<![CDATA[Koiphen.com - Breeder's, Bloodlines & More!]]> http://www.koiphen.com/forums/ en Thu, 23 May 2013 06:27:10 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.koiphen.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[Koiphen.com - Breeder's, Bloodlines & More!]]> http://www.koiphen.com/forums/ Long fin koi http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?137340-Long-fin-koi&goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 16:12:29 GMT Hello!! I live in Norway. Here in europe long fin koi is not very common. I have just received a long fin koi from Japan, that my koi dealer arranged for me. :yes: The breader is Yamazaki. I think they look beutyfull! Hello!!

I live in Norway.
Here in europe long fin koi is not very common.

I have just received a long fin koi from Japan, that my koi dealer
arranged for me. :yes:
The breader is Yamazaki.
I think they look beutyfull!

I have tryed to find out hwat is the differense between standard koi and long fin koi.

I general they are the same rase / the same latin name.
beside the fins I found the below on Wikipedia.

Butterfly Koi originated in the mid-20th century as a result of an effort to increase the hardiness of traditional koi. Japanese breeders interbred wild Indonesian Longfin river carp with traditional koi. The resulting fish had longer fins, long barbells, pompom nostrils, and were hardier than koi. These were known in Japan as "onagaoi" or "hire naga koi", or translated in English "long tail koi". Randy LeFever, the son of Wyatt LeFever, a noted breeder of koi, is credited with suggesting they looked like butterflies, a trait for which the breed is named. They are also sometimes referred to as Dragon Koi. They do not get as big or live as long as normal Koi.

This left me with even more questiones:D:

Hardier in what way??
Minimum temp they can survive??
How long do they live??
How large do they become??
All info is good info.:yes:
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]]> tyche http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?137340-Long-fin-koi Can you Identify the types of Koi? http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?137251-Can-you-Identify-the-types-of-Koi&goto=newpost Sat, 04 May 2013 22:37:09 GMT As far as types of koi, can anyone tell me what my 8 koi are? Other than fish.. lol I have two black ones (Baily, Cp.Morgan) are black with white fins and underbelly, They changed to a brown when we put them in a blue swimming pool. Gretchin is white with orange spots with black dots on or... As far as types of koi, can anyone tell me what my 8 koi are? Other than fish.. lol

I have two black ones (Baily, Cp.Morgan) are black with white fins and underbelly, They changed to a brown when we put them in a blue swimming pool.

Gretchin is white with orange spots with black dots on or
around the orange.

Dirty white boy has imperfict white head and top fin, orange body with black spots around top fin.

Kraken is white with a goldish head, black double scaling around top fin, and a single orange patch on one side. Also head shines like metal in the sun.

Grasshopper is a japanese koi we bought because when it was deep in the water its yellow, when she comes into sunlight at top of water she gets a greenish color.

Kahlua is Orange with black patches on his back.

And Absynth is white black spot on head and black outlining the eyes, nose, and mouth. The rest of him has odd patterns of black, some look like each scale was painted one at a time.
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