamental and keeping value. Their body length can reach 1-1.5 m. Koi are distinguished by different colors, patterns and scales. Among them, the Butterfly Koi was only successfully bred in the 1980s, with...
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What to do when a new koi lies on the bottom of the tank? Let's start with the anatomy of the lateral line and muscles
Lateral line All fish have a sensory organ called the "lateral line." A series of scales with small pores or micropores runs along both sides of the fish's body, looking like a row of small dots. These pores open into a tube beneath the scales, and the tube runs along the fish's...
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How often should you change the water for koi? A laid-back daily routine can also let you wear koi on your body
Maybe you talk tough and say you do not like the Spring Festival, but secretly count down the days until you go home; maybe you had to choose an early-morning train just to get a ticket for the Spring Festival travel rush. No matter what you have been through this year, in just a few days, you can take off your heavy armor...
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Complete Analysis of the Morphological Characteristics of the Gold Kin-Kawari Koi
Introduction to the Gold Kin-Kawari Koi. Kin-Kawari belongs to the Hikari-utsuri koi group and is a crossbreed of Ki-utsuri or Hi-utsuri with the Ogon koi. It is a fish with a vivid and very beautiful appearance. People love koi not only because of their colorful, beautiful and elegant body colors, but also because...
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What are the characteristics of Shiro Bekko koi? Let this article give you an overview
Introduction to Shiro Bekko koi. Bekko refers to koi with a white or red base color, covered on the back with black patches of various shapes and sizes. Because the black patches are relatively small in area and contrast sharply with the base color, they look like plates of armor, hence the name Bekko. Bekko is also called Bekko...
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Which koi varieties are said to have spiritual quality? A complete guide for beginners on selecting tategoi
Easier said than done - when it comes to selecting tategoi, this saying truly fits. The act of selecting requires not only years of practice and experience, but also a good eye (discernment). Since everyone's eye differs, this...
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How were koi selected back in the day? Let me teach you how to score koi
In 1962 (the 37th year of the Showa era in Japan), the first Niigata Prefecture Koi Show was held. The judging standards used at that time were summarized by Kawakami Masaru, Hiroi Makoto, Seki Kenichi, and Oryu Kenji, and have been passed down to this day. Table 1 stipulates that it applies only to sexually mature adult...
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What are the characteristics of the Blue Robe koi? This article will let you know
Introducing the Blue Robe koi. Robe koi are a koi variety derived from crossing Kohaku or Sanke with Kigoi. Their distinguishing feature is that beneath the red markings on the koi's body there are colors such as blue or grape purple, as if the fish were wearing a robe, which is how the Robe koi got its name. Among them, the Blue Robe is one of the Robe koi...
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How to Keep Koi Fish? Common Breeding Mistakes and a Complete Guide to the Causes and Prevention of Tail Rot Disease
Koi Tail Rot Disease and Hole-in-the-Head Disease. The disease is contracted through skin infection after the tail fin is injured. Symptoms: In the early stage of the disease, there is a yellow or yellowish-white viscous substance on the outer edge of the fin and the caudal peduncle; then the tail fin and caudal peduncle become congested, inflamed and ulcerated. In severe cases, the tail fin rots away, and the ulcerated area...
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