so i just watched the entire discussion so far and i just want to say THANK YOU!! In the last month i have purchased two koi and have since become a newfound addict. since then i have found your videos incredibly interesting as well as insightful. really appreciate you guys taking the time to share the vast amount of info on this amazing fish. cant wait to see what is next in the discussion. i dont know what is coming next and i know koi are pretty hardy fish but im sure some of us are hoping for a lesson on Identifying koi illnesses and how to properly treat and quarantine them. thanks again!!
Enjoy learning things from this pond digger series!!! Two years ago I was able to raise about 200 baby metallic butterfly koi and sold most of them this spring. Planned to keep only 14 but ended up with about 30!! Some were hiding in the lily roots!! Had to drain the pond to catch them!! They are all a beautiful variety!! Took all your advice! Now I can sit back and enjoy their beauty and feed them by hand cause they are so tame!! Thank You for sharing your knowledge!!! I'll still be needing updates!!! So looking forward to more info!!!!
I remember selectively picking some koi and goldfish for my home. I had like a lot of fish in the basins and I had selected fish from like a basin of 50 to 30 to 20 down to 10. Most people don't like it when I do it since they have to wait for me to finish and I take a while. I would go through different sizes and color patterns to get the fish I wanna buy and I usually have a centerpiece koi but if I don't, I just have to make sure all the koi are equally striking in terms of colors and patterns.
I've learnt something after watching quite a few videos over the past couple of weeks since I had shoulder surgery and can't do much else. I think I picked out all the same koi that you picked as your best choices. Yeah to me. I want to get some more koi for our fish pond in the yard as we only have 3. I live in Australia, so I'm a bit restricted as to where I get them from. I only want that sort of size you had in the video.
Eric, if I sent you a drawing of a pond design..(a little different), could you tell me if it might work? It's based on a two level or split level yard.
ThePondDigger Eric Just wanted to say Thanks for all the How To's I have learned a ton and it has given me so much inspiration for my pond and my Koi Selection.
Nice advice, to select a group from a huge batch of fish (which keep distracting attention) and the select your favourite from the group but need to say not all dealer would like to do that, not all would be willing to manipulate the fish like Shawn. Also, from all the koi videos, Shawn have been telling us not to chose the more vivid coloured one to start with but He or you did chose the more vivid one here, so could ThePondDigger clear up on that please. I was amaze when Shawn said 8 fish and the conversation goes on because here (Mauritius) also, I am told to always take odd numbers of fish and never take even and thought that was a superstition belief. As for the shusui, I preferred the one in the middle at 5:13 and the other, I think you did take the one which I was telling myself that you have to pick up this one. Overall, nice topic again, great video like always, thanks
Question. You say 8 koi, but can you have gold fish count towards that number? I just got my first koi yesterday have him in a pond with roughly 20 goldfish. do i need to get more koi ?
Thanks for this info. Is a really great help. And by the way my Rescued Koi are doing great!! I have a kiddie pool that has been made into a pond on our patio. I am such a Koi & Goldfish junkie now.....lol I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!! my dog is mad at me lol treat for the fish and treat for the dog lol as I sit with my fish after work. LOL :)
My name is Tim and I live in Belgium. I have a question for you: what are the difference between Japanese Koi and a Israeli Koi? May be you can make a video about it. I want to thank you for all your videos so far!
I know I can put Koi fish in a tank do they do just as good in a Tank than a pond I am looking at getting some and all i have is a 75 double wide tank is this ok ?
You can certainly start you koi off in an aquarium but ultimately they will out grow the tank if you keep the water quality up. No reason why you can't enjoy them in the house when they are young.
ThePondDigger yea right now I don't own the land to build any type of out door pond for them I know they do grow fast and large but I might have to wait till I own the land to build a good size pond for them thank you foro your help :)
ThePondDigger seriously for just the 9 tosai? I didn’t think they’d be so pricey. There goes my future plans to get some just like them. 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks for the reply though. 👍🏽
Yeah I can understand why 9 is the best. It is the biggest number with one letter. I check the Mystic koi, but I can only find some big guy. If I wanna buy small fish like this, should I go there meet Shawn face to face?
