Photographs & Information On South Africa's Common Koi
Wild Koi That Occur In South Africa
The
Common Koi is well known as an expensive pond fish all over the World
but especially in South Africa. There are many pond keepers who take
great pride in their colourful and healthy Koi fish collection. The
Common Koi is a variation of the
Common Carp and is from Japan but many
farm and public dams have thriving populations of large Koi in South
Africa, presumably from people releasing them into these dams. Koi do
not naturally occur in South Africa and they are hard to look after
which is why it is surprising that there are many trophy specimens that
occur in South African dams, one venue where I have fished is
Dowerglen
Dam... There are quite a few Koi in the dam but are hard to catch on
bait...Koi can live up to 40 years and can grow to massive lengths and
weights during this period.
Koi come in a variety of colours and normally as they grow larger
they loose some of their striking colours and start to just be one or
two colours... The Common Koi can be found in all sorts of colours and
combinations of gold, yellow, orange, red, white, black, blue, cream and
silver... As mentioned earlier, Koi are domesticated Common Carp from
Japan and were domesticated to make water gardens and fish ponds very
pretty... When Koi get released into
freshwater fishing areas after a few years they actually turn into
the colours of the Common Carp and they causes a lot of destruction. Koi
have been released into wild waters all over the World and have caused
havoc with plants and aquatic life and vegetation... To get more
information on Koi and keeping a koi pond visit these two websites
www.fibrefeatures.co.za &
www.superpumps.co.za Please
see more images and pictures of South African Koi pond fish below:
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