Kois love being stimulated by touch! We have a pond here with a little waterfall for making the water carry more oxygen. They love putting their head right where the water flows in, like a massage!
My parents had one that would hand feed from the very start. Speck, the hand feeding one would eat anything but carrots and rice krispies. They all grew up inside, in the kitchen. Hence, during dinner, It would be, "see if he will eat this." Speck could have lived on scrambled eggs and peanut butter toast. Personalities?, very much. If Speck felt another Koi had gotten his food, they would get slapped around by him. Wonderful creatures. Not your grandmother's goldfish.
Just started my first koi pond, mine are 6/8 months old and they eat very close to my hands already:D I think I got some friendly koi on my hands haha.
Thanks for an interesting story of Koi taming, particularly that they recognize you personally and that taming is a good way to find out their individual characters. Actually I've just 'tamed' much smaller fishes by feeding them from a pipette, I think that any size fish can be tamed.
I just started taming my 1-yr-old koi and they're already eating from my hand and nibbling on my fingers. They're such noisy eaters :) I'm really enjoying them.
I love that you mentioned how different their personalities can be that is something I have also noticed it is amazing the depth of relationship you can have with your koi I think a lot of people are are missing out on a great aspect of owning koi. My ochiba went a long way in and stealing confidence in a few of my shire fish so that now out of the 21 I only have two that will not hand feed (everyone else will let me pet them but display varying degrees of enjoyment with that haha).
Our koi allow petting and play everyday and actively seek us out. It’s been 2 years to get to this point. Now there are two babies in the tank that are curious and come over to watch but aren’t ready just yet. They most likely will go faster with the two big ones showing then it’s ok as you said.
after about a month of having my koi fish the first time I tried hand feeding them and shaking my hand in the water they came right to me it's almost like they were trained before
We just inherited some Koi with the house we bought. I never would have guessed they could be so friendly! I'm really excited to slowly get to know them.
They are more than pets. I love throwing flakes to the smaller Kois than to the big ones, I feed them pellets and touch them. Each time I feed one in particular the biggest one, he knows to come up very close to get his food and I gently touch the top of his head. And it comes back for more. So fun.
I used to have one koi that was very friendly and would let me pick it up almost like a dog whenever I had to go into my pond and clean it. It grew huge and developed a big hump back, so I named it the humpback whale.
i do exactly like you do and nobody helped me and i do that everyday with my baby goldfish & the grown up goldfishes i tamed them and im 10 :D this still helped thx!!!
They are amazing! Tou just made me so happy by saying all this. I have my kois for just couple of months but they sometimes already eat from my hand. Couldn't wait for them to be the way yours are but now I'm not so worried about if it ever happens. Just takes time :) thank you
4 months later... the koi at work eats out of my hand. I feel like I have a strong bond with them Thank you for your video. I am doing everything in my power to enrich their lives.
my man and I have 2 kois and they are the cutest things ever to us. His is more outgoing and hyper while mine is more calm and observant. They were trained within a week :')
I love that last clip of the koi sucking ur finger! I want that! Lol everything online said like two weeks 10 days so I was wondering what I was doing wrong I guess I just need to be more patient lol
We are moving and I am so excited because even though the house is small it has a pretty big yard not with one pond but with 3 PONDS with koi in all except 1 and I am thinking to stick goldfish in there I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!! just so you know this is not my profile pic it is my dad's I don't know why 😂😂
Fish owner here, I actually trained one of my fish to eat out of my hand and while the bite doesn’t hurt the suction when they bite your fingervis powerful I fed a stingray once and it first smothered my hand and sucked the food out of my hand like a Roomba.
Brad, I love your Koi,I got mine last year,they are getting big,but still scare,also been under water over the winter ,did not help. I am planing to make a above ground pond with a window, so I can moved then inside m studio, probably 600gallon pond , will see.
Cool, these guys come inside for the winter as well. They have a 1000 holding pond in the garage. I have a few videos on it if you haven't seen it. Might give you some ideas...
We had Koi when l was young. You could hand feed them. The house my parents bought had the pond and Koi there and their welfare was part of the contract of sale (Portchester UK)
Soon as the Koi knows your the one that feeds them they learn real fast! My koi fish try and eat my cats tongues when they are drinking from our pond lol
I totally agree! mine all know their names and well actually follow simple commands, if one has a mark or something on them that I want to see I can call them over and they will come and swim right in front of me and let me look at them if it's on the other side I say no turn around and they turn around!! (I do have it on video because my children did not believe me) lol. all but two of the 21 will let me pet them and actually seem like they seek out physical attention they are wonderful pets and I love them so much. I spend a lot of time with them.
