Tri-Color Koi
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Scientific Name: Cyprinus carpio Price: Upon Request Origin: Asia Family: Cyprinidae NOT AVAILABLE NOW |
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Other Names: Tri-Colored Koi, Koi carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio, Common carp, European carp |
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Technical Info
Temperature: 17 - 22 ℃
pH: 7.4 - 7.9
GH: 10 - 14
Max size: 60 cm
Min Tank size: 500 Ltr
Position in Aqua: No special swimming level
Description
The Tri-Color Koi boasts the classic tri-color pattern of red, white, and black. Imported from Malaysia, the Tri-color Koi is produced by some of the best brood stock in Malaysia. Reminiscent of high quality Sanke Koi in coloration, the Tri-color Koi demonstrates a desirable color pattern that gives it a commanding presence. Koi can live longer than 200 years, but typically live 25 to 35 years. These high-quality koi are a product of years of professional breeding, and will turn your pond into a showcase of champions.
Food
Carp are omnivorous. The common carp can eat a vegetarian diet of water plants, but prefers to scavenge the bottom for insects, crustaceans (including zooplankton), benthic worms, or the occasional corn snack from tourists
Breeding
An egg-layer, a typical adult fish can lay 300,000 eggs in a single spawning. Although carp typically spawn in the Spring, in response to rising water temperatures and rain fall, carp can spawn multiple times in a season. In commercial operations spawning is often stimulated by injection. Carp lay eggs by the hundreds of thousands, yet their population remains the same, so the eggs and young must perish in similar vast numbers. Eggs and fry often fall victim to bacteria, fungi, and the vast array of tiny predators in the pond environment. Those fortunate enough to survive to juvenile are preyed upon by other fish such as the northern pike and largemouth bass.
Compatible with
Best kept with other Koi, maybe the common plecostomus.