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I just discovered your site. Since we are new to the fish, koi and ponds can you tell me how to be sure the fish we have are Koi or something else. We have been told that the Koi have the long whiskers and if they don't have that they are not Koi. Is this true? Where can we look to determine how to distinguish between a Koi and a Gold Fish? We currently have 3 Shubunkin, 14 feeder fish and 2 Koi. Our outside pond is about 1200 gallons of water with a waterfall. Is that a good number of fish or too many for the size?
Thank you for your website.
Hi Fran,
Koi have barbels, two at each corner
of their mouths. Goldfish do not have these structures,
which serve the koi as sensors for taste and smell.
1200 gallons is great for two koi. Figure
on needing about 100 gallons of water for each inch of koi.
The goldfish will not put enough stress on the pond to matter.
You will need to upgrade your filter systems as the koi
grow.
Bob Passovoy
President
MPKS
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