I have 2 and 3 year old koi and 3 year old goldfish. Somebody spawned last year which we were aware of but don't know who was successful (mass spawn). We ended up with 1 baby. It stayed green all last year. This summer it turned from dark green to orange with a black back to totally orange. It is...
These are male Hasegawa kohaku, that just came out of shipping bag, shiro looks a little stress.. He uses a very old bloodline called Tomoin that produce a auesume beni. His first female many years ago that produce koi was called Scarlet Queen. I hope to cross these in several years with my Sakai...
Due to my relative lack of knowledge, I have a question. What is the difference between Sanke and Showa. I am relatively new to Koi and my basic understanding is that a Sanke is a black fish with red and some white. Where as a Showa is a white fish with Red and some black. I do relaize that the...
the frys are around 3 months old. One of the mama is the gin rin chagoi 30 inches, and kohaku 26 inches. I separated the frys into 3 baskets, small, medium, and tobies
I have already heard from many that this is a mutt, some say it looks to have some asagi lineage, others say matsuba. The scales are very random, which I think adds to the uniqueness of the fish. So, most likely Kawaragoi.....right? anyhow, many here have had a good time with it, so with this...
For YEARS I've wondered where will it end...the idiocy of just because a fish is big it is beautiful. This isn't my knee jerk reaction to the almost ugly, Sanke, recent GC. I've often pondered the meaning of beauty...and it ain't "Bigness". Bigness is for pumpkin contest. But until...
Whats the deal with completly black koi ?? I mean jet black with no markings or grays. Out of all the fry I've been growing I only have one all jet black ??? He stands out even though he's only black. Very rarely if ever do you see them for sale and I'm just wondering why ??? I have a real nice...
I would like to hear from Texas and San Antonio area koi keepers to correspond with. Time to time I have koi to give away since I want to keep my stocking as close to 1000 gallons per fish as possible and just talk about our unique water conditions in Texas. Please pm or respond to topic. As far as...
Hi! I am looking at getting some breeders, what bloodlines would be good to start off with? Momotaro, Dainichi, Hasegawa, Sakai, Hoshikin? Any other bloodlines, what should I be cautious of. Thanks,
My friend just added a lot of talapia in his 4000 gallon kpi pond, my question is can those two types of fish compatible with each other. The talapia have already spawned and semm to be doing well its the koi that I'm worried about. His talipia were in his qt tank for alost 6 months.
not to hijack someone elses thread i thought id ask a question myself, its already been answered somewhere else but id like a more in depth answer so i have changed it slightly;) i have been looking at genetics lately trying to learn the back ground of breeders / bloodlines, i read that some...
This koi was white and yellow this winter indoors. After being put outdoors the white has turned grey or silver and the yellow is a chocolate brown. Any clue?
I really like my butterfly koi and do not see many that are sold today that have fins as nice. So, I play around with breeding my own. This year I moved 2 females and 3 males to the spawning tank on Tuesday afternoon. By the next morning they were spawning. One female did not spawn or at least I...
hi all, i have always been curious of what type of koi my fish are. i have done some research but to no avail. if anyone can help me out of 5 of my fish that would be wonderful. thanks everyone. (p.s.) sorry for the images, tried to combine them together.
can i get some info on breeder-dealers between Dallas and Atlanta. just the names and city. looking to drive over that way. and want to stop and look along the way. thank you
I have seen references about growing longfins to rapidly and they 'outgrow their fins". What does this mean? Are they really outgrowing their fins or is there a high percentage of normal fins in that particular spawn? What is too fast? How do you grow fingerlings/fry to fast? If you don't...
Just a quick question about shiro's to see if there is a general rule so to speak about the head color. I have an Omosako shiro that I was told was hand selected by Omosako-san himself. It is going into its second summer now, ... or will be in a few months. It's head is still creamy colored,...
Hi I have read and learned a lot here on koiphen, but this is my first post. We will arrange our first growing competition in Norway, and has ordered Shiro utsuri from Kaneko. We find little information about Kaneko's blood lines and the development of his Shiro utsuri. Does anyone have any...