Go meet him face to face if you can or call him and tell him your situation. he will gladly service your needs for smaller koi. Tell him you watched him on The Pond Digger youtube channel! It might make him blush!
I made a mistake.. picked out a baby koi, all i seen was it was a ginrin so i picked it. Turns out from your video, its a kohaju. But it is VERY skinny. Just got it yesterday but I dont know if they would let me return it for a different one :( i do have a month guarantee and have the receipt but to exchange it might be different than if it passed.. i guess tomorrow i can call them..
John Teel We have a explaining the Asagi and Shusui you should watch for some history and explanation of the koi. There is a beautiful story in the video too! We have not filmed a Koi Discussion on Kujaku yet but we do plan on covering that wonderful variety!
I would love to have Koi one day! I would need a bigger body of water first though. I will have to stay with goldfish until such an opportunity arises.
+Cody Gifford Great question. We covered it in one of the Ask The Pond Digger Episodes. Here is a link to the show... th-cam.com/video/hHeFXDam6PE/w-d-xo.html
Can anyone answer me why he said 9 is important number? You see I just started out this Koi hobby recently and was torn between 9 or 10 but ended up going 10, haha. I mean Im sure it doesnt matter that much but I am curious why you said what you said.
I want to buy fish in even numbers because I want everything to be perfectly symetrical. Even though not in pattern, at least the quantity of fish is a number divisible by 2 which will make me happy. Unless its something really expensive or aggressive then I will buy only one.
Just to point out,the sanke in the bowl is not a tancho,a tancho is just a red beni spot on the hend with out any beni on the rest of the body,the sanke in the bowl has two patches of beni on its body so it it's a maruten sanke, not a tancho
Seeing those different varieties didn't make me happy tho. My koi have been raised for 10 years (total alive 22) and sadly they're about 10 different types, so that's a bit unfortunate. Over the years, I will bought different types just to add variety but until now can't find Asagi and Shusui.
4 and multiples of 4, are unlucky numbers in Japan. It doesn't matter if you aren't Japanese or superstitious, these are Japanese fish and it carries thru.
ThePondDigger // Of course my opinion is not definitive. Anyway it was just a comment don't mind it too much, what realy matters is not the music but the content of the video and that my friend is super, you have done some very imformative videos, well done. Also can I ask you, could I keep koi in an aquarium. (Keep in mind that most of my knowledge on the subject comes from your videos).
Thats a great question. Here is an "Ask The Pond Digger" Episode where I talk about keeping koi in aquariums. th-cam.com/video/75pu_j1j6qc/w-d-xo.html&list=PLqM5Qn1K_DPzS-5A6e0uKF8MTEIUy6EbE Hope that gives you some insight. Thanks for watching!
I think that dtp have bad hearing as I find the opening sound music great as it seem as to be telling us that ThePondDigger have or will show us some thing really great again.
I smiled when you picked the same sanke that I would have. Sanke are my favorite so far but I just started learning about koi.
+Rachel J. Carnahan YES!!!! We have the same taste in koi! Thank you for watching!
so i just watched the entire discussion so far and i just want to say THANK YOU!! In the last month i have purchased two koi and have since become a newfound addict. since then i have found your videos incredibly interesting as well as insightful. really appreciate you guys taking the time to share the vast amount of info on this amazing fish. cant wait to see what is next in the discussion. i dont know what is coming next and i know koi are pretty hardy fish but im sure some of us are hoping for a lesson on Identifying koi illnesses and how to properly treat and quarantine them. thanks again!!
