giant butterfly koi

saltymom

saltymom

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I have a huge 16 inch butterfly koi in my outside fish pond. Ive had him for years and years.. Last summer we had a tarpin show up in there...he ate this kois tail off, almost to his body before we caught it and got it out.
I brought the fish inside and treated it with antiboitics got it feeling better, then released it back into the pond for the winter..but, Now its spring, but it doesnt look like the kois tail is growing back at all.
Does anyone think it will come back or is my beauty scarred for life?
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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sorry about your koi
butterflies are one of my favorite fish, when they get big they are absolutely gorgeous. Anyone in the cincy area needs to visit the krohn conservatory. they've got this GIANT pure white butterfly koi. it looks like a chinese dragon.
anyway, about the fins.. don't fishes fins always grow back?
 
saltymom

saltymom

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I guess Im talking about a slider<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_143.gif' alt='Turtle' border=0></a> turtle...not a tarpon fish... I thought those turtles were called tarpIn ...I was wrong! But, I know Ive heard people call them that around here? Oh well...
That thing ate my fishes tail off! I dont know if will grow back or not, Kitty, I hope you are right..and it will...so far it doesnt look like it is growing. It looks healed, but stubby! LOL
Ill have to try to get sum pics of them. Ive got one butterfly in there that is white and black its really pretty, his fins are beautiful.
Heres what that stupid TURTLE looked like.
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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yuck
red eared sliders are nasty. they ARE also called tarpins, you're not wrong there. those guys are notorious for biting anything and everything.
hope yer little guy's tail grows back! how big is he?
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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ah, here we go, I found some pics of the monster on the net:
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<IMG SRC="http://www.evensens.net/krohn2001/05011611.jpg">
 
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