Thank you im so worried all my koi are under a year old, and i worry they never feed because i rarely see them surface for food. But when im looking out my window sometimes i see them.
Stick your hand in the water and release the food pellets. It won't take long before they associate your hand in the water with food. They can be hand fed in about a month.
Beautiful Koi, ...how big is your pond and how many fish do you have,...my son is interested in having a pond. He would like to try raising some koi instead of gold fish. Thank you for any information on this subject.
How do you protect your koi? I have had two big koi picked off by heron so I gave up trying to keep them in my pond. Is there any way to stop the heron and other birds from eating them
harrison mauch I too have lost many koi to herons, and I have been very discouraged, but I enjoy my koi, so I keep going and try other things. If you can look at my youtube site, you may be able to see the setup I have made. I wound up having to put a green plastic fence around my pond. You know how they put those orange fences around trees they want to protect? Well, I bought the same fences, but green, not orange. I first had fishing line over the top, but the heron still got in, so I finally put that green weedeater line across the top in all directions. Doesn't look as nice as a regular pond, but I have my koi.
I loved ur video .. thank u so much.. I know this as nothing to do with but I was hoping u could help me with a question.. I bough 2 4 inch koys about a month ago but since I put them in the pond I have no seen them.. is that normal ? My other koys are all out and I'm using ur method to get them to eat from my hands.. im just worried about my 2 little babies .. I would love to see them.. I appreciate any advice or reply in advance.. thank U.. by the way U have beautiful koys..
I had 5-6 koi for 5 years and but before I got to tame them they died my grandpa was mad the tank was not getting cleaned even tho the water is still clear so he tried cleaning it by grabbing a bucket full of water but what he didint know it was full of chlorine
You know when you said that yours took like 5 years to eat out of your hand mine that I've had less than 6 months already do that and they're only babies ( 1 - 2 years old ) and they were really skittish at the mans house where we bought them from because he had loads of massive fish they could have been scared of them ? Yes I have 5 - 20" + koi but they aren't scared of them ?
Hey, is anyone really good at identifying koi?. The light orange koi with black markings on. It’s at the front on 3.06. I have one and can’t figure out the type
Brad, Thanks for share your tips and agreed with you that the KOI has personality and trust but you have be patient and very patient stay next to the pond. I have about 15 KOIs in first week about 8 days in my new 1800 Gallon POND they are very young baby. here my advise. Show up at the pond where you're think you are gonna to feed them everyday just stay there 2-3 times a days for about 10-15 minutes. dont make sudden move, sit still read a book or brink beer and drop few pellets at a time they will come up surface and eat. my first 7 days trained my baby koi they are not scare and come up everytime I drop food. always drop food same spot and set time to feed them. myself I schedule feed them 7am and 7pm on summer time. Fall Season can set 8am and 5pm schedule. once Koi trusted you they will not run to hidden and scare you any more. Please be patient take time about 2-3 weeks and everyday show up and feed them same spot then KOI very happy to see you every time you show up at Pond.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE ANIMALS!! When I grow up I want a koi pond and 3 dogs, a turtle and a hamster. I am think of maybe a bird too. And I want to work with animals
Have u got a skimmer if your koi feed like that then the skimmer won’t get the food it is true though that because u have a chag they pick up better I’m only 10 but I’ve got a fish pond so I know I love it
Absolutely beautiful! How lucky you are that you have these gorgeous fish trusting you so much that you can actually touch them.
It took a few years but they are coming around nicely this year
Just like magpies, all you gotta do is feed them
When Koi fish eat, it sounds like some one kissing you
LMAO THIS MADE MY DAY 🤣😂
Lol XD
Kois love being stimulated by touch! We have a pond here with a little waterfall for making the water carry more oxygen. They love putting their head right where the water flows in, like a massage!
