Offspring from Platinum koi, Bonnievale
The breeding season has just started as can be seen from Jaco's latest offsprings. I am going to keep it simple this year by trying to breed only with Ogons (Chogoru purachinas and Yamabubi's - male...
View ArticleDoitsu Ochiba and Shusui
I decided to breed Doitsu Ochiba but there should be a few full scalled ones also. Female Male I added a Kohaku male just to see what happens. They are not as small as they look. Some eggs, hope there...
View ArticleAir Pumps versus Water Pumps with bakki shower.
I have created a new +- 100 000 liter pond (15 x 7) (in progress), to accommodate newly hatched fry. I need to make an urgent decision. Option 1 Only an air compressor with various air stones like most...
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Spawn
Ek is ook maar nog nuut in die koi ding.Ek het die eertse keer die jaar n paar eiers gebroei.Ons het net na die vis gespawn het reen gekry en n paar koue dae hier in die Boesmanland gehad.My eiers le...
View ArticleConfused
Ok guys, I am now thoroughly confused!!! How many times in one season can a given koi spawn? My Chagoi, spawned at the end of September. I currently have two porta pool thingies full of fry. Heres the...
View ArticleSome Pics
Of the results of the September spawning. Mother : Chagoi. Fathers : Purachina / Kohaku / Magoi
View Articleidea
Had this idea over the weekend... How feasible is it to do an update here on the forum, would need some IT expert to help, so we can have a section for pond and fish. When you register you give pond...
View ArticleMy Xmas present
I collected some great Koi from Jaco on the day before xmas and I transferred them to my QT pond. They spawned in the earlier hours of Xmas morning. I thought they were fighting or stressed up due to...
View ArticleMy Yamabuki x Purachina Spawning 2009
I planned my first 2009 controlled (natural) spawning for Saturday and they did not disappoint me. One 82 cm Japanese bred Yamabuki female and I had to use three male Chogoru Purachina's to do the...
View ArticleBreeding and understanding?
Been feeding, watching and posting updates on my baby koi. Its amazing to see them row, first they were all along the side of the pond, now its one big "swarm" of fish, zooming around. Interesting to...
View ArticleModderdam en yster
Hi Julle Ek het 'n navraag oor ystervlak in water ontvang. Die keeper wil weet of baie yster in modderdam water 'n teel proses gaan benadeel. Is dit so dat yster, die kleintjies kan laat krom trek?
View ArticleHow to removed dead eggs out of aa spawning vat?
Hi Last week Sunday i moved one of my 45cm+ kois to qt due to a wound that it got from something that looks like it got it from a bird beak. In anycase..Friday morning i discovered that this female koi...
View ArticleSakura Farm Visit
Hi All I spent Tuesday at Sakura Koi Farm with Costa and Mark. took some photos of their latest arrivals from Japan, the Koi were all very exceptional but the qualities of the showa were the best I...
View ArticleDoitsu & Traditional
Hi all Has anyone spawned a doitsu with a traditional koi before? What would the result be with the fry? I haven't done this but was just wondering what the outcome would be....
View ArticleNew dealer
Anyway, yesterday on my way home. Decided to cut through Linbro Park via Marlboro on the N3 towards Germiston. So there's a nursery just as you come off the N3 that I have been to before. They have a...
View ArticleBreeding Ochiba
Hi all I read on some place that to breed Ochiba one has to use a chagoi with a Sorogoi. I thought a person should use a Kohaku with a soragoi of Chagoi. Can some one give some light?
View Article"Artificial" Spawning
Hi all I just want to find out what the correct procedure would be. One of my female kohaku's is completely filled with eggs. I bowled her today and gently rubbed along her abdomen. When I did this she...
View ArticleGreetings from a big fan in sunny Costa Rica.
After reading a few threads,I wanted to introduce myself to this community and look forward to sharing ideas with other forum members. Best regards, Richard .
View ArticleSpot a male
I am in the same situation as Neville- I need two of my fish to spawn as they have big tummies. So, please no comments about the quality of the fish- I am gradually working on it! So, I still struggle...
