Identifying a fish

Hi everyone,

I have a fish in my tank at home which has been growing at quite a fast rate
about 10mm per month
I suspect the fish is a female Koi Carp. It was originally purchased as a
feeder fish, my yabby (freshwater crayfish) wasnt interested in eating the
fish instead the fish eats anything in sight and continually sifts through
the gravel in the tank in seach of food. it also grazes on water plants
including broad leaf plants.

The fish looks like the ones pictured (esp the silver one) at this link I
found http://www.harbinson.fslife.co.uk/koi2.jpg

Question how big can these fish get, or how likely is it to continue growing
like this? Currently its about 12cm long.

Im at the point where I need to decide to get a bigger tank / or maybe a
pond (cant really afford new tank & filter etc) or find a new home for the
fish.

thanks scott

_Scott_ wrote:

I suspect the fish is a female Koi Carp. It was originally purchased
as a feeder fish,

Does it have whiskers or not?

-D
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

looks like a goldfish but a broaderhead and yes it has wiskers

scott
"Donald K" wrote in message
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_Scott_ wrote:

I suspect the fish is a female Koi Carp. It was originally purchased
as a feeder fish,

Does it have whiskers or not?

-D
--
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

if it got whiskers, it belongs in a pond. they get big and strong and can break
glass tanks. Ingrid

"_Scott_" wrote:
Question how big can these fish get, or how likely is it to continue growing
like this? Currently its about 12cm long.

Im at the point where I need to decide to get a bigger tank / or maybe a
pond (cant really afford new tank & filter etc) or find a new home for the
fish.

thanks scott




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all right thanks im giving it away to someone that has a pond

scott
wrote in message
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if it got whiskers, it belongs in a pond. they get big and strong and can
break
glass tanks. Ingrid

"_Scott_" wrote:
Question how big can these fish get, or how likely is it to continue
growing
like this? Currently its about 12cm long.

Im at the point where I need to decide to get a bigger tank / or maybe a
pond (cant really afford new tank & filter etc) or find a new home for
the
fish.

thanks scott




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

"_Scott_" wrote in message
...
all right thanks im giving it away to someone that has a pond

scott
wrote in message
...
if it got whiskers, it belongs in a pond. they get big and strong and
can
break
glass tanks. Ingrid

"_Scott_" wrote:
Question how big can these fish get, or how likely is it to continue
growing
like this? Currently its about 12cm long.

Im at the point where I need to decide to get a bigger tank / or maybe
a
pond (cant really afford new tank & filter etc) or find a new home for
the
fish.

thanks scott




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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.



Whiskers, its a Koi, or a Butterfly Koi ( which is a carp but not really a
pure koi eithier ).. Where do you live??

Tim..

Whiskers, its a Koi, or a Butterfly Koi ( which is a carp but not really a
pure koi eithier ).. Where do you live??

Tim..



I live in Australia, I have a family friend which who has a pond and will
probably be very grateful for the fish. Its a fibreglass pond set in the
ground so id like to see the Koi break that. I have shown someone the fish
today they are pretty sure its a Koi Carp.

regards
scott

looks like Koi to me!