Koi Carp
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common name: KOI carp
Family: Cyprinidae
Continent of origin: artificially cultivated species
Origin country:
Size: under 120 cm (47.24 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 1000 litre (264 US gal) ...
Japanese koi carp are not schooling fish. This may surprise a lot of people. If confined in a small pool or pond they will all swim together, they have no choice.
Ahh, the Koi Carp. I have had 9 of these in the past, I say nine since 3 of them were snatched up by a heron.
Introduction to Koi Carp
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Koi are up there with one of the best known fish next to Goldfish, indeed it seems alarmingly common for juvenile Koi Carp be sold alongside Common Goldfish for indoor aquariums.
A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the koi carp and the crucian carp), ...
Still within this temperature range, mention must be made of garden ponds, where goldfish and koi carps (colored varieties of the common carp) can be kept and bred.
A HUGE (60 cm/two feet) Koi carp.
The pictures of fishes (below) were NOT taken at the Japanese garden but instead in ponds, fountains and alike hosting more "brazilian related" fish and plants.
Koi Carp - Cyprinus carpio carpio
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