“Hi Al ,
Well Model railways sort of get put on the back shelf during the summer months, for one its too warm in the loft , and the other is I do have a passion for colour in my garden and keeping Koi Carp.
Koi I have kept for nearly 40 years now, the latest pond I built some 14 years ago when I moved here to the East Coast, and a few of the Koi are now about 14/16 years of age, along with some smaller ones I added about 4 years ago.
They can live to be 60 years and more. There are some beautiful colours, but these days to buy Japanese top quality you will pay a fortune, mine are mainly Israeli, but do have 2 in there that are Japanese.
When I first started you could buy a good quality Japanese at say 10” for about £45 /£50… these days you would be paying £500, hence more have turned to Israeli which are as much as half the price…. makes Model Railways look less expensive
Regards
Dave”
A huge thanks to Dave for sharing his other hobby with us.
His garden is a delight – what a wonderful place to sit and watch the Koi.
Please do leave a comment below and share your thoughts.
Best
Al
Dave do you ever stop?!?
Beautiful. We filled ours in because of upkeep but my wife has an aquarium full of fish and live plants she loves .
very nice
bob from florida
When the koi come to the surface with their mouths open, are they starving for oxygen? They seem to be asking for something. Do they do this when you feed them and now that they see someone do they just come to the surface and “beg”?