Koi Fish – How Big Do Koi Grow Depends On Size of Pond | Koi Fish Care Information
People often ask and wonder about the size of koi fish and how big koi grow. The answer is really not a definite size as there are many factors that influence the size of koi and how big they will become.
First of all, if you are growing koi fish in an aquarium, they will only grow to the size of their environment. When I say this it doesn’t mean that if your tank is a foot long, your koi will grow to be a foot long as well. Picture that, it would look pretty sad, your koi wouldn’t even be able to really turn in the aquarium. What I mean by this, is that it will only grow to the potential of its environment. What happens with growing koi fish in an aquarium it stunts their growth. So your koi won’t grow to be as big as they should. The environment plays a big part on the growth of your koi.
Second thing that plays a huge impact on the size of koi fish is nutrition. Are your koi getting the best nutrition they can be getting? Also how often they are being fed as well determines the size of koi.
When koi fish have a large environment to grow in such as a koi fish pond and the proper nutrition, koi can grow to be quite large. I would say koi generally grow to be about 15-24″ long but koi can grow to be larger as well. Factors include nutrition, what your feeding them and the size of your koi fish pond. If you have a large pond and its deep as well I wouldn’t be surprised of your koi growing larger. There are many ways to increasing the size of koi and improving koi fish colours as well which I will talk more about later.
Here is something I want to share with everyone. People are always interested in the size of koi, well you need to see this. Check out this picture below of a koi fish that I seen, it’s truly remarkable.
Look at the size of that Kohaku koi that he is carrying. That’s huge! If you look at his face it looks like it weighs quite a bit as well. Koi fish can grow very big, this koi is a prime example of why growing koi fish in mud ponds works so well.
Check out the size and width of this koi. The width is twice the size of his forearm. You can tell by the size that these koi fish were well fed in the mud pond.