Enjoy learning things from this pond digger series!!! Two years ago I was able to raise about 200 baby metallic butterfly koi and sold most of them this spring. Planned to keep only 14 but ended up with about 30!! Some were hiding in the lily roots!! Had to drain the pond to catch them!! They are all a beautiful variety!! Took all your advice! Now I can sit back and enjoy their beauty and feed them by hand cause they are so tame!! Thank You for sharing your knowledge!!! I'll still be needing updates!!! So looking forward to more info!!!!
Love these interviews you do with Shawn... I am very new to the Koi hobby so i am learning allot from you guys.
Thank you for sharing
Awesome job with this video. Great way to finish off the three video series.
I have no idea how I ended up on this part of TH-cam. Still watched all 3 videos
Really enjoyed watching your quality Koi and quality videos. Real class thank you.
David Tullett Thanks David!!! More coming
I remember selectively picking some koi and goldfish for my home. I had like a lot of fish in the basins and I had selected fish from like a basin of 50 to 30 to 20 down to 10. Most people don't like it when I do it since they have to wait for me to finish and I take a while. I would go through different sizes and color patterns to get the fish I wanna buy and I usually have a centerpiece koi but if I don't, I just have to make sure all the koi are equally striking in terms of colors and patterns.
Great series! I would love to be standing there picking out a group for my pond! Shawn has some great looking koi!
Yes Shawn has some amazing koi and he is a real pleasure to be around!
I've learnt something after watching quite a few videos over the past couple of weeks since I had shoulder surgery and can't do much else. I think I picked out all the same koi that you picked as your best choices. Yeah to me. I want to get some more koi for our fish pond in the yard as we only have 3. I live in Australia, so I'm a bit restricted as to where I get them from. I only want that sort of size you had in the video.
Very enjoyable video, would like to see them fish in a few years again, keep up the good work
Would love to see more of these young koi selection videos
Check out our new Koi FIsh Selection video we uploaded on TH-cam! You're gonna love the underwater footage we captured with our GoPro! Part 3 of 3
Eric, if I sent you a drawing of a pond design..(a little different), could you tell me if it might work? It's based on a two level or split level yard.
ThePondDigger Eric Just wanted to say Thanks for all the How To's I have learned a ton and it has given me so much inspiration for my pond and my Koi Selection.
Great videos and loved the underwater shot of the fish in part two, lovely fish :)
OZZYTHEOSCAR!! The underwater footage always blows me away! Thanks for watching!!
Nice advice, to select a group from a huge batch of fish (which keep distracting attention) and the select your favourite from the group but need to say not all dealer would like to do that, not all would be willing to manipulate the fish like Shawn.
Also, from all the koi videos, Shawn have been telling us not to chose the more vivid coloured one to start with but He or you did chose the more vivid one here, so could ThePondDigger clear up on that please.
I was amaze when Shawn said 8 fish and the conversation goes on because here (Mauritius) also, I am told to always take odd numbers of fish and never take even and thought that was a superstition belief.
As for the shusui, I preferred the one in the middle at 5:13 and the other, I think you did take the one which I was telling myself that you have to pick up this one.
Overall, nice topic again, great video like always, thanks
6 good picks, 3 not so much. Thanks for the excellent videos. Respect
this place is a couple of blocks from where i live i love visiting them once in a while.
ME TOO!
ThePondDigger
Lucky guys... Cool place to visit!
BTW...the underwater GoPro shots were too cool! You should add more of those clips to your koi videos. :)
I agree! I'm loving the GoPro Shots! Trust and believe there will be more!
I love all the koi you pick
That was a quick upload Im gonna wait until it gets hd
Question. You say 8 koi, but can you have gold fish count towards that number? I just got my first koi yesterday have him in a pond with roughly 20 goldfish. do i need to get more koi ?
Curious to know after all these years, do you still have or are in touch with any of these fish and how did they turn out?
