I love these beautiful fish, they’re amongst my favourites. The staff at “Aquatic Habitat” were kind enough to allow me to take a couple of photographs of their own Koi, some of which are worth hundreds of pounds (I actually know someone who lives in the Cotswolds who hired his own jet to return from Japan a few years back complete with a very special Koi Carp to add to his collection. He wouldn’t let on how much he’d paid for the fish itself, but rumours were rife at the time that it was somewhere in the region of ‘50,000!). Meanwhile, I’ve often shopped at “Aquatic Habitat” and once bought a blind Bubble-Eye Goldfish there for ‘3.99 (don’t ask)! My daughter used to call the place “Ecstatic Tabbycat” when she was little….In fact, she still does! It’s situated on the old Cheltenham/Stroud road out towards Prinknash Abbey.