Hi everyone. I picked up a 13' Intex pool today for a serious backyard breeding this year. I have spent the last 3 years just learning koi fry development by raising flock spawn eggs. Its very hard to cull these as it's hard to know what to look for, however, I have learned the value of culling,...
With the recent acquisition of my Showa I am looking forward to trying my hand at breeding again....Large scale breeding didn't fair well on my first attempt a couple years back with my Oya Sanke and a male Doitsu Yamabuki and a Kohaku male.....I was going to go for Yellow Sanke...with a pinch of...
I had an idea to try to breed the "elusive ki shusui" in my new mud pond. I purchased my brood stock and after eight and a half months of quarantine in the basement for the winter, i liberated them in July into the freshly dug mud pond, spring-fed, about 400,000 gallons in full sun. The...
well I have a feamle Aka Sanke with good sumi ink black From Magnoy koi and a Doitsu male leather showa ,so should produce striped leathers and leather ,and scaled fry !. As the sanke line has Doitsu in it so so far the hatch rate has been good !. spawned at 78f in a tank 52inches x 24 x 24 inch...
Friends.. I have a bit of spare time to spawn my fish and already hatched yesterday The Parents are Female Ginrin Goromo Male - Kohaku, Doitsu Hariwake, Metalic Ochiba
:fish1: Just curious what is the best food for this age of koi?? I've been feeling them decap. brine shrimp eggs....and powered food every once in a while....should they be moving on to something else?? Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks!!
Hi well this is my new thread for 2013 and breeding my Ki shusui -aya wakabas line !so its now two years on and those little green fish have now become mature !. 2 YEARS OLD on the 1st of may 2013 at 6am GMT. LOL ! And as you can see I have a new Ki shusui fish house just for ki shusui !lol ...
What would I need to breed to try to produce a gin rin goshiki showa? Gin rin goshiki male to gin rin showa female? Female goshiki to gin rin showa male?
In the next week I will be moving to a house that I will be buying, so Ill be able to actually set everything up how I want it. Id like to start making pairs, like a male and female of a breed. The males and females will have their own pools so no surprise spawns but should I get just a pair or get...
My koi spawned and I wasnt too happy but got the eggs from the pool from my Ochiba and then my orange one gave her eggs very willingly into a bowl. Heres what Im wondering. My ochiba was being chased by 1)a really crappy asagi who lose his orange, 2) super bright yellow with white fins and 3)a...
I am just wondering if a Koi could reach 90cm in length when its parents were breed as it reach maturity in 40cm and still growing while the parents were breed from a 90cm Koi? Is the question clear enough?
breeding wild carp with koi breed a carp with a high qualty showa and i will have 100 pound high quality showas swiming around would that be possible wild carp gets huge
Thank you to Max and Wayne for inspired me to create my own Ki Shusui line.. I am still waiting on this "Mutated Shusui" to be shipped to me because I can't hold any longer my desire I borrowed a pregnant female shusui and a male Ki Matsuba from my friend. (picture below is not the real...
Okay 1. I have 3 fish that are breeding size. 2 Females (one very full of eggs) 1 male(I believe), is that a problem? 2. As far as telling the sex of the koi i was told to wrap them in a towel and flip them and look at the vent if its in its female and if its out its most likely a male but that...
Hello, I have some koi spawning in my ponds. I recently read in a book that koi fry when they first hatch,before free swimming, cannot withstand the water pressure in water deeper than 12". Can anyone confirm or disclaim this ? I don't want to lose all my fry to something so simple. All...
A friend of mine has been looking at getting rid of some of his pond mutts. How do you get a decent rate on shipping? The ones I bought a couple weeks ago was $35 but UPS quoted him $100 minimum to ship the same package:humble2:
Well the fat gal got help pushing her eggs out. Now a waiting game.
These are 2 weeks old today...
Hey all, New here but have been shadowing the forums for a bit. Anyways, my brother and my father have been looking to have a successful breeding season this year. We are very much amateur backyard breeders and have had 1 spawn 2 years ago. It was a flock spawn so obviously our fry ended up all...
