Fish Selection | Choosing Young Koi Fish for Your Pond - Part 1

Selecting young koi is possibly one of the most rewarding parts of fish keeping. Learn what to look for in a healthy well balanced specimen, explained by expert Shawn McHenry. You're going to want to head out to the Koi-shop and select young koi fish with your new found knowledge after this video series.

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Our tutorial video series is designed to Educate, Inspire, and showcase the beauty, art, and history of Japanese koi.
World Renowned Koi Expert Shawn McHenry offers us a very special insight to the discussions including behind the scenes stories from his trips to Japan to acquire rare and unusual fish for his clients.
We gain the most incredible insight from Shawn's experience, his warm personality, and his ever changing collection of beautiful fish he brings in for sale.

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[daelimborger]

After watching this video like ten times, I would love a new series of selecting new young koi!

[AnnamatopoeiaArt]

Man I love koi! They are such beautiful fish. When I get older you can bet I'm having koi.

[robertosrooftopbirdwatchin]

Truly are beautiful Jewels Koi, Watz up from Brooklyn NYC

[NolanRMcEachern]

my favorite 3 videos on YouTube are this one part two and three. great advice.

[waynecarlson]

Great videos not sure if I should buy 30 small and let grow or 10 largerat the start

[maileen]

shout out to butter cup and all the other buttercups in the world. a first fish is something that isn't easily forgotten

[ThePondDigger]

Check out our new Koi FIsh Selection video we uploaded on YouTube! You're gonna love the underwater footage we captured with our GoPro! Part 1 of 3

[dpistone]

Thanks for the great video on the basics of picking a Koi.

[mattgoodwin]

Thanks for the advice love the videos mate keep them coming

[dddgaming]

This was very helpful and I will use these tips next time I pick a koi.
Thanks for sharing!

[slstats]

Thank you❤️😇
I'm from Sri Lanka❤️😇

[Ryan-ztiq]

i always look at the vids just to look at the fish

[TheBarefootedGardener]

How big does your pond have to be to keep koi? My pond is roughly 300 gallons. I've heard you need 100 gallons per fish?

[punisher]

Enjoy looking at Koi they are great fish

[ashleighdavis]

the yellow one that comes in at the bottom of the screen at exactly 5:00 with the black back... garenteed that one would win a show :P

[avinashganapa]

Im from India  i love your video and the knowledge you share.. im not rich to get my self a pond  so the question is how many small koi can i put  in a 250 gallon  barrel? please help :D 

[giobelkoicentercom]

Beautiful koi fish how big is your koi pond?

[chilman]

Hi I was looking at fish and had seen one with an eye missing and asked if I could by it and they would not lat me they put it in a net and but it separately I whish I had just taken it or gon back a week later to see if it was still there

[hubalahu]

How I pick koi
1. NO shoulder hump
2. nice pattern

[ghosttype]

ive been keeping aquarium goldfish for 6 years now (im still in my 20's!) and my oldest will be 5 this fall... but i definitely think i'm being converted to outdoor koi from all these videos.... it's my goal one day to have an accomplished pond as well!