Do more videos like this so interesting series
Thanks for this info. Is a really great help. And by the way my Rescued Koi are doing great!! I have a kiddie pool that has been made into a pond on our patio. I am such a Koi & Goldfish junkie now.....lol I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!! my dog is mad at me lol treat for the fish and treat for the dog lol as I sit with my fish after work. LOL :)
WE WANT MORE KOI SELECTION!!!!!!
***** OKAY. We have more koi videos planned for this fall.
Very cool! If you don't mind me asking how much were those 9 koi? 200i$h ???✌️☮️🐟
Thanks bro great video .. sure will help me with my first koi
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Quick question. So Just because there different types of Koi dose that mean you can't breed them, or will they still breed no matter what?
Hey Eric loving the vids as usual xx I love how Shaun likes to pick the ugly ducklings as they're a mystery :o
+Eve Parkin More coming this FALL stay tuned!!! I like everything Shawn does! He's great to be around.
i love shawns laugh
its fitting
My name is Tim and I live in Belgium.
I have a question for you: what are the difference between Japanese Koi and a Israeli Koi? May be you can make a video about it.
I want to thank you for all your videos so far!
Tim De Waele We will produce that video! Thank you for watching! Stay Tuned!
I picked the same fish for all but the sanke
Why exactly 9 fish? I've heard a lot of people say that you should have 9 fish, but why exactly 9? Is it related to feng-shui or something?
I know I can put Koi fish in a tank do they do just as good in a Tank than a pond
I am looking at getting some and all i have is a 75 double wide tank is this ok ?
You can certainly start you koi off in an aquarium but ultimately they will out grow the tank if you keep the water quality up. No reason why you can't enjoy them in the house when they are young.
ThePondDigger
yea right now I don't own the land to build any type of out door pond for them I know they do grow fast and large but I might have to wait till I own the land to build a good size pond for them thank you foro your help :)
My first koi was a goshiki. She does not really look like any of the other pictures of them online, but she has 5 colors.
Great video, I am a pond builder, thanks for the info.
How much did that bag of fish cost? Awesome video by the way.
Thousands! :) Thanks for watching and thank you for the feedback!
ThePondDigger seriously for just the 9 tosai? I didn’t think they’d be so pricey. There goes my future plans to get some just like them. 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks for the reply though. 👍🏽
do he like sell koi and how can I get to him on a websites or you I want to get some of them small koi and what will be the price
I could never pass on the tanto sanke but I would pick another also
Yeah I can understand why 9 is the best. It is the biggest number with one letter. I check the Mystic koi, but I can only find some big guy. If I wanna buy small fish like this, should I go there meet Shawn face to face?
Go meet him face to face if you can or call him and tell him your situation. he will gladly service your needs for smaller koi. Tell him you watched him on The Pond Digger youtube channel! It might make him blush!
Thanks bro.
Haha Shawn looks like a easy blush person
Did you buy those fish and if so, What do they look like now?
I made a mistake.. picked out a baby koi, all i seen was it was a ginrin so i picked it. Turns out from your video, its a kohaju. But it is VERY skinny. Just got it yesterday but I dont know if they would let me return it for a different one :( i do have a month guarantee and have the receipt but to exchange it might be different than if it passed.. i guess tomorrow i can call them..
Explain what the different kinds are? Kujahu, Asagi, Shusui and why are they different.
John Teel We have a explaining the Asagi and Shusui you should watch for some history and explanation of the koi. There is a beautiful story in the video too! We have not filmed a Koi Discussion on Kujaku yet but we do plan on covering that wonderful variety!
I have a shusui that has a orange band around the head he is unique in every way :)
How much do you charge to build a decent size pond?
10 to 15 grand is an average size pond for our construction team. That's a good place to start.
Awesome - thanks for the info
okaytosmile Thanks for watching!
Can you please tell me how old was the fishes
+Inga G These fish are tosai meaning they are in their first year.
Inga G x
cool series
African Cichlids Thank you!
koi overload!