Well here I have a pair of Beni Kumonryu to spawn this year !
Hi, Everyone. :yo: I have a pond in the middle of the front yard I call the Learning Curve Pond. It's about 110' long x 55' wide x average 10' deep. We reckon about 280,000 gallons +/-. The fish came from Kodama and other places and I just got what I liked. I guess I liked longfins, ginrin...
brushes are in, fingers crossed.
all identifications appreciated
My first attempt and not sure what is going on. I did about 150grams of eggs, soaked for an hour in water, tossed in a few cups of bleach I stirred it, watched and saw some orange and sinking eggs. My question is what is the stuff floating at the top that I skimmed off, eggs that need more time...
I just got home from work and went to clean filters / water change in ponds. QT / spawning pond was very scummy. Two big LF showa's spawned today. I was hoping to do a little work on that pond before the full moon next week. Sure hope fry like string algae! The algae is about 1/2 long loaded with...
:yahoo: The black and white is the koi that accidentally spawned. Pretty girl.....Let me know your thoughts on my koi! Be gentle....I love my babies!! :iamok:
I may sound like a dork asking this.....would putting snails or plecos in my fry tanks help keep it clean for the fry? Would the fry benefit any from this?? I normally put my plecos in the ponds for the summer and wasn't sure if I put baby plecos in the fry tanks if it would be beneficial? Any...
Hi, I am new to this forum and new to the whole "fry" experience. I have had a pond in my yard since moving into my home 4 years ago. Needless to say having Koi in my life is a new fascination. For the first time 9 days ago, I witnessed the spawning...I collected a few eggs from two leaves...
Dear all home breeder.. Would you please be so kind and share your home breeding facility in pictures? and also the filtration, aerator, food for Babies and other home breeding stuffs.. I will start with mine.. this is my home breeding pond.. it is a Vat Ponds. 4x3x1m.. the picture is...
I was able to catch my female in time and did this breeding. I have a blue female and red male, not quite sure the exact names of the them besides Shusui. The fry are just starting to hatch tonight. Since this is a single breed set, what colors should I keep and what colors should I cull? Thanks
How do I know when my koi are ready to spawn? I have two females and three males, all 15 inches or larger. One of my females is getting fat, but the other one isn't as much. I haven't separated my breeding pairs yet, they're all still in the pond together, but I do have a smaller pond set up for...
Guys I would like to make a complete thread on how to "home-breeding" for beginners.. So I will need all your help, info, suggestion and pictures.. and please let me know If the info is wrong or fault so I could edited to make it Better Allow me to copy paste pictures and words.. I will put...
I was just lucky enough this year that one of my female koi decided to spawn on my homemade spawning mop rather than on the hyacthins roots like she normally does. I have a pond setup in my basement specifically for housing the baby koi until they are of size to sell. They are in a 6'X8' pond that...
we had a huge spawn and pulled a few babies out before they we're eaten or sucked into the filters. We put them in a small fish bowl with an air stone but, when and what do we feed them. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
Whew...so excited, had to share with fellow koi-fanatics!! Last week my mom's koi spawned on floating hyacinths. I put the plants in her bog area for the eggs to hatch. However, the weather got really cold and I wasn't able to get the plants inside......I watched them for about 5 days after the...
I picked up a few sets of spawning brushes (black knight) and I'm wondering which is the best way to hang em? Is it preferred to run them horizontally with one above the other or loop the brush by anchoring both eyes on the same piece of rope? Do they need to be weighed down?
Ok, this is probably going to rattle a few cages, however ever since I became involved in the 'Koi fraternity' this has bothered me. Why do people think it is OK to breed their very average, and in some cases quite sub-standard, 'pond mutts'? :confused: I just don't get it. If you breed 'pond...
I see all these kinds of names thrown around everywhere online and without any context to start from, non of it makes any since lol Even doing a google search I end up with the same fish pictures. I have been trying to get an idea of where to start for a couple of weeks now. I have a 1.5 acre pond,...
