Category: Freshwater Fish Species Guide

The aim of the freshwater fish species guide is to provide a snapshot into the life and needs of the fish. In your comments please be kind to us we are enthusiastic hobbyists, if you can offer any help and support it would be much appreciated and look forward to hearing from you.

An introduced species – koi carp

Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758) are a brightly coloured fish native to Asia and Europe. They are an ornamental variant of common carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) and were developed by selective breedingfrom the Asian subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus. They are...

Mating time for koi

Mating time for koi comes a time in every Koi keepers’ life when he wakes up to the sight of a spawning frenzy going on in his garden pond. Like parenthood, this usually excites...

Fun facts about koi

Koi fish are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. It is most famous by its beautiful colors that have...

Everyday Koi Questions

Everyday Koi Questions For the unintroduced the hobby of koi keeping has many questions. They find it difficult to comprehend what attracts people to it, and what attributes are appreciated in koi. So if,...

Koi predators

Koi keepers often have stories to tell of how their koi disappeared for some unknown reason. First to be blamed is normally the resident cat, or the next door family dog. Fact is that...