The first photo was taken at 19months in Japan last October or November. I bought her last March from Kevin and she shipped to the states last May. She was thin and in poor condition. She received some handling or shipping damage to her fin. The dealer has been watching over her and feels she will...
I was wondering if anyone can give me at least a short list of breeders that are North of Tokyo? Its looking like I might get to go on a Koi buying trip with a friend of mine This Oct. and would like to know a few names up that way.
Hello All. I've been on this site as a visitor for weeks now and as a member for a few days and I must say you guys & gals are awsome. You have already taught me so much, I can't begin to express my thanks for the headaches saved. :bow: To make a long story short, I want to dabble with koi...
How old?? KOI mature releady breeding.??:punk1:
i have a male showa, first one and a female tancho showa,second one, i am just wondering if i would have a good spawn with these two, would i get a fair amount of fry with the spawn, they are young, but i want to try it this season. i also have a male kohaku i was thinking about adding into the...
We all know in general that shimi's appear in ponds where there is hard waters. What about those of us who experience single shimi's appearing on kohaku on hi plates after years of hard water turned to soft water or always in soft waters. Another observation, not all kohaku develop shimi's. ...
Hi I am new to this forum btw. I started about 2 months ago building my koi pond and from then on I have fallen in love with hobby. These are my frist 2 fish I will be getting them This Thur. I think they are pretty and I plan on breeding them. Do you think they will be good to breed together ? Im...
Is there a name for this type of butterfly koi? I got this one about a year ago and totally love his uncommon random scales here and there on his body. He/she was one of 4 or 5 in the tank at the pet store I bought it at. They shut down and I haven't seen another butterfly koi like it since. I was...
I want to know more about specific breeder's. How do their fish develop what do they specialize in and what are traits specific or unique to their koi. I've heard Uonoma mentioned before and I dislike the little Kodama blurbs, they don't tell me much. Does anyone own fish by him, or can they tell...
Would like to welcome and invite you to Sundan albums. All the koi you will see are of my parent stock or koi I have bred here at the farm. I lived in Japan for several years as a young boy and it had a impact on my life, someday I hope to go back. Please enjoy pictures of Japanese gardens,...
dont know what kind of koi they are but maybe some of you talented people can make out what i have from the crappyest pictures youve probably ever seen. or maybe im out of luck and will just have to wait till they get bigger well here they are
What causes jagged definition like on this 14" Hoshikan Kohaku tosai? Good, bad, or just different?
hi...im very new to this but recently attended the koi show in chicago and really wanted to find a doitsu ochiba like the huge ones that were swimming around in the judging vats...where can i find small (6-12") ones???? Any help appreciated...thanks.
sorry pics arent the best but its hot and the sun glares off of the water but did my best. Enjoy and let me know any comments.
was in my pond yesterday and I had new fry this spring they have gown some, but this one i can not figure out what kind it was any help would be apprecitated.
So, I looked in my pond the other day and there were about 8 new additions? I had 1 koi and one goldfish in my pond, its a new pond, no wheres near finished. My old man had bought me the fish as a present, and I wasnt really ready for them, but since the summer was over the project stopped till...
my biggest concern is baby koi will die when they arrived. I know i was suppose to double bag, ice pack if needed, insulate the box, use styrofoam. What type of transportion method is ideal? The shipment is from California to Alabama. Any help woud be greatly appreciated.
I have a sanke with Jinbei heritage. Anybody care to give a little background on what that means and what I can expect from this girl? Links with info/pics so I can bone up on it a bit? I did a google search with not the best results. :rolleyes:
I would like to know what I should pair her with. So fat I've been told to avoid fins as long as hers because the young will be sickly- They said to use a white or white and yellow pearl scale medium fin. Should the male be around the same size as her? Thanks! I breed guppy and albino corey...
I paid attention to your koi poll and the #1 demand was ochiba, soragoi, asagi. So on that note success with ochiba x soragoi spawning, should see half and half.:yahoo: Its not over until the fat lady sings, cause other things can go wrong, however have thousands of eggs that are fertile ( can see...
