General Koi Photos From Our Ponds

Directly below is a general shot of our 6000 gallon koi pond. This pond has been here for 22 years and is over stocked. If I had half the fish in it, they would grow larger. As it is the largest are about 28 inches long.

Mistress is her name because she has had several partners and she is about 18 inches long. This butterfly koi is the female that I have bred for about ten years. I usually mate her with Andy who I will show on another photo. Andy has big bushy eyebrows like Andy Rooney and is the son of the Original Andy who happened to be female. 

In 2006, I wrote and article for Pond Keeper Magazine which is now called Pond and Garden Lifestyles. The article was published, and I included the photos posted below. Please refer to this link if you would like to read the entire article. The koi below is called Mistress, as mentioned above, and she is the female that I mate to every year for the past ten or so years. Her primary mate is Andy, who with the large eyebrows, is named for Andy Rooney. Andy’s photo is below also.