My parents had one that would hand feed from the very start. Speck, the hand feeding one would eat anything but carrots and rice krispies. They all grew up inside, in the kitchen. Hence, during dinner, It would be, "see if he will eat this." Speck could have lived on scrambled eggs and peanut butter toast. Personalities?, very much. If Speck felt another Koi had gotten his food, they would get slapped around by him. Wonderful creatures. Not your grandmother's goldfish.
lol why would you feed it rice krispies
@@user-ho9gf6vd7f to make it an real asian fish 🤣
@@user-ho9gf6vd7f i feed koi raison bran when we ran out of koi food one time
1:44 I died XD so cute and funny!
Just started my first koi pond, mine are 6/8 months old and they eat very close to my hands already:D I think I got some friendly koi on my hands haha.
Thanks for an interesting story of Koi taming, particularly that they recognize you personally and that taming is a good way to find out their individual characters. Actually I've just 'tamed' much smaller fishes by feeding them from a pipette, I think that any size fish can be tamed.
The sound of them eating😂
Lol
that big gold one seems to like to be rubbed lol
She was my first koi. Had her the longest
I just started taming my 1-yr-old koi and they're already eating from my hand and nibbling on my fingers. They're such noisy eaters :) I'm really enjoying them.
I love that you mentioned how different their personalities can be that is something I have also noticed it is amazing the depth of relationship you can have with your koi I think a lot of people are are missing out on a great aspect of owning koi. My ochiba went a long way in and stealing confidence in a few of my shire fish so that now out of the 21 I only have two that will not hand feed (everyone else will let me pet them but display varying degrees of enjoyment with that haha).
That’s sound the koi fishes make when eating … reminds me of her
It is so peaceful watching this video, I must visit a joined pond.
Thanks Connie!
Cool nice
I always liked how Koi look like colorful funny old men with dragon moustaches.
Our koi allow petting and play everyday and actively seek us out. It’s been 2 years to get to this point. Now there are two babies in the tank that are curious and come over to watch but aren’t ready just yet. They most likely will go faster with the two big ones showing then it’s ok as you said.
after about a month of having my koi fish the first time I tried hand feeding them and shaking my hand in the water they came right to me it's almost like they were trained before
Nice gray koi that was such a beautiful fish you have such a great collection x
Kois are amazing animals, very smart and underrated.
you are so mindful towards your fish, great video :)
We just inherited some Koi with the house we bought. I never would have guessed they could be so friendly! I'm really excited to slowly get to know them.
They are more than pets. I love throwing flakes to the smaller Kois than to the big ones, I feed them pellets and touch them. Each time I feed one in particular the biggest one, he knows to come up very close to get his food and I gently touch the top of his head. And it comes back for more. So fun.
They're beautiful Brad and TY for sharing.
I used to have one koi that was very friendly and would let me pick it up almost like a dog whenever I had to go into my pond and clean it. It grew huge and developed a big hump back, so I named it the humpback whale.
i do exactly like you do and nobody helped me and i do that everyday with my baby goldfish & the grown up goldfishes i tamed them and im 10 :D this still helped thx!!!
yesterday fr the first time ever i pet a koi fish n now m. in love
The gray ones a savage lol at tje of the video it looked like his eating kisses were about to flip pond mate 😆
They are amazing! Tou just made me so happy by saying all this. I have my kois for just couple of months but they sometimes already eat from my hand. Couldn't wait for them to be the way yours are but now I'm not so worried about if it ever happens. Just takes time :) thank you
I love these fish. My mom had one from the time I was little & it didn't die until I was a teenager.
no age limit on koi if water is always and oxygen levels good they will live for ever !
Hey, what big koi fish and beautiful Colors... I have Some koi but not so big !!!! Nice
Thanks. Took about 5 years.
This video makes me so happy.
4 months later... the koi at work eats out of my hand. I feel like I have a strong bond with them
Thank you for your video. I am doing everything in my power to enrich their lives.
Oh soooo beautful Brad!! I havn't seen any this pretty since Hawaii.
Thanks! Hawaii has some nice one to don't they!
The reason why your koi are tamed is because you have a chagoi koi (brown/grey) which helps speed the process since they are likely to be not scared.
I dont see a chagoi. I see a kigoi and benigoi though...
Gray/brown is typically considered an ochiba
@@CapeFearKoi ochiba shigure are a grey or brown base with red and orange patches.
