Question about my KOI!!!!!

[Rip Fantom]

I have 10 koi and 2 comets. 6 of my koi are 8-12" and the last few years 2 or 3 of them have extra tissue growing around their nose holes. I thought nothing of it, but on one of the koi, the tissue is rather large, maybe 1/4" from the face.

Is this normal? Should I be alarmed. 8O

-Ripley

 

[RogerMcAllen]

Tissue like tumor, or tissue like whisker?

 

[Rip Fantom]

The tissue is more like thin flaps of skin. Thin like the tails on a butterfly koi, but located around the nose holes. Not where the whiskers are.

-Rip

 

[ReefNooB]

This post may be a little late, but that is common dont worry about it. It is just part of the nostril. Some koi have it some dont... i guess it depends on the breeding. It is really common among Goldfish.