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The two most commonly kept fish types in garden ponds are Goldfish and Koi. Koi fish need bigger ponds than goldfish. Look at the picture to the left, can you pick out the goldfish and the koi fish

Koi Fish

Koi are not big golfish. The goldfish is a distant cousin to Koi. The Japanese name for Koi is Nishikigoi. Nishikigoi were developed by the Japanese over 200 years ago.	The average Koi can grow to 24 - 36 inches! The size of the pond and feeding methods will affect the growth of the fish. It is not uncommon for a small Koi to grow 2 - 4 inches a year in a backyard pond.
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Koi Fish

Koi are not big golfish. The goldfish is a distant cousin to Koi.

The Japanese name for Koi is Nishikigoi. Nishikigoi were developed by the Japanese over 200 years ago.

The average Koi can grow to 24 - 36 inches! The size of the pond and feeding methods will affect the growth of the fish.

It is not uncommon for a small Koi to grow 2 - 4 inches a year in a backyard pond.

Goldfish
	The goldfish was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated and is one of the most commonly kept fish. The goldfish is a domesticated version of a dark-gray/brown carp from East Asia. Goldfish can grow to a maximum length of 23 inches. The word for a group of goldfish is a troubling.

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Goldfish

The goldfish was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated and is one of the most commonly kept fish. The goldfish is a domesticated version of a dark-gray/brown carp from East Asia.

Goldfish can grow to a maximum length of 23 inches. The word for a group of goldfish is a troubling.