I threw a bunch of newly hatched Tilapi in this aquaponic plant tub to see if they would get sucked in when the water drained. It worked really well. None of the fry got sucked in and there is no baby poop on bottom. This may solve the problem of growing koi fry with limited resources. This is...
Every time I do water changes the new feesh start chasing each other around, mainly the big kohaku is harassing the kikokuryu and one of the chags. It calms down after a few minutes but I can tell there's something going on.. There's nothing in the pond (this is the only thing that's stopping...
I think thats right. The Koi with the little scales and the scale less with the zipper going down the back... What do you get when you crossbreed the 2? Do you get a bunch of random scales?
here they are guys, all input needed as i cant fry identify yet.let me know what they are
Here's some babys from this Spawning ! Gin Rin Akemi ki goi female x a male Doitsu leather Marusaka Midori goi brood fish pic's first :yes: .
How dose that work. Do you get some of both or shorter long fins and some longer short fins? Does it matter if its the male or female that has long fins? If both fish have long fins, Do you get all long fin fry?
The past couple spawnings, I've just fed my koi brine shrimp flakes....I would grind them up and sprinkle it in their pools. I've been reading that alot of people feed their fry live food. How would I do this? so many questions for this....Can I grow them myself...how far in advance do I start...
hi, im not a koi keeper (yet), but i have a friend who is and he has a few questions about breeding. he doesn't speak english so yea thats why im asking. 1. how big does a koi have to be to be ? what i read is anything over 10 inches 2. has any one here used hcg to induce spawning ? 3. is...
So I just moved my fish into my first aquaponics system tote, and noticed one of my fish was rather "overweight." I'm pretty sure she's ready to release some eggs shortly. I've noticed that a number of the other larger koi in the tank have been chasing her relentlessly. I am trying desperately to...
If I have a platinum female.....platinum male and a white matusba male....what would the fry be??:humble2:
Im not real good at getting good clear pictures of something this small but here goes... I have about 250-300 babies separated into 4 different tanks. They are mostly sorted by size. The fry hatched about 2 1/2 wks ago. I purchased the eggs and was told they would be a mix of standard &...
This are not my Koi, but I was wondering what you thought of them, and what kind they are? :3 [/URL] (http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/Lugavnoff/media/koi4.jpg.html) [URL=http://s1245.photobucket.com/user/Lugavnoff/media/ko1.jpg.html]...
Hello, I'm new to the forum, but not new to koi. I've owned for over 20 years. Recently I've gotten into spawning my koi each year. Normally I spawn mid May after I've cleaned the ponds and all the koi are pulled out. This year, with our weather being a bit off.....I've had to push back the...
Hi now 5 weeks on this week ! and I have 1inch plus size koi some scaled some doitsu this is the thing with the cross I used a male shusui ! but the male is half Kujarku and so the ogon genes have brought out ,kujarku scaled and kujarku doitsu 1000 fry were put in a tank lined with coral gravel !...
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I've got a big female shiro utsuri ready to pop. However my two best males are taisho sankes. Do I pair her up with a couple of moderate quality kohakus or go with the sankes? (These are all decent japanese fish from kodama that have been in my pond for 6 months or more - in the $300 - $1000...
what do you think these guys are? all opinions welcome . i have a mentor here ...you know who you are as im on pins and needles waiting for your words :]
tonka,pretty girl, white matsuba
Hello, I'm very new to owning Koi. I recently bought three small Koi (Approx 3 inches long). I was wondering if anyone had any idea what kind they are? They do have barbel's, but you can't see in the photo..They were taken on a phone They are currently in a tank, because the pond is...
butterfly baby and aka matsuba
magonagle and moo moo
squirmy lil guys
I had four spawns end of March 25th kohaku female and three males a yellow headed. blue, a kohaku and an aka bekko. Any idea what ill get? Next on the 28th kohaku female and Aka bekko.? 28 th midigori matsuba female and a chagoi? 28th midigori matsuba female and a yellow headed blue?...
Yep a fancy name for a dream! I am from Oz and because the importation of koi into this country has been banned since the late 70s our gene pool is small and any "new" varieties have to be built from scratch with what we already have. In 2009 a friend and I had a conversation about a past Ki...