@@JA-nc9ym 1:44 isnt the fish that ate the food a chagoi
my man and I have 2 kois and they are the cutest things ever to us. His is more outgoing and hyper while mine is more calm and observant. They were trained within a week :')
I love that last clip of the koi sucking ur finger! I want that! Lol everything online said like two weeks 10 days so I was wondering what I was doing wrong I guess I just need to be more patient lol
We are moving and I am so excited because even though the house is small it has a pretty big yard not with one pond but with 3 PONDS with koi in all except 1 and I am thinking to stick goldfish in there I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!! just so you know this is not my profile pic it is my dad's I don't know why 😂😂
Awesome video! I actually want to try and get a koi pond in my backyard :)
Beautiful fish and a great video. Thank you! Kois are awesome!
I like the light blue koi with black on its top. Where did u get it because my dad is looking for one.
Ranchu Lover thanks, it came from westcoast Koi in Victoria BC Canada
***** did u buy it online cause I think I can if they sell it online.
@@BradsGreenhouse hi
That's a cute gold fish you've got there
How does it feel when they eat the food off your fingers?
I have a greenhouse to and nice fish that blue one is so cool
aww so cute
They are so cute!
Fish owner here, I actually trained one of my fish to eat out of my hand and while the bite doesn’t hurt the suction when they bite your fingervis powerful I fed a stingray once and it first smothered my hand and sucked the food out of my hand like a Roomba.
dude, they are so darling !
Try scrambled eggs, our koi go crazy and almost climb out of the pond for it. And it accelerates their growth.
Master Your Garden Oregon how to make scrambled egg?
Lol
Do subsequent generations of Koi in the same pond require the same taming time, or do they take cues faster from the older fish in trusting you?
Brad, I love your Koi,I got mine last year,they are getting big,but still scare,also been under water over the winter ,did not help. I am planing to make a above ground pond with a window, so I can moved then inside m studio, probably 600gallon pond , will see.
Cool, these guys come inside for the winter as well. They have a 1000 holding pond in the garage. I have a few videos on it if you haven't seen it. Might give you some ideas...
lovely koi and great pond
We had Koi when l was young. You could hand feed them. The house my parents bought had the pond and Koi there and their welfare was part of the contract of sale (Portchester UK)
Soon as the Koi knows your the one that feeds them they learn real fast! My koi fish try and eat my cats tongues when they are drinking from our pond lol
What koi food are you useing?
The first time I fed koi/carp, I handled them. They weren’t scared. One let me pet them while they were eating and sucking my finger lol
I totally agree! mine all know their names and well actually follow simple commands, if one has a mark or something on them that I want to see I can call them over and they will come and swim right in front of me and let me look at them if it's on the other side I say no turn around and they turn around!! (I do have it on video because my children did not believe me) lol. all but two of the 21 will let me pet them and actually seem like they seek out physical attention they are wonderful pets and I love them so much. I spend a lot of time with them.
Thank you im so worried all my koi are under a year old, and i worry they never feed because i rarely see them surface for food. But when im looking out my window sometimes i see them.
Stick your hand in the water and release the food pellets. It won't take long before they associate your hand in the water with food. They can be hand fed in about a month.
I got my koi fish this year but our pont is massif so I don't get to see them much
Are your cobra lilies 7 years from seed, or from the time they made their first adult pitchers?
Does the Koi bite actually hurts?
Beautiful 👍👍🙏🙏
How big where the Koi when you first bought them??
Mine are 1 years old I got the yesterday and they all ready tamed to me all ready
Nice koi, try feeding saki hikari probiotic koi food you would be very happy you switched over because by the 5 year you will have huge healthy kois.
Lovely video ✌🏿🇯🇲
That's really cool! Can you do this with goldfish?
They are georgious
Beautiful Koi, ...how big is your pond and how many fish do you have,...my son is interested in having a pond. He would like to try raising some koi instead of gold fish. Thank you for any information on this subject.
We have 18 koi and one huge fantail gold fish. The pond is about 4000 gallons. Approx 18'x 12'x 3' deep
Which food they give
How do you protect your koi? I have had two big koi picked off by heron so I gave up trying to keep them in my pond. Is there any way to stop the heron and other birds from eating them
harrison mauch I too have lost many koi to herons, and I have been very discouraged, but I enjoy my koi, so I keep going and try other things. If you can look at my youtube site, you may be able to see the setup I have made. I wound up having to put a green plastic fence around my pond. You know how they put those orange fences around trees they want to protect? Well, I bought the same fences, but green, not orange. I first had fishing line over the top, but the heron still got in, so I finally put that green weedeater line across the top in all directions. Doesn't look as nice as a regular pond, but I have my koi.
