White Ghost Butterfly Koi
So a full grown butterfly koi looks like a long slinky dragon moving through the water.
White ghost butterfly koi. They come in various colors like traditional koi. These fish are all one color and reflect light creating a hauntingly beautiful illusion as they glide through the tank. Their barbels whiskers even grow long and can fork into elaborate designs.
Butterfly koi hikarimoyo imported koi koi fish for sale single koi yamato nishiki. 12 inches plus 8 to 12 inches less than 8 inches. Learn more about ghost koi.
But although the ghost koi will not magically appear in your koi pond in the dead of night and give the rest of your koi fishes a heart attack this breed is actually pretty. It is definitely important to note that some traditional koi keepers out there actually reject the idea of butterfly koi. 1 koi ich small hard white spots ich presents as white small spots over the body of the fish which look like grains of sand.
Black blue brown copper gray orange red silver white yellow. This stubborn parasite is a particular nuisance for both fresh water and salt water fish and can be difficult to treat due to its very. The ghost koi fish has gained popularity in recent years but many koi enthusiasts do not even recognize them as true koi fish they refer to them as ghost carp instead.
Add to cart quick view. Large butterfly koi with perfect finnage are fairly rare. If you came here expecting to read about something supernatural then i hate to break this to you the ghost koi is just another variant of koi.
5 5 imported yamato nishiki butterfly koi 85 00. Blue ridge koi 27. The reason for this is because ghost koi first came about when a mirror carp was breed with a metallic ogon koi which makes them less domesticated than other koi.
Or ich for short. The offspring from a cross of a metallic koi and a wild dark colored carp are known as ghost koi. The images below show groups of fish selected to fill recent orders.
Contrary to some beliefs butterfly koi are extremely hardy and resilient in normal koi ponds year round. The majority of butterfly koi produced commercially around world today. Notably the most striking areas of a ghost koi are the metallic head and flashy pectoral fins that glimmer in the sunlight and disappear into the depths of a dark pond like a ghost hence the name.
Some may be orange yellow white or may come in various color combinations. Informally and within koi breeding ogon is used to refer to an entire group of metallic single colored koi fish in the hikarimuji classification including the white ghost koi golden koi and platinum koi colorations. One of the more common causes of white spot symptoms in koi is the parasite ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
Butterfly koi of good quality are more difficult to produce and thus command higher prices.