One of my books on koi had a little on genetics of breeding. It stated breeding two doitsu, results in high mortality rates. Something to do with the genetics. Have you seen this happen with doitsu spawns?
I spawned some of my butterfly koi in Wednesday. I saw several fry last night (Friday) and there more today but still hatching. These fry are in clean water from the well placed in the tank the day before fish introduced for the spawn. When should they get their first feeding of brine shrimp?...
Hi all..., I want to collect some unique koi. I had have some karasu goi, kumonryu and so on. Yesterday, a local breeder from Blitar, Indonesia, have some kikokuryu. He said, kikokuryu is one of unique kois. I want to buy them, but I never seen what kikokuryu is. I want to see some pics of...
Momotoaro's go-sanke are now pictured on his web page. Which dealers will be taking bids for customers? Bob
I have not purchased a show quality koi in a while. I would like to hear about domestic and foreign koi sales. Have the pricing in Japan for show quality koi gone down or up? Is breeding levels fallen or remained the same? Any comments? Bob
Dick or anyone else who understands the basic bodystyles,what body catagory would you put Marusei Chagoi? Dick,you recently posted in the thread 'how many kohakus' that the majority of your koi are matsunosuke bloodline. Is conformation what you meant? I've looked at a lot of Marusei Chagoi and...
first off, i don't know if this is the right place to post this. but.. if i want to get a ki mastuba, can i breed my yamabuki with a orange mastuba? thanks -eric
Hello everyone. I have been trying to dig up some information on kohaku losing their colour. I have found only limited information stating that it is a fairly common occurrence. What I cannot find is if the hi will come back or if it is gone for good. Can anyone chime in on this for me? I have...
when breeding sanke. with red hi pattern on both parents and the fry produced turns out orange patterns underneath the sumi, say about when the fry are 3 months old. will the fry turn out red pattern in future? can some people on this forum show photos of their sanke fry from beginning to mature...
Found 3 white spots on one of my koi today The rest of the fish look good, dont know what to do so i'm going to start with testing the water. i guess it would be smart to get it out of the pond as soon as i can could use some feed back
I have 2 others koi that I am not really sure as previously posted? 1th- Ochiba? (body color is strange, does not looks soragoi ) 2nd-Doitsu ? (the sumi just adding up week after week) Should I spend time for them to grow? Many thanks for your time!
Not sure about my babies varieties! please help! they are around 5-6 inches long and very tame! 1st fish- Is it a Komonryu? if affirmative then what type? 2 nd fish- Doitsu Chagoi or Midorigoi? Should I keep them or give them to my red asian arowana for snak? Thanks,
I messed up on how I started the new liife of my pond. What I thought was that I needed to "SEASON" my water with goldfish, the comet kind, most of them died and the few that lived I could really catch and never thought about the koi that I got later that they would be mating with each other and...
Firstly Hey, my name is mark and i am from the wonderful town of Wigan (near manchester) uk. i built a 1500gal pound in may so have been keeping koi for 7 months, now i have followed some of the rules for buying yound koi, dont buy finished articles and try to find something you like. ...
Wonder if the yellow with little white on the fins is a doitsu Hariwake or :Drogar-Mark-02(LBG) . It has a face of a cat therefore I call him/her "Pusur". The other one is a tancho Goshiki I guess, it was a tancho Kohaku originally.
I have noticed my female kin ki utsuri looks much different in body construction from my other nishikikoi. The head is broader, massive body, eyes wider set and most interesting-this koi is the only one in our pond that the tail fine and dorsal stands out of the water. She is 3-years old and 23+...
Kumonryu is a black and white koi with a constantly changing pattern. How do you select one that is of high quality at 6-7" ? Any help will be appreciated.
