My largest one is a ghost koi. He is 2 ft. Siver chrome bottom right corner.anyone grown or owned a jumbo koi before ?
My largest one is a ghost koi. He is 2 ft. Siver chrome bottom right corner.View attachment 95967
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You can actualy go to sites to buy and they quote jumbo koi. And they are maybe 18 inch. So i assume they have the DNA. In them to grow that size. I have nt bought any that size. If you had say 3 fish in my pond size there is more chance of them growing very large. You also buy the right foods and have the tempretures right to do do it. Meaning all year heating. Hope this helps mate
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I would be careful of anyone selling "Jumbo koi"
The two words together shout "Beware" & I'm sure no true Koi dealer would advertise their fish as such.
Back in the 80s, Peter Waddington, had a large display pond at Golborne with a large display pond with very very large Koi With prices to suit! £10,000 + + + + If I remember correctly the most expensive was £64,000. Pete Waterman was a regular there general opinion was he had a stake in the business Althiou gh he did open his own premises in an old swimming baths I believe.
I've just googled Peter Waddington & it looks like he still has some big Koi for sale but if you need to ask the price i'm sure you can't afford them!
Your spot on there kipper . I read about pete Waterman last week. Also the great late freddy Mercury from the band queen. He had over a million pounds worth in his pond. Some massive koi in there. The first time I went to a place. They called it burstwick koi near where I live. I pointed to a fish and the bloke said yours for five grand. I nearly fell through the floor. And that was cheap. The most I have paid is £250 but worth a lot more once I had grown them on. Silly money what you can pay out. There not as exspensive as say twenty five years ago. Because more and more people have ponds now, so there are more dealers now taking each other on Still an exspensive hobby though.
Yes they are still going, I sold both fish to the owner after I had built his pond around 25 years ago, they were just a few inches long at the time.Wow foxfish. There whales not carp. Are they still alive today. And what age are they.
Nice one mate thanks for the updateYes they are still going, I sold both fish to the owner after I had built his pond around 25 years ago, they were just a few inches long at the time.
The pond is around 12000 gals and around 7' deep but the interesting thing is the owner has swam with his fish virtually every day over the last 25 years!
I only go there once a year to change the UV tubes, the pond still running the same Grundfoss pump, I took that picture two years ago.
There are around 40 mature fish in the pond.