If you have built yourself a koi pond, you are going to have to familiarize yourself with all the fish pond supplies you need to get it running and well maintained. You will also have to find out all you can about stocking koi fish ponds.

Koi are incredible fish, and people who keep them rarely give them up. Many say that they are addictive. Certainly, of all the pond fish there are, koi are the most fascinating. They are beautifully colorful and amazingly inquisitive. They respond to humans and will always come to investigate if people are at the side of the pond admiring them. In time they become incredibly tame, and will eventually eat out of your hand.

Koi are a type of carp that originated in Japan. In relatively recent years they have been developed by a process of selective breeding and now there are patterns and colors that can earn breeders a small fortune. For example: