Let’s talk fish for a bit. If you want a truly lively pond, fish are the way to go. Start with a few and soon you’ll have a school! Well, maybe not that many, but they do multiply. In our pond we have Koi, Comets, and Shabunkins.
Of these, the Koi are the largest and definitely the fastest growing. In fact sometimes you may wonder if they’re going to stop growing. We bought our first Koi about seven years ago. It was about three inches long then, and now it is almost two feet! The Koi’s change color as they mature. When we bought our first one it was as orange as a gold fish, but now it is solid white. He is obviously the “big kid on the block” and we call him Hoover because he sucks up the fish food like a vacuum cleaner.
The Comets are bright orange and seem to be the best multipliers. The young are black but gradually change over to orange. None of ours seem to get very large but I have seen bigger ones in other ponds.
The Shabunkins are very colorful, chunky little fish. They are orange, red, blue and black. They grow slowly and never get very large but they sure add a lot of color to the pond.
Our fish population as a group seems to be very sociable and we have never seen any disputes. They all get the same food, which is made by Tetra, and we swear that it helps enhance their color. You
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