Do the fish like getting pet?
I loved ur video .. thank u so much.. I know this as nothing to do with but I was hoping u could help me with a question.. I bough 2 4 inch koys about a month ago but since I put them in the pond I have no seen them.. is that normal ? My other koys are all out and I'm using ur method to get them to eat from my hands.. im just worried about my 2 little babies .. I would love to see them.. I appreciate any advice or reply in advance.. thank U.. by the way U have beautiful koys..
How many inches are tho? Most of my kou are 6 to 12 inches I only have one 12 inch
Does this work with smaller koi?
and to tame my baby goldfishes it took like 1 to 2 weeks for the bigger grown up goldfishes it took about 4 weeks everyday
Can koi smell food in my pond I want to give them a treat of meal worms
lol thats the same sound my sister makes 2hen she eats
The gray one that eats out of your fingers x
Thanks👑
what food do you use?
I had 5-6 koi for 5 years and but before I got to tame them they died my grandpa was mad the tank was not getting cleaned even tho the water is still clear so he tried cleaning it by grabbing a bucket full of water but what he didint know it was full of chlorine
pretty good video! i am at the start of my koi fish experience.
You know when you said that yours took like 5 years to eat out of your hand mine that I've had less than 6 months already do that and they're only babies ( 1 - 2 years old ) and they were really skittish at the mans house where we bought them from because he had loads of massive fish they could have been scared of them ? Yes I have 5 - 20" + koi but they aren't scared of them ?
nice koi fish
U guys it feels veey wierd omg i went to lb university and they had.a china garden and thdy had koi fish it was sawsome
that noise 😅😄😅😄😂😂
How many Koi do you have and how big is your pond?
Pond is 4000gal, 17 koi
Brads Greenhouse & Gardening cool thank you. You should do more in depth videos on your koi and pond/upkeep
Can they eat crushed acorn meat
Hey, is anyone really good at identifying koi?. The light orange koi with black markings on. It’s at the front on 3.06. I have one and can’t figure out the type
Brad, Thanks for share your tips and agreed with you that the KOI has personality and trust but you have be patient and very patient stay next to the pond. I have about 15 KOIs in first week about 8 days in my new 1800 Gallon POND they are very young baby. here my advise. Show up at the pond where you're think you are gonna to feed them everyday just stay there 2-3 times a days for about 10-15 minutes. dont make sudden move, sit still read a book or brink beer and drop few pellets at a time they will come up surface and eat. my first 7 days trained my baby koi they are not scare and come up everytime I drop food. always drop food same spot and set time to feed them. myself I schedule feed them 7am and 7pm on summer time. Fall Season can set 8am and 5pm schedule. once Koi trusted you they will not run to hidden and scare you any more. Please be patient take time about 2-3 weeks and everyday show up and feed them same spot then KOI very happy to see you every time you show up at Pond.
Good advice thank you!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE ANIMALS!! When I grow up I want a koi pond and 3 dogs, a turtle and a hamster. I am think of maybe a bird too. And I want to work with animals
Very nice
Have u got a skimmer if your koi feed like that then the skimmer won’t get the food it is true though that because u have a chag they pick up better I’m only 10 but I’ve got a fish pond so I know I love it
I've heard that size of koi can up to be 1000 dollars.
P.s. where did you buy them
These guys came from local stores. A few of our favs came from West coast Koi here on the island.
I know it’s late but someone paid 2m and someone else paid 2and a half k but they fried it like... who does that
Koi fish💕💕❤
My brother literally bought me 10 koi fish o.o and I'm only 11. Im scared... I really need a big tank....
You need a pond not a tank or big area tank
Yeah I'll try :D
How do they taste?
Please go away
WolfGirlGreenStar You summoned me from 3 months ago to tell me to go away. You do realize that don't you?
***** yes so what?
My goldfish are so scared after a heron eat 2 of them 6 months ago. Unfortunately they are still scared,
Can I put a koi fish with my red ear slider turtle?
Danny Reyes the turtle will eat small fish but be fine with big fish
Danny Reyes they will still bit your fish fins, time to time. so not recommended.
thanks