How to Tell Male and Female Koi? A Care Manual and Breeding Experience Sharing
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Koi have a robust build, vivid colors, varied patterns, and a majestic swimming posture, with 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...
KoiRobust build, vivid colors, varied patterns, and a majestic swimming posture, with 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 and is famous for its long, smooth fins. It is actually a hybrid of koi and Asian carp, and is not a true koi. The colors of koi include one to three colors, including: white, yellow, orange, red, black, and blue (a light gray shade presented by black under the scales), and the colors are matte or glossy. Although the patterns have endless variations, the best patterns are a small round spot on the top of the head and a stepped-stone pattern on the back. The scales may be present or absent; large or small; or wrinkled, like a “diamond”..