Japanese Koi Fish

Your guide to the different varieties and appreciation of these wonderful fish!

Chris on Koi | Glossary | Varieties & Appreciation | Koi Shows & Judges | Koi Breeders

This website is dedicated to helping you understand the different varieties of Koi as well as on how to keep them

   Pond Dynamics Intro - Water

   Pond Dynamics - Oxygen

   Pond Dynamics - pH

   Pond Dynamics - Temperature

   Pond Dynamics - Ammonia

   Pond Dynamics - Fish & Man

   Sand Filters - Intro

   Sand Filters - Flow rates

   Sand Filters - Conclusions

   Pond Depth - Myths

   Pond Depth - Facts

   Water Temperature and Koi

   Montmorillonite Clay and Koi

Koi Varieties

Go Sanke Varietals

   Kohaku

   Sanke

   Showa

The rest

   Asagi

   Goromo/Koromo

Glossary of Japanese Koi Terms

Koi Shows

   Kate Mc Gill on Koi Shows

   Kate McGill & Koi Show Judges

   Kate McGill - as a Koi Show Judge

Koi Appreciation

   What makes a serious Koi serious

   Appreciation for the Koi owner

Koi Breeders

    Takeda (Yamatake Koi Farm)

Keeping Koi

    Happy Koi Website

Kohaku

Kohaku are arguably one of the favourite if not the most popular Koi kept in the hobby today. The very reason for this is not hard to fathom - a good quality Kohaku with crisp clean red (hi) patterns on a snow white body background makes for a stunning sight, and unusual for any fish.

Kohaku essentially are white fish with red colourings. There are many variations of Kohaku and these are characterised by their different body patterns. These variations are considerable and literally each Koi is unique. Patterns serve as fingerprints on Kohaku and although there are many appreciated patterns there are a few guidelines as to what one can or should expect from a top quality Kohaku.

More on Kohaku...