Taking care of Koi fish can be such a relaxing and rewarding hobby. The fish itself is very easy to take care of. Diet is not a big issue since the Koi is a veritable omnivore. It will eat a Twinkie if you give it some – not that we recommend it though.
When you decide to keep Koi fish as pets, you must learn a few very basic and vital things about Koi care. Proper nutrition and water quality are the two deciding factors that you have to look at while thinking about Koi care. Koi fishes are hardy specimens of fish and they can live for long periods of time, sometimes for more than 200 years though the average life span is around 25 to 35 years.
Today, the popularity of Koi ponds are on the rise, with obvious reasons: everybody would want to have living creatures as part of their own garden. But keep in mind that taking care of your pets and keeping them should not be taken for granted. Like any other animal out there, they always require time and money for it to be maintained.
We all know that fish get their oxygen from water. They inhale water through their mouth and gill slits where the oxygen is absorbed through the gill fibers. Making sure about the quality of the water in your Koi pond therefore cannot be stressed enough. Japanese carp, like their ancestors the ordinary carp are a hardy species which can survive in relatively dirty water.