If there are please PM. I am interested in a female Showa and Kohaku for show. Bob
Im going to look at tosai showa next week that will probably be the most expensive koi I have ever bought. Can you give me any tips for buying young showa? Thanks Brad
In a batch of 200 babies I have two that are blue. I have used 3 different light sources but yes, they are blue! They are robbin's egg blue in body, white bellies, and have darker neon-tetra blue running thru eyes and thru the lateral line! They are barely 1/2" long, 3/8" maybe. Parents are...
Here's a few more pictures
I finally got a few decent pictures of my pond mutts. I don't think any of them are show quality, but here they are. This is our first pond - 8by 15 by 3 1/2 deep. We finally put the koi in last month. I kept the big ones on my sunroom for almost a year and the small ones at my job in a large bowl...
Does anyone know what makes a good shusui? Please someone tell me everything, I have a shusui, and many of you have seen it, I just want to learn more about it. Please dont go easy on me, I know I am a kid, I absolutely dont want anyone saying its a nice koi just because you think i dont want...
I got this koi yesterday at a local pet store and was wondering what it might be. Judy
I would like to spawn long fins ( next spring ) and wondered about their genetics. If I spawn a regular finned koi to a long fin koi, should I expect to get long fin in the first generation or will I have to wait for the second generation ? Also, is it best to spawn longfin to longfin ? I'm...
to avoid the tobies from eating the small frys, i separated the 1/2 inch to 3/4 inches frys in a separate 150 gallon tank. Everyday i find dead frys in the tank, between 5-15 a day. Is it natural for some to die off due to survival of the fittest or is someting wrong with the water conditions. I...
These are my first koi. I've been searching here and google for the proper names but I can't seem to match them up. These are probably 'pond muts' I have no idea. Thanks for taking the time............. (1) Gray top, white and orange (2) 1/2 white 1/2 orange (3)gray, white and orange
Anyone have any experience with the " ghost koi " ? Seems I've read somewhere that they are closer to wild carp and, are a good bit hardier than the closely bred bloodlines. Just curious.
Does anyone have photo's of the Hoshikin Tategoi House in Ojiya and nisai housed there last fall 07 through April 08? I had a koi there and would like to see if anyone had caught it on a photo. Thanks, Bob
I've got a 4 year old showa with a great patern, but the sumi is a very light charcoal grey. Is there any way to tell if it will develop further, or is this as good it gets?
Finally was able to get a pic of our one and only baby fish. Not sure who his parents are yet, could be any of them. lol
just got some new koi earlier this year and just took one out just to check on some spots ( which was nothing). their a pretty good size but how tall should they be? i know weird question but everyone talks about how long, what about how tall? thanks 409
Our fish have spawned on and off all summer. We kept hoping that we would get at least one baby. I just happened to see it tonight. I startled it. Its pure white, and is about 1 1/2 inches long. Its hiding in a crevice between a couple of rocks. Hopefully it will stay hiding.
I took this picture a couple of months ago of this new fish I had bought. It received mixed reviews regarding whether it would hold its color, or if it would end up losing some, whether some sumi would rise, etc.... Either way, I was told that it would be fun to see this fish develop over time....
Hi, Here is something i got via this site a long while back. It serves as a good starting point in trying to identify different types.I use it alot. Hope it helps somebody.
how dangerous is it, to aerate a fry pond when they are only a few days old? can the rising bubbles or colum of water and air kill the fry? Travis
My large pond approx. 3500 gallon recently spawn with thousands of baby frys. Should i change about 10-20% of water? How often should i change water to avoid toxidity level of ammonia. The frys are about 10 days old. I plan on feeding them egg yolk for a few weeks, then what should i feed next?...
I have a natural pond that is now 2 years old. 100' x 40' x 7' All rock lined with spots of algea growing here and there. Last weekend I had 5 females spawn and had eggs everywhere, a few days later there seemed to be hundreds if not thousands of fry everywhere. Up until last night we had seen...
I had a spawn last weekend. I also believe that the largemouth bass in the pond were spawning as well. I've caught a couple dozen fry and put them in an indoor aquarium. Is there any way to tell if they are bass or koi ? Thanks
I'm finishing up my pond build and started reading a lot about fish selection, care, and raising them in a healthy environment. One of the topics I don't see discussed much is the differences/similarities of koi bred and raised in the USA from quality Japanese parents. As a new enthusiast on...
