Yes all I have ever bought I would guess would be carpagoi I am not up on the Japanesse names for the different colors I have an all yellow metalic, an all orange, an orange with black, a murky white one with orange on the sides and bluish color on the top, and the one that was sick is whitish yellow with the edges of its large scales deep grey/blue. We picked them just because they looked neat and I am sure are carpagoi since none of them were more than 25 dollars.
I had already bought all the stuff for to add an above ground portion to the pond that is planned to pour into the lower portion so I will go ahead and do that since its already paid for
The question is would it be better to keep the koi in the in ground portion ( 6 x 7 x 2) and move all the plants to the upper or make the upper portion deeper (4 x 6 x 4) and move the fish to it even though there will be a little less area for the to move about?
The upper area will have more water in it but if all the water is the same would it matter?
I guess my final desision will be to keep what I have in the way of fish and work with the setup I do have and gain knowledge from reading and learning until I have the ability to go all out and start looking to the big time. I will not buy anymore fish of course since that is just setting the rest up for a harder time.
I think of it this way it will be a challenge and if I can keep them alive with the undoubtably poor setup I have I should be able to learn all about fixing the constant problems I will have with water quality and be able to apply it later. I have already fought bloat, fish lice, cats, lbait minnows (neighbor thought that keeping his minnows in my pond between fishing trips would be a great way to save money don't worry I cussed him
so I figure when/if I encounter those things again I will have a jump on them.