butterfly koi?

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Hi, I bought these 2 fishes in petsmart. I want to know if they are butterfly koi or not. petsmart told me that they are. if they are how fast do they grow?
 

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Pretty fish, no clue on butterfly or not the koi keepers will chime in.

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lol the first one is also the last one, just a different view.
I will put up a different picture so you can see the tail fin from the orange fish.
They are koi - two are definitely butterfly. Not sure about the first one.

I absolutely hate that PetSmart sells these fish out of aquariums. Those fish will grow to anywhere from 18-30 inches long, very quickly.
lol. only 2 fish. the first picture is the same fish in the third picture.
 

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They will get huge and are more sensitive than goldfish to water quality. Pet smart should not even be selling them, but I guess it’s like the old goldfish bowl, just buy more when they die in 6 months to a year. I’d return them and get 2 or 3 goldfish, either shubunkin or comets. If your pond is new the koi may not even survive the 6 to 8 weeks it will take to establish the nitrification cycle.
 
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here are more pictures of the same 2 fish. wonder if they are butterfly Koi or not?. I was told by petsmart when I bought them that they are butterfly Koi. also want to know if they are the butterfly Koi, how big these ones I have will grow up to.?
 

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They will get huge and are more sensitive than goldfish to water quality. Pet smart should not even be selling them, but I guess it’s like the old goldfish bowl, just buy more when they die in 6 months to a year. I’d return them and get 2 or 3 goldfish, either shubunkin or comets. If your pond is new the koi may not even survive the 6 to 8 weeks it will take to establish the nitrification cycle.
I just posted more pictures on here in the comments. I got them on February this year. they were like 2 1/2 inches. now they are about 4 inches.
 

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They do look like butterfly koi — pretty ones, too. But I’m sure you’ve already picked up that koi need a lot of space, as in 1000 gallons for the first fish, then add 250-300 gallons (or so) for each additional fish. Not only space, but good filtration.
 

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