Billaney Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hi, I got a fantastic surprise yesterday , my Koi swordtails have been dropping over the past two days and so far i must have fished out about 75+ babies but the hugh bonus was that 3 of them are albino . I wanted sme Albinos but all i'd seen were either too expensive, i could not afford at the time of on trademe would not ship so I'm over the moon !. I'll seperate them from the others as they grow a bit and hipe i have male and female ( or one might change to give me a breeding pair, just can't wait !! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Hi, I got a fantastic surprise yesterday , my Koi Swordtails have been dropping over the past two days and so far i must have fished out about 75+ babies but the huge bonus was that 3 of them are albino . I wanted sme Albinos but all i'd seen were either too expensive, i could not afford at the time of on trademe would not ship so I'm over the moon !. I'll seperate them from the others as they grow a bit and hipe i have male and female ( or one might change to give me a breeding pair, just can't wait !! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meesheelly Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 yay! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Good luck with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Wow Billarny!!! That is SO COOL!!! *Keri Anne now has more reason to want to buy fish off of Billarny. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen84 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Congrats thats great news,their really hard to get over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I know Billaney did tell me but I've forgotten. And shaddap Ira, I have tried googling it but just confused myself :lol: :lol: :lol: What is a koi swordtail? Is it different to the ordinary swordtails or is it just another name for them? Cheers Dumb Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 if you look at the swordtail from the top, it looked like a "koi" thus the name koi swordtail. very popular fish at the moment. selling at a good price too. albinos are more pricy as its been harder to raise due to genetic problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I guess this is going to sound really thick, but what does a koi look like? Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Isn't it named because of it's coloration? They have three different colours in three separate sections. That's the only thing I could see it looking like a KOI, but it's definately not it's shape. They look similar to a goldfish but a sure identity of them is to see barbels on the face which goldfish do not have. They can be obtained from some naughty LFS if you ask for "pondfish", but this is highly illegal. A KOI is a fish that we have 1000's of up in the Waikato, but aren't allowed to keep, breed, sell, give away, or if your'e fishing, can't return them alive to the water. They are bad at disturbing the base of ponds and rivers and causing the silt to settle on the plants and also lower the ??translucency?? of the water and literally killing all plants, especially noticable in some of the Waikato lakes. Hunted by archers and speared after floods after being stranded in the water lowering. Also netted and then ground up for saltwater anglers to use as burlly. Very expensive fish, depending on the colouration also Jude, like k's of $$s a fish. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Yes the 'koi' refers to the colouration pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 hi all, i have some young adults albino koi swordtails which i have raise few months ago, barely half of it survived. refer to this old thread. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/albino ... 10293.html will post pictures of grown up albino koi swordtails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Thanks Shiuh, Caryl, Alan - thats clarified it for me. Cheers Judy (not feeling quite so thick now) :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 You mean to say that you are feeling thin then???? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 hey jude. hope this is not too late. promised to post of pictures of my albino koi swordtails. here is a view from above....see what i mean? koi coloured? :roll: another view for more pictures and info on my Koi's check out this link http://www.guppy.co.nz/index.php?name=F ... opic&t=156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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