Well here we are in the comp ! and it will be a experiance just to see what come's of this years spawnings the 1st on the 1st of may a zipline female marusaka Midori goi and a Male Sky blue shusui leather . and the 2 nd spawn this time round the other way with a sky blue shusui female x a leather...
i am 2 years old 11.5 inches long momma was bekko and daddy was utsuri my pec line says white skined but my sumi looks brushed. what am i so my mom can find a good boyfrind for me.
last years spawns were a great success and am looking forward to this springs spawns, in preparation i am in search of very fine netting. i will be spawning in show tanks and intex pools, what i would like to do is make or purchase spawning cages made of such netting so when spawning is completed...
Hi, I managed to saved few hundreds of frys from this first spawning without any lives food and some are growing plenty fast the bigger is around 2 cm after 12 days and some already developing dark brown color the parents consisting of 1 female sanke and maybe 3 males namely shiro utsuri,doitsu...
i found this unique girl and wanted her beauty in the pond any ideas on her? the two little guys are ochiba babies from koi show dealer i was mainly wondering about the ochiba red/grey boy as the armour stays as thats my addiction the scales but he has a broken pec fin it is used though and was...
I have a Sanke from Oya that is full of eggs. Other males in the pond include goshiki, asagi, budogoromo, showa, and ginrin kohaku (the last one might be too young as a nisai.) What can I expect to get with different combinations of pairing?
HERE IS MY RECIPE : 500GMS PEARL BARLEY 200 GRAMS LIQUID HONEY 2PTS OF ORANGE JUCIE FRESH 1 CLOVE GARLIC CRUSHED 1000gms good quality clay powder like refresh . Soak pearl barley over night in double the amount of water so if you place it in a large pot add twice the liquid cover and...
1. Hi Asagi? 2. What is this koi?
G'day all, The general opinion is that Sanke are difficult and after two spawns I agree. My first spawn was from two very old fish that displayed the genitic trates I want to promote. I kept 5 fish from this spawn (all turned out to be male). The two largest of these were put to a female I got...
I have a female ochiba, a male goshiki, and a male ginrin soragoi. If I breed these three together, what offspring should I expect and what should I look for when culling?
Well this year I have a new Quest to breed a '' Green based Go sanke '' well a green showa ,back some tewnty years ago I bred a Blue showa by crossing a Blue gold fish with a Hi showa what resulted was a blue showa but gold fishg size !lol . but time has gone on and I only breed koi to koi now...
Want to breed some in the future...and I know you're only supposed to keep the black fry but what do the orange and light grey ones turn out like? Shiro utsuri & kohaku maybe? Asking cuz I really am aiming for kindai and it would suck if I threw out nice fish when I get to breeding them in a few...
I was out cleaning some algae out of the pond today. So I bowled a fry from last year. I also bowled the female. The male Showa is just too big to mess with today. I set up another pond last summer for the spawn this year. I did not really feed the fry last year - they fended for themselves. I got...
Hello there, I spawned 4 females Ochiba, ginrin ochiba male, doitsu ochiba male, kohaku male Yamabuki, mugashi ogon male, Showa male, doitsu orenji ogon male, kujaku that was supposed to be male ended up being female so the are some kujaku babies as well Kohaku female, three kohaku males...
Spring came, the water released... http://mygardenflower.blogspot.com/2013/02/blog-post_26.html Greetings from Bulgaria.
Congratz Steve. I have been informed you are the winner of the WWKC contest so I thought I would start a thread for you. Oh Yea, this is gonna be fun. They can be continuously monitored on fry cam 1 & 2 http://koitv.net/quad_cam.htm Prepare some water. You have all the time you need. ...
We're having fun with homegrown koi in the back yard, and we welcome comments and suggestions. We have had many unplanned grouped spawns over the years, until we removed the plants from the main pond. We also once selected a few koi for an intentional spawn a few years ago, but this is our first...
