May pond and fish pictures

My favorite pond side plant- GLADIOLAS! These are planted in the dirt, just outside of the small stream run.

Red dragon (large red koi with white fins) is always in the feeding frenzy eager to vacumn up food! Should have named him HOOVER ;)

Loved this picture with the white OGON KOI hovering above JOE BLACK. JOE BLACK is a fish that is the result of what can happen when KOI and GOLDFISH interbreed. The result is called a MULE FISH. MULE FISH often have a mixture of both parents when it comes to physical traits but carry over none of the pretty color or scalation.

This fish (JOE BLACK) Has tiny barbels, not as long as a true koi, he has a V-cut tail .. elongated more than a koi but more like a goldfish.

Has paddle fins, not like a koi more like a goldfish, is completely black .. with tiny scales almost giving the appearence of slick skin like a catfish!??!!

Here you can see those PADDLE FINS on JOE BLACK.

Big 18inch longfin orange and black speckle koi that was a cull from Johns pond. Did not have the heart to cull him a 2nd time ;) The smaller orange fish beside him to the right is a fish I bought off EBAY!

How in the world these koi know there are pellets on top of the lilly pads... I DUNNO ?!?! There is one YELLOW OGON that has learned to launch herself on top to knock off the pellets. She has no fear of being out of the water if it means more food ;)

Fishy faces.

The calm after the storm. Shubunkin goldfish and kuhaku koi buddy.

One of the many large red dragonflies that finds it's preferred lofty perch above the pond on a gladiola spike.

Little computer enhancement through Photoshop to make this picture look like an oil painting.

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~Carlos Flannery