Koi vs. Goldfish

[Dean Krick]

Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
koi? Thanx.

[Phisherman]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:37 GMT, Dean Krick >
wrote:

>Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
>understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
>koi? Thanx.

Koi get much larger and do much better in a pond than aquarium.
Goldfish can be kept in either. Koi are too expensive so I don't keep
them. Instead I restock with goldfish once a year and let the herons
do whatever. Some of the goldfish reach 10" in length. Not sure if
the two can breed.

[Derek Broughon]

On Thu, 2005-24-02 at 09:37 +0000, Dean Krick wrote:
> Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
> understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
> koi? Thanx.

No, they're not the same. They're from the same family, but not even
the same genus. Koi are true carp ("Cyprinus carpio"), Goldfish are
"carassius auratus" (which means something like "gold-coloured carplike
thing")

You _can_ breed koi to goldfish, they produce sterile offspring.
--
derek

[Roy]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:48:33 GMT, Phisherman > wrote:

>===<>On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:37 GMT, Dean Krick >
>===<>wrote:
>===<>
>===<>>Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
>===<>>understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
>===<>>koi? Thanx.
>===<>
>===<>Koi get much larger and do much better in a pond than aquarium.
>===<>Goldfish can be kept in either. Koi are too expensive so I don't keep
>===<>them. Instead I restock with goldfish once a year and let the herons
>===<>do whatever. Some of the goldfish reach 10" in length. Not sure if
>===<>the two can breed.


Yes they can interbreed........
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[Benign Vanilla]

"Dean Krick" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
> understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
> koi? Thanx.

Koi and the many types of Goldies can interbreed, but their young (which I
like to call Koinkey) will be sterile.

Here is some information on Koi and Goldies...

http://www.iheartmypond.com/Animals/Fish/Koi/

http://www.iheartmypond.com/Animals/Fish/Goldfish/

--
BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

[jedi]

"Phisherman" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:37 GMT, Dean Krick >
> wrote:
>
> >Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
> >understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
> >koi? Thanx.
>
> Koi get much larger and do much better in a pond than aquarium.
> Goldfish can be kept in either. Koi are too expensive so I don't keep
> them. Instead I restock with goldfish once a year and let the herons
> do whatever. Some of the goldfish reach 10" in length. Not sure if
> the two can breed.

I do the same (I actually started out with rescued feeder fish... well they
became feeder fish anyway but some have survived for many years now). But
every once in a while I cannot resist getting a butterfly koi. They are so
beautiful, graceful and don't tear up the pond. They problem is that they
have gotten so big (3 of them) that I worry about the pond being too small
for them. Some day I will have to build another pond or find a home for
them....

[~ Windsong ~]

"Dean Krick" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing?

## No they are not the same thing. Koi get much larger than GF, too large
to keep in aquariums. Some GF also get large with age - if well care for. I
had one almost a foot long.

I
> understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
> koi? Thanx.

## Yes. I have some kind of hybrid butterfly I was told is a cross. It
reached a certain size and now the koi are outgrowing it.

GF for your pond can range in price from 10¢ feeders to the sky's the limit.
Small young Koi can be found in chain Pet Shops such as Petsmart for $2.99
and up. One day I came across 1" baby koi there for under a buck each.
--

Carol.... the frugal ponder...
I have a firm grip on reality.
Now I can strangle it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[~ Windsong ~]

"jedi" > wrote in message
...
> I do the same (I actually started out with rescued feeder fish... well
they
> became feeder fish anyway but some have survived for many years now). But
> every once in a while I cannot resist getting a butterfly koi.

## Most of our Koi are butterfly type. As they grow and I have to cull them
out I sell the regular koi off and keep the BF koi.

They are so
> beautiful, graceful and don't tear up the pond. They problem is that they
> have gotten so big (3 of them) that I worry about the pond being too small
> for them. Some day I will have to build another pond or find a home for
> them....

Carol.... the frugal ponder...
I have a firm grip on reality.
Now I can strangle it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Crashj]

On or about Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:02:43 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
> wrote something like:
>"Dean Krick" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi, I am a bit confused, are Koi and Goldfish the same thing? I
>> understand that they are both carp, but could I breed a goldfish with a
>> koi? Thanx.
>
>Koi and the many types of Goldies can interbreed, but their young (which I
>like to call Koinkey) will be sterile.

While Koinkey looks like it might be a word, the more precise
analogous name would be "Gmule."

But most of us are happy with koinkey.
--
Crashj