Just did my yearly pond pull for measurements & pics The First one Male & 20.5". The next one is a showa is female & 20", Karasu (my stealth koi) Female 18.5
We have had 3 spawns this year. (first time for each female) Since I didnt know if I had any males. (past consensus was that all 8 were female)... I wasnt sure if the eggs that I found had been fertilized. I moved the plants into a fine mesh laundry basket & attached to the edge of the pond. I...
I am an amateur breeder... my koi has a nice shape..but I've seen a koi that has a big shape and a round-like body... how possible is that??? what did they fed?
Hi, I am looking to attempt at breeding Doitsu Showa. Here in Australia we are not allowed to import so it is a case of almost starting from scratch. If I am unable to locate Male and Female DS do I go for Showa/Doitsu Utsuri, Showa/Kumonryu, or something else. Also which way would be better for...
Most of these are from this years spawn (flock spawn) None were raised...the smallest were scooped out of the SC and Strapping barrells, thats how they survived....some are interesting... I know they are all Mutt koi...but it's fun watching them develop. I am especially interested in an all white...
I have a hajiro female Shiro utsuri Gin rin Hikarimoyo Midorgoi matsubu And. A kohaku butterfly that will spent spawn can everyone " guessing and knowing" tell me what breedof males for each female. I amino a leading curve and love all my koibies...
(Shoulda posted my other thread in here too :/ ) I'm wondering if there is anything I can read up on to get a better understanding on how a Koi should be put together conformationally. Deciding which to keep and which to cull, and one thats show quality. I really want to learn and see if this is...
My Spawn from 27 September 12 Parents were Female Ginrin Hariwake Male 1 - Shusui
HI All here's my results some 16months on and I must say the fry have exceeded my expectations for a back cross and mainly produced Ki shusui not Midori goi as first thought as the green ones are now transformed into orange and then end colour of yellow it just seems a process even if you slow it...
We managed to save a few fry from a spawn this summer in our large pond. Brought the survivors inside to a 50 gal aquarium and found that the largest one was getting that way by eating the smaller ones. So we took it out and put it in the small pond (500 gal) with some 4 -6" koi and goldfish. ...
I had just finished cleaning my QT in prep to pickup the fry tomorrow; then got a call from Stephen that Nellie and I were supposed to pick them up today. :winks: OK...off we went for pickup, but after seeing how tiny they are, I didn't want to put them in my 500 gal QT outside. :uggg: So, I put...
We had some club members that spawned some of their fish this year. They brought some to a club meeting and I took home a couple that are about 1 - 1.5", and also got some from a planned spawn from a GC male I sold a couple of years ago. Those are about 2.5 - 3.5". The smallest food I have is...
had about 75 fry make it into the settling chambers this year, a bump up in accidental fish production from last years 5, and the year before that's 1. This is the first year they weren't all green or goldfish look-a-likes. The pics are some that I'll grow for the winter anyway, not...
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Ok, so I am the amateur of amateurs here. I built a small pond and probably went too cheap in many ways, but it was that or not have a pond at all. The main pond had very little vegetation, with the exception of just a few lillys. I have a bog that holds the majority of my plant life. About 4 weeks...
So I was moving some plants around in my pond and I spotted something zooming by. It was small, and I thought it was a fish but I didn't see it again so I moved over to another area to check my plants. Lo and behold! I saw baby fishes snacking on the algae on the plant shelves! I suddenly...
i wanna breed those any pics how they look like? and how old do they need to be ? thanks
Is it safe to feed hi protein whey to baby koi?
Hello, I'm considering a short trip to visit family next week for two days. I would feed them on day 1 when I left. I'd have someone feed them once a day for two days. Then, I would return the next day. I've been feeding the fry four times a day. If I had someone feed them once a day for the two...
If i cross a female chagoi with a male ochiba, will i get ochibas and chagois??? I understand that many may be very muttly but they seem like they are from the same lines. Am i wrong?
I cant believe I havent already shared pictures of our babies hatched 4-25-12 after a flock spawn. Our temps dropped significantly shortly after the spawn and we didnt think any eggs would hatch. Fortunately, we had about 25 fry which survived and we've only lost one. They are doing great so far!!
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