I am looking to purchase some high quality Longfin Koi. Does anyone know a reputable Koi farm that has a good selection? Sincerely, Shawn
hom many liters of pure oxygen should be in a bag when shipping a 15" koi in a medium size box? thank for your help and info if you help out with the info. ups overnight that is.
Hi everyone, I'm a huge fan of Koiphen...you guys were all instumental in my pond build 3 yrs ago. My wife & I are spending a couple of weeks in Bali, Indopnesia...leaving this week. It occurs that there maybe some show quality koi in the Ubud area. Anyone know of any clubs / enthusiuasts in...
I thought I would fool around this year with some cross breeding and see what kind of results I get, just for fun. I know breeding a Matsuba and a Kuhaku together will produce a Kujyaku or a platinum and a showa will produce Kin Showa and etc. But I wondered are Japanese breeders spawning Kujyaku...
So in August, assuming I've finishd the pond and returned from vacation, I expect I'll have my pond up and running. Planning on between 4000 and 4500 gallons, 10X12X5. I will be building a QT, but not until I've finished the pond. After spending some time at the Koi show here in Dallas, I got...
Let me start ....I'm not a Koi breeder, but was surprised to find two "babies" in my garden pond last year. I had just built it and tossed in some fish from a smaller front pond and within weeks saw some babies... It's about a 7,000 gallon pond with two nice waterfalls shown here... [/URL]...
My wife spotted an Ushizo Doitsu Showa (terrible pic, sorry). 12", born 2005. The good news: not ridiculously expensive. And my wife likes it. However... Small for its age? It has been in the dealer's tanks for a year, which is not a good thing unless the dealer has a mud pond. So it has...
Here are the latest additions to the family, fresh out of a great breeder's mud!: Two-face, the gin rin hi utsuri to-be: A platinum (Spot) and Kohaku-esque (Orange-sicle) Butterfly
I lost the original post of this fish. Just wanted to put up an update. This is an Asagi x Shusui bred by Hanover Koi Farms in PA Hope you enjoy
2 of my comets appear to have larger bellies than the others....in addition it seems like the others have found fun in chasing the chubby ones.... Can i be expecting some more fish sometime soon???
I have some new koi after a long road thrip to Sydney and back last weekend. These are Last seasons babies and still small.3 from one breeder and 2 from the koi farm on the way home. The photos are not great because i dont want to pull them from the pond yet..they are settling nicely. A...
Check this one out!! Very nice! I have never seen one before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSCkMmNr6Q&NR=1
If you find a Kohaku with blue "eyeshadow" then there is a higher chance that it will turn into a Sanke, correct? I have a 15" purachina butterfly with that blue "eyeshadow". Overtime, is there a higher chance of her getting shimis or developing Hi?
how big or how old before you see the long fins of the butterfly koi?
How would you characterize the beni of this koi; show quality, or past its show potential? Thanks, Bob
I really love a nice Hi Utsuri (who doesn't?) and I have had really good luck with fish from Blue Ridge. I have a pretty nice gift certificate from my local pond store and thought I might get them to go back up to Kernersville, NC looking to see if BR can find one of these like they show on this...
I got this yellow and black doitsu koi at a show. It was as small as a fry just about but had these black circle's on bright yellow so i snapped it up for 15.00. Now the circle sumi is turning into blocks as to be expected but i am not totally sure what type of koi it is. Anybody have thoughts? ...
What does a "longfin Indonesian black carp" look like. I've Googled every direction and still at a loss. Just want to see what the Nishikigoi was crossed with to produce Long fin Koi? :confused: Don
As in gin rin kin??? What does that mean??
just for interest's sake.... this one was born in my pond last spring, and through the summer gained a decent 8-9 inches. Here is was after 2 months, and then two pics of it at the end of the fall. Not bad growth.....the mutts always grow the best..... I am keeping this one to see how...
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