Biggest Koi Ever

[Robin]

This week my step daddy had a heart cath that turned into a
quadruple bypass, so I spent a little time visiting
Providence Hospital in Mobile, AL. They have a little man
made river that runs through part of the complex. There is
a section that runs under a walkthrough on the third floor,
and adjacent to a sitting area outside the cafeteria; where
they keep koi and brim. I could tell the koi were huge from
the third floor, but when I had lunch and got to see them up
close it was amazing. These guys had to be at least 18"
long and 14" around. People were feeding them crackers, and
there were some that could take saltines whole.

Robin

[humBill]

Maybe not the biggest :) Im not sure about the 'around' measurement but our
Botanical Gardens has some monsters that have to be approaching 3 feet.
Bill

"Robin" > wrote in message
news:JAvRd.20679$4q6.16667@attbi_s01...
> This week my step daddy had a heart cath that turned into a quadruple
> bypass, so I spent a little time visiting Providence Hospital in Mobile,
> AL. They have a little man made river that runs through part of the
> complex. There is a section that runs under a walkthrough on the third
> floor, and adjacent to a sitting area outside the cafeteria; where they
> keep koi and brim. I could tell the koi were huge from the third floor,
> but when I had lunch and got to see them up close it was amazing. These
> guys had to be at least 18" long and 14" around. People were feeding them
> crackers, and there were some that could take saltines whole.
>
> Robin
>

[Robin]

"humBill" > wrote in message
. com...
> Maybe not the biggest :) Im not sure about the 'around'
> measurement but our Botanical Gardens has some monsters
> that have to be approaching 3 feet.
> Bill
>
> "Robin" > wrote in message
> news:JAvRd.20679$4q6.16667@attbi_s01...
>> This week my step daddy had a heart cath that turned into
>> a quadruple bypass, so I spent a little time visiting
>> Providence Hospital in Mobile, AL. They have a little
>> man made river that runs through part of the complex.
>> There is a section that runs under a walkthrough on the
>> third floor, and adjacent to a sitting area outside the
>> cafeteria; where they keep koi and brim. I could tell
>> the koi were huge from the third floor, but when I had
>> lunch and got to see them up close it was amazing. These
>> guys had to be at least 18" long and 14" around. People
>> were feeding them crackers, and there were some that
>> could take saltines whole.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>
>

I'm terrible with dimensions, but they were taking whole
saltines so their mouth had to be at least 2" wide. Anyone
more familiar with koi dimension have a good idea how big
that would make them?

[Dsybok]

Ive seen some monsters well over 2' long, approaching 3' and had to be 15"
thick. They can get to be pretty big fish considering they can live in
captivity for up supposedly 50 plus years and are absolute pigs when it
comes to eating.

D

"Robin" > wrote in message
news:JAvRd.20679$4q6.16667@attbi_s01...
> This week my step daddy had a heart cath that turned into a
> quadruple bypass, so I spent a little time visiting
> Providence Hospital in Mobile, AL. They have a little man
> made river that runs through part of the complex. There is
> a section that runs under a walkthrough on the third floor,
> and adjacent to a sitting area outside the cafeteria; where
> they keep koi and brim. I could tell the koi were huge from
> the third floor, but when I had lunch and got to see them up
> close it was amazing. These guys had to be at least 18"
> long and 14" around. People were feeding them crackers, and
> there were some that could take saltines whole.
>
> Robin
>
>