Grandmas 38 year old koi
Just wanted to share two special koi in my life. These two are the only ones who survived when the city started putting chloramines in the water about 15 years ago. This is In a courtyard off her bathroom, you can take a bath in an old clawfoot and see the pond, it’s awesome. She has a simple bog filter with parlor palm growing out of it. I know they aren’t really fancy koi but my grandparents got them when they moved into the house in 1988, when I was 2. I grew up feeding these fish and just relaxing by the pond, and hanging out with “Grampy” while he did maintenance and I probably fed them too much lol. My grandpa was primary caretaker of the pond for years, but he passed away 5 years ago , and she’s going to be 90 in a few months, maybe wants to give them away, but always goes back and forth.
How old do they get generally?