Definition of continuance for English Language Learners. : 1  the act of continuing for a long period of time. : 2  the period of time when something continues. 3  law : a legal decision that a court case will continue at a later date.
Some years they spawn once or twice in spring. Some years they spawn on and off all summer. One year none of them spawned that we know of. I think that was the year 2002. My koi do not eat their fry and now that they're getting large they ignore most of the eggs as well.
Though the average specimen in captivity might live 25 or 35 years, an old koi named Hanako, from Mino province in Japan, has been shown to be over 215 years old based on analysis of her scales, and other 100+ year old fish are known from the same pond. Koi, like wild carp, can grow to 36 or more under perfect conditions.