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(Nedra Sucks) wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:56:56 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:

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==="Katra" wrote in message
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=== I know this is probably a stupid question, but what is the difference
=== between a koi and a goldfish, and how much are baby koi worth?

2 totally different fish. One is from the minnow famiy the other is
from the carp family but they will interbreed.

Since they are not in the same genus, would the offspring likely be
sterile? That happens when muscovie ducks and any standard barnyard duck
such as mallards, pekins and runners crossbreed...


As to worth, thats up to you. I give lots of fingering koi away
FREE,,,,,,same for GF. Wally World gets about $5 for a 3" koi, some
paces get 40 or 50 bucks for small koi, some sell them for hundreds
and thousands of bucks..........Import koi of a known breeded sell for
more, common koi are worth what you think is a fair price if your
selling or buying.......most koi being sold in petshops and garden
centers for the most part are over priced for what they are.

Is it common for them to breed spontaniously in a pond?
I had my 3 fantail goldies for 4 years and they never did anything.
'course they could have all been the same sex, but what are the odds?
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K.

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