Water Gardening: different kinds of koi? , 1 by shortleaf

shortleaf wrote:
That is nice Hoosier, the possibilities and ideas here are endless! My Grandmother had "Comet" goldfish, feeder goldfish and Koi. The Koi wouldn't overwinter unless the pond was heated. The goldfish (all kinds that she had) would overwinter fine, but the surface needed a floating heater to keep the surface from freezing up.
Feeder goldfish are good to keep down the mosquito larvae and bug larvae if there is any. Well, I think any fish would be good for that, but feeder goldies are real cheap. And koi are expensive! My grandmother had some for years, they had grown to be very big, they were around 2 feet long, but they started diappearing when they got huge. We never knew how they vanished, maybe critters or maybe an enterprising human..lol I saw the prices when they got that large, it was nearly a thousand dollars apiece.
Unfortunately the fish liked to take bites of roots of plants as well, I don't think they must've tasted good or something because they never did any real damage from what I remember..lol
Its kind of a sticky situation it seems, water plants like unmoving water I read, but if its stagnant then you have mosquitos, whats a circus clown to do!
Koi anybody? This is a photo from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. They have feed dispensers like those bubble-gum machines, there is always like 200 people feeding them.