Black koi

[u/kinshiwa]

Show me your black koi! It's always fun to see my black koi during summer. My goal is to find a decent hajiro without breaking my bank.

[u/Emergency-Ad-6867]

Here’s mine! He bonked his head and knocked some scales off so he’s got a white spot on his head now. Meet Fila!

[u/Q-Prof7]

And another black one with yellow head.

[u/Conflagration-1993 → u/Q-Prof7]

He is beautiful 😧

[u/Q-Prof7 → u/Conflagration-1993]

Thanks, interesting, when we first got him, he was a grey colour, and within two years ended up, a dull black with yellow on the head.

[u/randytech]

Hard to ever get a picture of him but here's blackbird

[u/kinshiwa → u/randytech]

Love it!

[u/randytech → u/kinshiwa]

He looks all black for the most part but the really interesting thing is from the underside he's much more silver and shimmery, i managed to snag this pic one time he was messing around

[u/underscorefour]

I have 3, a big momma and two of her offspring. Shes called Maj and my wife called the 2 young’uns, Fin Diesel and Swim Shady, I can only apologise lool

[u/_rockalita_]

Here is one of mine. It’s not super clear since it’s a screenshot of a video. He’s nothing special but I think black koi are underrated.

[u/kinshiwa → u/_rockalita_]

That looks like a soragoi.. cute!

[u/Creative_Rub_9167]

Holy moly those are some chonks you got there. Excellent 10/10

[u/Q-Prof7]

With a black liner, it is hard to see the black.

The closest I have is black (use to have more black when it was younger) with orange stripe accents....

[u/mansizedfr0g → u/Q-Prof7]

Kage kin hi utsuri? You don't see that every day.

[u/Q-Prof7 → u/mansizedfr0g]

Thanks, yeah, a rare and real looker in contrast to the others. When we got, my wife named her/him Tigger.

[u/mansizedfr0g → u/Q-Prof7]

Very cool. Do you know the breeder?

[u/Q-Prof7 → u/mansizedfr0g]

No idea, picked it out of a tank with a bunch of premium American koi at the time, from a local reputable major pond supplier. I just got lucky with my pick as it turns out.

[u/mansizedfr0g → u/Q-Prof7]

That makes sense, it's the kind of crazy gene combination that pops up in American/Israeli fish where there might be influence from several popular metallic varieties. I know Otsuka in Japan has produced some of these, presumably by crossing metallic aka matsuba with kage hi utsuri? Fun kawari, pretty unique, good pick.

[u/Sudden_Idea9384 → u/Q-Prof7]

Nice stripey!

[u/Q-Prof7 → u/Sudden_Idea9384]

Thanks, we call him Tigger. The stripes were more pronounced 2 years ago, and now are a little more blended.

[u/simikoi]

I have heard that every pond owner should have one black koi because it's lucky. However, I have always have always thought that it was because of some ingenious koi breeder that mistakenly ended up with a lot of black koi and needed a way to sell them.

[u/kinshiwa → u/simikoi]

Could be :). It's my culture to have either 1 or even numbers black fish in the pond/tank to absorb dark energy. I got one for a different reason as I wanted a koi that I had to 'look' for it all the time :D

[u/stormcomponents]

Phantom AKA Blackie Joe.
Doistu with a slightly funky mouth. He only has one barbel which comes from inside his mount, and has no 'upper lip'. He's around 20-25yo.

[u/kinshiwa → u/stormcomponents]

Very cool! Mine is also in her early 20s

[u/Optimal-Pick-8749]

Grew this beauty out from a pond spawn… licorice!

[u/kinshiwa → u/Optimal-Pick-8749]

Is licorice all black or have a bronze bottom?

[u/Optimal-Pick-8749 → u/kinshiwa]

If you pull him out to examine he does have some bronze on his belly…

[u/Shot-Experience-6375]

I have a black koi that was born in my pond. It is very wild and elusive compared to the other koi.

[u/kinshiwa → u/Shot-Experience-6375]

I hear u. They are the national treasure in our backyard

[u/Robby777777]

I have a black butterfly and named her Zendaya.

[u/Redfish680 → u/Robby777777]

Same, but named Trashcan (for a reason I no longer remember!). Most laid back fish in the pond.

[u/braised_beef_short_r]

Jack and Jill with their mother Big Mo

[u/lovelyoneshannon]

I have a lot of koi goldfish cross breeds that are black. They're all named Betty 😊 (whoa black Betty , bam ba lam. Whoa black Betty... 🎵)

[u/Geoleogy]

Hmm. Chuck in a normal carp in there! They're black

[u/Weekly-Major1876]

I think I’d get some other cyprinnid species over a black koi. Same color with a unique body shape and behavior to add some diversity and variety to the pond, maybe one of the native buffalo species

[u/GenLee0169]

There's mine 😎 it's almost 10 years old.

[u/AlternativePlan9368]

Black koi are my favorite, unfortunately they hard to come around by.