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Introduction
About The Author
Authors Notes
Your First Pond
Trees & Sunshine
Take The Plunge
Preformed Pools
Installing A Liner
Making A Raised Pool
A Koi Pond
Miniature Ponds
Adding A Waterfall
Electricity
Colourful Ponds
Dangers
Choosing A Pump
Solar Powered Pumps
Looking After A Pump
Pond Pipework
Installing A Fountain
Self-Contained Fountains
The Leaky Pond
Planting The Pond
A Wildlife Pond
A Bog Garden
Pond Plants
Plants Round A Pond
Choosing A Lily
Floating Plants
Water Hyacinth
Oxygenating Plants
About Fish
When To Buy Fish
Choosing Fish
Quarantining Fish
Fish Under Stress
Feeding Your Fish
Holidays & Fish
Breeding Coldwater Fish
Changing Colours Of Fish
Pond Fish
A Koi Collection
Ghost Koi
Fancy Goldfish
Coldwater Catfish
Sturgeon
Grass Carp
Rearing Trout
Swan Mussels
Visitors To The Pond
Frogs
Newts
Visiting A Koi Auction
Clubs & Societies
Caring For Fish
Testing The Water
Oxygenation
Are You Poisoning Your Fish
Ponds & Medicines
Diseases & Parasites
Disappearing Fish
Problems With Herons
Filtration
Green Ponds
Fish Pond Filters
How A Filter Works
Improving Your Filter
Ultra Violet Sterilizers
Looking After A Filter
The Pond Through The Year
Spring Cleaning
Pond Plants In Spring
Ponds In Summer
Autumn & Winter
Breaking The Ice
10 Problems
Useful Facts & Figures

Allotment Articles1.
Allotment Articles 2.

Ghost Koi

In recent years more and more aquatic retailers have started selling a fish of the carp family called a Ghost Koi. This is a misnomer as the true ghost Koi is a thoroughbred Koi which changes colour as the season changes from Spring to Summer to Autumn and Winter. The fish sold as Ghost Koi do not do this. They remain a dark coloured fish with bright highlights of either white or gold, nor are they true Koi. They are nevertheless a very attractive fish.

A more correct name for these fish would be Ghost Carp as they are indeed a cross between the common carp and a white, or gold Koi.

They take a little of the colour of the Koi, but the strength and resistance to disease of the common carp. This makes them much better survivors than thoroughbred Koi carp which have been inbred so much that many diseases take a heavy toll on them. Ghost koi are a streamlined fish but are also full bodied and will develop a large belly on them as they mature. They mature sexually at about 1 foot, or 30 cm in length.

The ghost Koi grows very fast and is a prodigious eater just like Koi with all the same habits. In good conditions they can grow up to 2 or 3 feet or more in length and weigh 30 or 40 pounds. Because of their size they need plenty of space but will survive in quite cramped conditions and unlike Koi are not so fussy about water quality. They will eat just about anything and will quite happily eat most plants. They are also foragers and will uproot water lilies as fast as you can replant them.

Like their cousins, Koi carp, they will become tame and eventually, with regular feeding, will swim up to you when you feed them and take food from your fingers. Indeed they will mix in a pond very well together with Koi and if permitted will inter breed. This is not to be recommended as the progeny will be a poor mixture of fish. As the Ghost Koi is a cross, the quality of colour markings is very varied and you need to select your fish carefully when buying as they will not get any better markings when they get older. They are a very popular fish and good marketing has helped their sales. Most aquatic retailers sell them and they vary in price from about £1.00 for a small fish up to £30.00 or £40.00 for a large specimen.













 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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