One fish or two that do not breed

[sissy]

with fat fantails you can have a lot of them and since they move so slow they are fun to watch wiggle there butts up to you to get food and mine sure love to swim into my hand to get belly rubs .They are just to darn cute .

 

[j.w]

I think @Big Lou should try the fat fantails since sissy says she's never had them breed and if they did they would be easy to give away cuz they are so darn cute!

 

[Lisak1]

We love our little fantails. After five years in our pond they are the size of little peaches. They are fun to watch and ours have never had babies. Our comets, on the other hand, breed like bunnies. We've given them "the talk" to no avail!

 

[j.w]

There ya go @Big Lou people are saying the fat wiggly butt fantails that come in all kinds of neat colors don't breed in your ponds.
They even come in calico

Some have nice long tails too.

 

[sissy]

mine are gold and white and the other one is black gold and white spotted .They are extremely friendly if hand fed from the beginning .Mine were a dollar at the koi farm because people did not seem to like them .I am sorry I only bought 2 because after that he did not have them any more .And yep i call mine plums because of there fat bodies and they don't seem to be fussy fish .

 

[Smaug]

I have a 2500 gallon pond. It is stocked with 8 koi ,4 or 5 koi comet hybrid and almost 10 comets. Near 20 ft of fish. Nitrates less then 20,never any ammonia or nitrites. In 10 years only 3 fish lost and I think that was bad food . For a god sakes Lou,don't worry about it!!!

 

[Dave 54]

I have a 2500 gallon pond. It is stocked with 8 koi ,4 or 5 koi comet hybrid and almost 10 comets. Near 20 ft of fish. Nitrates less then 20,never any ammonia or nitrites. In 10 years only 3 fish lost and I think that was bad food . For a god sakes Lou,don't worry about it!!!

Ageed smaug, Big Lou my friend dont worry about it ......proud of you bro fish in your pond [at last] , way to go both you and Cathy

Dave

 

[j.w]

Yep @Big Lou we are all pulling for an actual fish pond for you now. You can do it brother

 

[Big Lou]

Unless I can find two fish that do not breed it will be a no go.

 

[Smaug]

One quality high end koi with a Chinese high band shark.

 

[j.w]

This place has a store in Dallas @Big Lou
Maybe they can help you find either two male fish or whatever?
http://www.thefishgallery.com/pages/about-what-we-sell

 

[Tula]

I've been giving serious thought to giving up my koi, maybe I should try fancy tails? I have a neighbor with a 20,000 gallon koi pond. He's willing to take one, or all five of my koi....but I'm struggling terribly. I adore them, but they are so much work in a pond not properly designed for them

Where do you get these fancy tails?

 

[Big Lou]

Our pond is equipped with a high quality in pond trash handling pump mated with flushable external filter.

About 13 or so years ago we had koi, pond comets, fan tails and goldfish. Being am an novice fish keeper I'm sure many mistakes were made. We came to love and treasure each and everyone of our fish. Tragically, a few fish came down with large external sores. Within two days most, if not all of our fish, about 40, contracted the disease. I consulted a fish expert who advised us to put them down. We did then cried together. The trauma was overwhelming.

Cathy and I just discussed the matter. Due to numerous valid reasons, primarily upkeep of the fish, we have permanently decided not to stock our pond. We will continue to enjoy its beauty, peacefulness and benefits to the birds and wildlife.

Thanks to everyone. Please accept my sincere apology for unintentionally misleading you and wasting your time.

 

[sissy]

fancy tails breed like bunnies I have them .I think you mean fat fantails .The fantails have plump bodies the fancy tails have long bodies with long tails

 

[Lisak1]

Dreaming is never a waste of time @Big Lou - I'm glad you came to a mutual agreement that works for you!