All You Need To Know About The Majestic Koi

The majestic koi fish are a type of carp said to have originated in China, and later bred in Japan to produce the vibrantly coloured fish we are familiar with today. The Japanese name for koi fish is actually Nishikigoi, which means “coloured carp”. While koi fish are largely ornamentally used today, Chinese written records dating over 2000 years back indicate that they were once consumed for food. Bred from black carp by the Japanese in the 1800s, koi fish gained more attention when officially presented at the prestigious Taisho exhibition organised in Tokyo in 1915.\

Treating injured koi can be a difficult task at best. The good news is that these fish, like other living organisms, have the ability to regenerate, and there are a number of things you can do to speed up and maximize the process.

Operating a successful koi pond is expensive. A lot of people think that many koi dealers are actually millionaires given the high costs of the individual fish they sell. While this isn’t true in most cases, there are some things you can do to greatly maximize the costs and benefits of owning a koi pond.