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PostPosted: May 5th, '08, 18:13 
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Mate of mine setup a pond ages ago and threw 3 koi in it. it got neglected and 1/2 filled up with rotting leaves and he never fed them.
the koi didn't die, they loved it. there's 40 - 50 3 inch babies in there.

i guess my question is if i want my koi to breed, do i need to let a bit of scum build up in my pond? my goldfish are breeding but not the koi.


Perhaps if they are not breeding your Koi might be...... well...... coy :)

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coy

Sorry - couldnt resist.


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OK, so Koi are easy to breed, but what do they taste like?

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PostPosted: Feb 16th, '09, 05:07 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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timmy wrote:
Mate of mine setup a pond ages ago and threw 3 koi in it. it got neglected and 1/2 filled up with rotting leaves and he never fed them.
the koi didn't die, they loved it. there's 40 - 50 3 inch babies in there.

i guess my question is if i want my koi to breed, do i need to let a bit of scum build up in my pond? my goldfish are breeding but not the koi.


I had the same thing happen with my goldfish. I think they are stimulated by temperature change, as found in outside ponds, also the gunk in the water made food plentiful, as well as hiding eggs from other goldies. Fat fish don't really feel the need to search out eggs to eat.
The eggs when spawned are ultra sticky, so breeding mops would do well, if you don't want every other surface coated in eggs that the fish can just pick off.


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savage_goldfish wrote:
Such pretty fish. :D

Pity we can't have them in Vic. :cry:

Please excuse my noobiness :oops: But why can't you have Koi in Vic?
I was hoping to try my hand at Koi down here in Tassie :P


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Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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They're a noxious species and illegal


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Tony From West Oz wrote:
OK, so Koi are easy to breed, but what do they taste like?

Tony :?:


They're Carp or closely related


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PostPosted: Feb 16th, '09, 06:44 
They're crap... and usually regurgitated... :mrgreen:


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thanks Kuda, I am showing my newbieness now aren't I. Got to learn somehow I guess :lol: :cheers:

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They're crap... and usually regurgitated...
haha nice!! :lol:


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PostPosted: Feb 16th, '09, 07:29 
Seriously... Carp are considered a delicacy in China... and widely eaten in many Asian countries...

Think they're more a "grass carp" than "koi" though....


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Here is a recipe that a old gent once told to me for cooking Carp.

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First you catch a carp. Then you get a pine board. Lay the carp on the board. Mark the length and cut the board the same length as the fish. Place fish back on board and put in 350 oven for 1 hour.

Remove from oven, discard fish and eat the board.


Having never eaten carp before, I can't really comment on this though.


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Here is a recipe that a old gent once told to me for cooking Carp.

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First you catch a carp. Then you get a pine board. Lay the carp on the board. Mark the length and cut the board the same length as the fish. Place fish back on board and put in 350 oven for 1 hour.

Remove from oven, discard fish and eat the board.


Having never eaten carp before, I can't really comment on this though.


Had some recently.
Taste is blander than most fish.
Texture is unappetising
Bones are ferocious, and they have more in weird places than other fish.

It could be cooked up alright with appropriate flavourings, especially if it deboned itself in a stew or something. Probably make alright fish patties.
No 'muddy' flavour ppl talk about, imho that's crap.
Not Horrible, just there's heaps better fish out there. Bones were truly awesome though.


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I was thinking about catching half a dozen feral carp out of the Torrens and using them to cycle up my system in stead of goldfish... They're really easy to catch.

They'd even look kind of nice as a "buffer" fish, to have during the interim season (i.e. after the post-winter trout cull while waiting for the warmth for silver perch to grow), just to maintain some fish mass in the system. And it's no great loss to have to cull the carp and feed to chooks, bury in veggie garden, etc.

One thing that worries me is catching a wild fish and introducing it (along with any nasties) to my system... Mind you, the Torrens did have a nice flush recently :wink:


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Crumbed Carp Steaks were a regular for Christmas lunch when I was visiting the Czech Republic through the late 90’s.

I screwed my nose up at first but with a little potato salad and a few other Czech goodies it was really quite nice.

On the days leading up to Christmas the local supermarket had a Carp seller out the front. A small temp swimming pool full of live carp, pick your fish, it gets a wack on the head with a club/bat and you either take it as is or it was cut up for you.

I imagine it’s all in the water quality and/or purging they go through.

Marinating a whole pig carcase in brine in household the BATH tub for days was also a regular prior to any event needing a pig spit roast! Bathing was never quite the same after that ;-)

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