Koi (and Other Ornamental Fish)

My dad has a koi pond in his front yard, so every time I visit, I like to go outside and play with the fish. There are a whole bunch of them, and most of them are very colorful, so I think it's fun to look at.

Have you ever been to a fish pond or anywhere else to see some of these colorful fish? Have you dipped your finger in the water to see if the fish will try to eat it as if it's food? (It's a strange sensation, let me tell you.) Or is the only place you want to see a fish on your dinner plate?

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I love koi! They're sooo pretty. I used to go to the petstore all the time when I lived in Arizona and sit and watch them swim. My next door neighbor has a koi pond in his front yard and I want to go watch them but I don't want to weird him out by going on his property and hunching over his pond to watch his fish. I would never dip my finger in a koi pond. I might not get it back!

I used to have "fancy goldfish" like the ones below. I guess they kindof count as ornamental? Maybe?

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I named the recap John Wayne Gacyfish because he looked like a fish clown to me. The black one's name I don't remember, but he was a little bitch and started aggressively harassing all of my other fish.

When I was in Vietnam, on our way back to Sai Gon from Da Lat, we stopped at some garden. They had a fish pond. We stood near it:

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Then we bought some food, and threw it in. Moments later:

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I wanted to stick my hand in to see what'd happen, but honestly I was scared troutless by how ravenous they seemed.

The oldest Koi fish reached an age of 226 :D

I love fish. Both to eat and to keep. I worked at a pet store for a long time and my job there was basically being a tropical fish expert. I learned so much and it gave me an "aqua thumb", of sorts, so now all fish under my care stay alive for years :)

Goldfish and koi I'm rather eh on because they're filthy and require a lot more room than most people give them. Tropical fish for life. Let's go Team Cichlid, Team Gourami, Team Livebearers and so forth. Speaking of Livebearers, Mollies love to nibble your fingers the way you mentioned and it's adorable.

I like to pet my goldfishes.

TEAM GOURAMI AAAAAAAH

I would like to eat a Gourami. They sound Gouramet!


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Another one: Team Cory Catfish. Cutest fish.

Look at this, this is adorable

http://www.aquabotanic.com/wp-conten.../Corydoras.jpg

It's the kind I have :jess:

Never been one for fish, really. I had a cat named Koi once though, does that count?

Once Upon A Time, I had a beta fish in 1st grade. I'd gotten it for my birthday... It died. I fed it to my brother's cat. The End.

I'm not a huge fish person. They're just boring and a lot of work if you have one indoors as a pet or whatever. That's just me, though.

An old friend of the family on my dad's side (whom I called "uncle" growing up) had a fish pond like that on the back of his very nice property. Otherwise, I've never been a big fish person, at least for pets.

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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg...q3vgo1_500.jpgI named the recap John Wayne Gacyfish because he looked like a fish clown to me.

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That is no clown. That fish is French.

I'm not a huge fan of fish as a pet; I see them more as decorative items.

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Another one: Team Cory Catfish. Cutest fish.

Look at this, this is adorable

http://www.aquabotanic.com/wp-conten.../Corydoras.jpg

It's the kind I have :jess:

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Oh my god I had a little shoal of emerald cory cats ;________________________________;

Damn it, Pikey, you stop it right now! I want to go get another aquarium right now :(

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bwahahaha

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.....Mostly just seen them in Chinese restaurants but I think a friend of mine had a few of'em in his pond (used to live two doors down from him too).

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Well, since you asked!

Kishi and I went to the Aquarium of the Pacfiic about a month ago and it was so much fun !_!

We saw Penglins
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Crabs
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Jellies
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PG's lunch
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And got our fingers cleaned!
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If any of you get the opportunity to touch a manta ray, do it! They feel so amazing!
I also have a great video of an octopus coming out of his home and preening all over the tank, but hell if I can figure out how to get it off g+

I have a pet betta fish named Freddy Mercury.

The term ornamental fish tickles me.

Koi fish are pleasant to watch. We have a big ole pond outside work with a few of them in, plus some goldfish and probably others. It's pretty nice.

We once had a koi. Its name was Picasso, and it was clinically insane. I saved his life on three separate occasions - the most memorable of which being when he tried to SWALLOW ANOTHER FISH WHOLE and choked on it. I had to stick my fingers down its throat and pull the other fish out.

Wait. Did the other fish survive??

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Wait. Did the other fish survive??

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Nope. DOE.

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I love fish. Both to eat and to keep. I worked at a pet store for a long time and my job there was basically being a tropical fish expert. I learned so much and it gave me an "aqua thumb", of sorts, so now all fish under my care stay alive for years :)

Goldfish and koi I'm rather eh on because they're filthy and require a lot more room than most people give them. Tropical fish for life. Let's go Team Cichlid, Team Gourami, Team Livebearers and so forth. Speaking of Livebearers, Mollies love to nibble your fingers the way you mentioned and it's adorable.

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Go team Malawi Cichlids! :p


I agree with pike on the gf and koi. too messy for how not so cool compared to other fish they are :p

these are the fish I currently keep:

Copadichromis borleyi (red fin borleyi)
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Placidchromis milomo (VC-10)
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Nimbochromis Venustus
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Sciaenochromis ahli (blue ahli)
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Cyrtocara moorii (Blue Dolphin)
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Protomelas taeniolatus (Red Empress)
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Aulonocara Cross (Dragon Blood)
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I used to live across from a botanical gardens that had a Koi Pond in it. I was always terrified of how big the fishes were...