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some pictures of the huge fish we got yesterday

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Posted by mybusyfamily6 8 (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 18, 10 at 1:11

Each one of the fish cost me $17.65. smallest is about 15 inches and the biggest has to be just over 2 ft. Two little old men in a retirement park sold them to me cause they can't take care of them anymore. There was 17 of them and my friend took some and almost all of my little koi and goldfish (I just kept a few favorites) and I have another 3 that I want to find homes for and probably even a couple more than that too cause I only want 3 or 4 big ones.




the little gold fish in this picture USED to be our biggest fish at 8 inches.. now he's a baby..
The big fish we are calling scar face cause he has a nasty scar on his head from a raccoon encounter.





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feeding frenzy


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the white fish in the back top is my favorite and he is about 2 ft long


the white fish in the back is about 2 ft long




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more fish


baby bull frog


baby bull frog (2 inches)

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It looks like they made it through the transition. They're beautiful. I too have have butterfly koi I call scar. He was whate with orange specs, but all the Heron wounds healed as black spots. Yours look happy. Did you get the package I sent? Louisea

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I did Louisea and I sent you one late yesterday... I was going to email you today and let you know... I have to laugh cause I think I might have boxed you up a small piece of that chameleon plant cause I have a very small bush.. but I put your big one in the pond.. and I love the gobs of parrot feather.. yay.. my japanese iris only split in 3 so I sent you one but I took bulbs out of all the pots and sent you cause I am so sure that their is one other pot of them.

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Gorgeous fish! I can't wait until my koi are that size! Congrats on your new "babies"!

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Be very cautious with feed. I don't think your pond filter is ready to handle the load that those 4 large fish will put on it. How many gallons is it? It's pretty, but maybe not really suitable for large koi. They need lots of room to swim. Realistically, they should each have a minimum of 250 to 300 gallons, with a minimum pond size of 1000 gallons.

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wonderful, good luck with the new kids.

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Lucky dog!
I wish I had koi even 8" long! Much less 2 feet!
And for that price!!!

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my pond is almost 2500 gallons. Hopefully that will be enough room for them. It's twice the size of the pond they all came out of.

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They'll be fine in 2500 gallons, as long as there is good filtration. That's the size of my pond, and I have four fish that are close to 2 feet, plus some smaller ones. I so love the big fish! They're friendly and so graceful in the water.

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