brendan
Posts : 32 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2010-04-08 Location : pretoria
| Subject: goldfish or koi babies? Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:27 pm | |
| Hi, in my one pond I have koi and goldfish and now I discovered some babies swimming around and now I don't have a clue what it is lol. can anyone help identify it ? Is it koi or goldfish? I read that koi and goldfish can even interbreed, is this true,if so what is the result? thanks I have some pics of the babies: they are now 2-4cm |
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Admin Admin
Posts : 2330 Reputation : 46 Join date : 2007-07-25 Age : 62 Location : Cape Town
| Subject: Re: goldfish or koi babies? Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:46 am | |
| If they have barbels, they are koi. Sometimes difficult to see from a photo like in this instance.
They can breed with each other, and the offspring are sterile. |
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Quinton Jones
Posts : 85 Reputation : 3 Join date : 2008-11-13
| Subject: Re: goldfish or koi babies? Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:07 pm | |
| Have bred both koi and goldfish - Paul is right - barbels the only way to tell, also koi mouth points downward - goldfish upward. These look like goldfish - but I wouldnt bet my house on it!! |
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