My Koi Journey

[yonny]

So I have a day in the diary next month to measure, weigh and photograph all my koi to track their growth over the next year and beyond. I'll take the opportunity to post some pics of the good'ns on here.

Water temps up to ~13.5C now so I'm slowly upping the feeding. A couple of them are looking mahoosive. 'Whopper', the big white one, is clearly pregnant so I have some spawning brushes on the way. I dread to think what spawning will look with 16 males smashing her to bits in a pond 🙈

[greekskii]

4 hours ago, yonny said:

So I have a day in the diary next month to measure, weigh and photograph all my koi to track their growth over the next year and beyond. I'll take the opportunity to post some pics of the good'ns on here.

Water temps up to ~13.5C now so I'm slowly upping the feeding. A couple of them are looking mahoosive. 'Whopper', the big white one, is clearly pregnant so I have some spawning brushes on the way. I dread to think what spawning will look with 16 males smashing her to bits in a pond 🙈

Where’s my invite?! 

[yonny]

1 hour ago, greekskii said:

Where’s my invite?! 

I already have all mine and my brothers families asking to be present 😂

[elmoputney]

7 hours ago, greekskii said:

Where’s my invite?! 

I'm first on the waiting list 😬😳 

[commonly]

So, i just brought 5 young ones for my sons pond.

Im guessing that's me signed up for a lot more pond maintenance?

@yonny would you be so kind as to send me a link for decent feed?

Its interesting watching them settling in with the goldfish 

[commonly]

Ive got permission to show pictures of these ones

[yonny]

On 02/05/2026 at 14:16, commonly said:

@yonny would you be so kind as to send me a link for decent feed?

Very wise of you to ask mate.

Don't get any feed from the local garden centre. Most of it is absolute rubbish.

Naturally you can spend whatever you want on koi food.... some of it costs a fortune.

I use the stuff below. The spec is right up there with the best feeds but it's a third of the price of the major Japanese brands.

Koi Premium and Colour Food Pellet Mix -koi food - Orchard Fisheries

Edited 6 hours ago by yonny

[yonny]

I had an angler mate round on Saturday. Probably the first other proper dedicated carp angler to have seen my koi. He put 33+ on Whopper (the big white one) and 30+ on Big Bad Barry (a big white mirror with plated black scales who, like Whopper, was named by the kids 🙈). I can't wait to get them all weighed next weekend to find out.

There's a big common in there too which 2 local koi pond experts have told me is a chocolate coloured Chagoi. I'm not convinced.... I'm pretty sure it's just a dark coloured common carp (and a proper banger at that). Looking forward to finding out for sure.

[greekskii]

1 hour ago, yonny said:

was named by the kids 🙈

Big Bad Barry from Ben and Holly! 

[yonny]

44 minutes ago, greekskii said:

Big Bad Barry from Ben and Holly! 

I had to Google this but you're right that will 100% be where they got it from!