Has anyone heard of a coil fish?

[Jemerald]

Hey Everyone,

theres a lady at my work selling a 55 gal set up. she says theres a white coil fish in it. I tried googleing coil fish and came up with only koi fish. From the picture the fish is all white and only about 2-3" long. Any ideas?

[Sarkazmo]

Share the pic so we can make educated guesses?

Sark

[Jemerald]

This is the pic from the ad.

[HorrorShowRot]

Ask for a close up of the fish i can barely see it

[Jemerald]

I wrote her an e-mail for a close up shot. I'll post it if i get one.

[Sarkazmo]

Looks like a lonely fish :(

Sorta does look like a Koi though.

Sark

[rich311k]

I wonder if the owner just spelled or missunderstood koi. It does kind of look like one.

[Jemerald]

Thanks everyone for your help, the lady just wrote back and said it is infact a koi. So now that i know that, any advice on how big this guy can get? I was hoping to merge the tanks. so i would be adding 1 betta, 5 zebra danios and some snails. any advice?

[Sarkazmo]

He'll eventually outgrow that tank. Koi get HUGE and need a pond.

Sark

[rich311k]

Koi get 2-3 feet or more. They are a pond fish. Most LFS would probably take it for trade though.