Sorry Sue but I really dislike them to be honest. They are nothing more than Fancy carp in my opinion and in much the same way that I detest Bubble eye goldfish and similar genetic freaks, I detest Butterfly Koi too.
The reason I dislike then so much is that ultimately, they could damage the hobby. There is already presure to allow these things into shows and becuase they are a lot cheaper than Nishikigoi, breeders, who are largely driven by market forces, could turn their attention to breeding them instead. If enough people decide they like them, demand for Butterfly Koi could well exceed demand for quality Nishikigoi and where would that leave the rest of us?
If folks like then then fine and they are perfectly suitable for Garden ponds but have no place in a Koi pond in my opinion.
Rant over. Back to the original question.
They do well in any well filtered Koi pond and are not really any more difficult to keep than "Proper" Koi.
Alan
Posted on Jun 22, 2005, 11:10 AM from IP address 213.120.101.21