I would love to have Koi one day! I would need a bigger body of water first though.
I will have to stay with goldfish until such an opportunity arises.
How many koi fish is too many?
+Cody Gifford Great question. We covered it in one of the Ask The Pond Digger Episodes. Here is a link to the show... th-cam.com/video/hHeFXDam6PE/w-d-xo.html
Can anyone answer me why he said 9 is important number?
You see I just started out this Koi hobby recently and was torn between 9 or 10 but ended up going 10, haha.
I mean Im sure it doesnt matter that much but I am curious why you said what you said.
SephCat74 Odd is a better number for the rules of composition in art. 7, 9, 11, is better than 8, 10, 12.
they are soooooooooo cute😢😢
Bottom line, how much?
where is your bussiness i want to come and by some koi fish from you.
Emily Thomas Southern California
+ThePondDigger great, my grandmother lives in Southern Carolina and we build a pond.
SuperCore7895 wait what?
Does it have to be a pond ?
MrGastro HD No
oh ok thanks
quick and stupid question:
can koi fish be found in the wild or are they only breeded by humans?
I want to buy fish in even numbers because I want everything to be perfectly symetrical. Even though not in pattern, at least the quantity of fish is a number divisible by 2 which will make me happy. Unless its something really expensive or aggressive then I will buy only one.
Would NEVER have let that one fish out that Shaun had said would be gone by end of day WOW
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Amy Springer You're welcome!
oh my god!!! I need anymore
9? are they group fish
I think is more a lucky number.
why not just have one or two types but a lot of differnt types?
bobbob2238 I would love a pond with only one or two types of koi. MOst people prefer to have different varieties.
Just to point out,the sanke in the bowl is not a tancho,a tancho is just a red beni spot on the hend with out any beni on the rest of the body,the sanke in the bowl has two patches of beni on its body so it it's a maruten sanke, not a tancho
Seeing those different varieties didn't make me happy tho. My koi have been raised for 10 years (total alive 22) and sadly they're about 10 different types, so that's a bit unfortunate. Over the years, I will bought different types just to add variety but until now can't find Asagi and Shusui.
Selling em for $35. It's so sad that these fish goes for more than $150-250 in my country... and still not original Japanese koi :(
Was happingly raising them until foam bubbles happen consistently and I got rid of the fish and the hobby
why is 8 not good but 9 perfect¿¿¿¿
+RB Piranha Odd numbers are preferred when keeping koi.
Why's that¿ Does it stimulate something when there's 1 fish ''left''¿
4 and multiples of 4, are unlucky numbers in Japan. It doesn't matter if you aren't Japanese or superstitious, these are Japanese fish and it carries thru.
Nice videos but that music in the beginning is crap.
We get a lot of positive feedback on the music too. Thanks for watching.
ThePondDigger // Of course my opinion is not definitive. Anyway it was just a comment don't mind it too much, what realy matters is not the music but the content of the video and that my friend is super, you have done some very imformative videos, well done. Also can I ask you, could I keep koi in an aquarium. (Keep in mind that most of my knowledge on the subject comes from your videos).
Thats a great question. Here is an "Ask The Pond Digger" Episode where I talk about keeping koi in aquariums. th-cam.com/video/75pu_j1j6qc/w-d-xo.html&list=PLqM5Qn1K_DPzS-5A6e0uKF8MTEIUy6EbE
Hope that gives you some insight. Thanks for watching!
ThePondDigger // Thanks for the reply, once again congratulations on your work and thanks for the knowledge too.
I think that dtp have bad hearing as I find the opening sound music great as it seem as to be telling us that ThePondDigger have or will show us some thing really great again.
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I shouldn't have to watch three videos to find out how to pick out Koi fish Get to the point faster!!!
John Teel I understand you are catching on to the topic fast. We are trying to be very thorough on the topic for beginners too.
One koi,two koi,three koi........FORGET IT
+Rosy Chen Four