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Mine is old but similar to this

Decide if you want binocular or a single eye piece. You want one with a mechanical stage. At least 400 magnification Least 400

Thank you Matt! It was a flock spawning, as I want to get various types of new koi. Totally 3 females and about 10 males. There have been a...

Thank you Orlando. Better let be manual spawning! The spawning place is the outdoor pond. I have no specific setup for spawning.

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Hi, do remember that the colour pattern on showa probably take time to develop and change a fair bit, mostly over the first three years. The beni...

Many commercial fish operations with only a RDF and moving bed.

Overheard a Koi owner jokingly once say " Koi food ain't no good unless it costs more than steak". Once knew a DIY person that made their own koi...

Oh wow, you're a total sweetheart, very kind of you! Definitely sounds great to me, assuming I don't find one before that lol are the parents of...

Okay. Do you think you can explain the changes? Which food did you switch from? Just want to know why they are price so high.

I have one air pump on the bottom drain & 1 air pump on the moving bed bio chamber. Ive got another spare one in the shed for just in case My system...

Pond isnt heavily stocked, 14 koi from 18-30" or thereabouts in 5300 gallons

I made a change 3 months ago after using the same koi food for 7yrs. I can't even begin to explain the changes am seeing here but let's not make...

Moving bed filters are probably the best performing bio filters, given that they soon develop a biofilm that harbours not only nitrifying bacteria...

Did you just switched to that? I've looked at their food before and everything seems odd. 49% protein, herring meal and potato starch?

You can add redundancy against equipment failure to a single moving bed filter with dual independent air pumps (can both be on the same manifold) and...

Sorry to hear about the misfortune Simon. I take it you don't have a B-team that you would like to try this year. I knew the sperm had to find a...

This thread inspired me to share the change I made

All start first by saying that in my backyard Showa are a product of my Shiro Utsuri spawns, I still have to see a spectacular one but to be honest...

First I was hoping my second explanation would clear up things I clearly felt my first comment generated some unnecessary stress trust me I could...

You have no idea how upset we were last night. I kept looking at the pics i posted, pics on my phone and going outside to look at her thinking..i...

Happy memorial day, Simon first I've never heard of including refrigeration in this process but to answer your question; once the koi sperm is...