Types of Koi Fish – How to choose from the wide variety available

Posted by admin on April 25th, 2011 filed in General

Regardless of whether you are a seasoned KOI hobbyist and a new Koi Hobbyist, you will simply be amazed by the seemingly unlimited variety of available patterns, colors and types of koi fish.

Contrary to popular belief these variations may tend to different species of koi fish, but they really don’t. The fact of the matter is that, surprisingly, there is just one main type koi fish, (known as Cyprinius carpio) and from the core type of koi fish there are many exciting variations. You get the pleasure of being able to select from these variations.

So don’t just run out and buy koi fish until you have a good feel for the hundreds of varieties available for you to choose from.  
The wide variety of koi fish choices is no accident.  In fact it is the result of careful and thoughtful selective breeding that was conducted over time (several hundreds of years now).

So even though you will likely be astounded at the various colors and the patterns.  It is a good idea to take your time.  Do you due diligent by studying, researching and observing before you make your final decision … you will be glad and excited that you took your time to make your selection from the variety of koi for sale.

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