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Steven Roberts
May 17th 05, 12:59 PM
I acquired a pond complete with fish when I bought my house but don't
really know what they are.

Can anyone tell me what these fish are?

http://www.pbase.com/sparkhorse/pond_life

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Steven
~ jan JJsPond.us
May 17th 05, 04:22 PM
>I acquired a pond complete with fish when I bought my house but don't
>really know what they are.
>
>Can anyone tell me what these fish are?
>
>http://www.pbase.com/sparkhorse/pond_life

Both are Doistsu (sic?) Koi, also called leather scale. ~ jan


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San Diego Joe
May 17th 05, 04:27 PM
"Steven Roberts" wrote:

> I acquired a pond complete with fish when I bought my house but don't
> really know what they are.
>
> Can anyone tell me what these fish are?
>
> http://www.pbase.com/sparkhorse/pond_life

The one's with the little whiskers (barbels) by their mouths are Koi. The
rest will be goldfish.


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matt
May 17th 05, 04:33 PM
Steven Roberts Wrote:
> I acquired a pond complete with fish when I bought my house but don't
> really know what they are.
>
> Can anyone tell me what these fish are?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cj4mf
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> Steven
thats a mirror carp


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matt
~ jan JJsPond.us
May 18th 05, 05:44 AM
Corrected spelling Doitsu. ~ jan

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matt
May 18th 05, 02:10 PM
im still pretty sure that they are mirror carp


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matt
~ jan JJsPond.us
May 18th 05, 04:27 PM
>im still pretty sure that they are mirror carp

That is one of the Americanized/common names. ~ jan

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Steven Roberts
May 18th 05, 05:34 PM
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

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>
> > im still pretty sure that they are mirror carp
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> That is one of the Americanized/common names. ~ jan

Thanks for the help guys. What's the difference between mirror carp and
leather carp then?

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Steven
~ jan JJsPond.us
May 19th 05, 07:16 AM
>Thanks for the help guys. What's the difference between mirror carp and
>leather carp then?

IMO, no difference, leather means no scales like what is on the sides of
these koi. Mirror could be due to the big scales along the back that
reflect light. ~ jan

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