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2009 Beeding Season
What are everyone breeding this season? I have so far successfully spawned Doistu Kujaku end Sanke. Fry started hatching today. Next are Shusui and Doitsu Ochiba.
View Articlenet `n vragie
As `n wyfie reg is om te spawn sal dit net die mannetjies wees wat haar jaag of sal die wyfies dit ook doen deur teen haar vas te druk
View ArticleDumping unwanted fry in dams question!!
I was wondering a while ago, when then breeders cull their fish, do you only euthenaize, or is it never a good idea to maybe dump them in a nearby dam. I was always thinking if our dams had these...
View ArticleFry pond
Last year the frogs ate almost all my fry. I have build a fry pond over the weekend (two to go) and hopefully it will keep the frogs out and keep the mice and moles from drowning daily, polluting the...
View ArticleMixing varieties
Hi all A friend of mine abroad had a lovely female Shiro Utsuri spawn with 3 lovely male kohaku's. I was surprised at what the result of this spawning was. In your professional opinion: What would you...
View ArticleSpawning
Ek was die laaste tyd skaars by die huis maar is ten minste hier en het een of meer een swak kwaliteit vis(se) vol eiers. Kan ek sommer 'n klomp sakke van groen shade net maak en in die dam gooi? Die...
View ArticleOverview of breeding
Koi breeding Whether you are a Koi-breeder, a hobbyist trying to breed or a hobbyist whose Koi just breed by themselves, there are a few important factors to keep in mind during the spawning season. In...
View ArticleCulling Kohaku/Sanke
Have just completed another fry pond above ground (10m x 5 m) and have to do serious culling this coming weekend. Ginrin Kohaku/Sanke spawning. Have already recuded numbers to approximately 10 000 and...
View ArticleWat doen mens 100DE nuwelinge
Ek will graag weet Wat doen mens met die nuwelinge ek het nie die beste koi nie en elke sysoen word daar vissies groot in die dam. Hoe gemaak hulle kwaliteit is meestal nie goed nie. Ek sien daar is...
View ArticleGiving it a Go
My attempt at spawning. Will it work? What do you guy's think. Any advice Note the submersible pump in the center pumping towards the surface. That is my alternative to aeration. Called "Flooming".
View ArticleSpawning 2011
Decided to spawn two batches this year. Yamazaki Ginrin Ochiba x Yamazaki Chagoi and Yamazaki Saragoi. Babies arrived... Sakai SFF Kohakus x Chogoru Purachina's. Eggs arrived ...
View ArticleSouth African Fish threatened by mystery disease
epizootic ulcerative syndrome GreenTimes reports on a fungal fish disease that appears to be geographically widespread. Epizootic Ulceritic Syndrome (EUS) has been reported in the following waters:...
View Articleand now?
Hmm something very unexpected happened, that I have only figured out now. Have 4 large fish, 3x koi 1x grass carp in a newly built 38000l pond. Fish were put in there beginning October. Have got a male...
View ArticleMy spawning attempts 2012
I am trying to learn how to breed. So far I have not managed a controlled spawn, for I did not expect them to breed so young. They just decided to be "knotty" and made me rush to buy 2 very large intex...
View ArticleWaynes' 2011 Shiro Utrsuri spawning
30 October 2011 I placed my Shiro Utsuri koi in the spawning vat on thursday morning, pre-empting a possible spawning over the weekend, but then it started to rain and it got colder and they lost all...
View Article1 st culling
my fry is nou al meer as `n sentimeter lank baie swart en geel en wit wat kies ek nou uit net die swartes of wat donker van kleur is of sleg deformeties hulle is nou in `n 800 liter pond met net twee...
View ArticleTobi
van die mense se jy moenie tobi`s cull nie van die mense se verwyder dadelik wat is dit nou cull of nie
View ArticleMy koi vol in spawn
my koi het vanoggend begin spawn en ek het gou lemoensakkies begin hang hopelik die jaar kan ek iets doen met die eiers my pond om die eiers in te sit is klaar reg daarvoor snaaks die jaar net mooi `n...
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Culling
Another approximately 500 culled. If you are not willing to cull, you should not breed koi. Better than pet shop quality but I don't want to flush the market with low quality koi.
View ArticleMirror Carp Scales
Hi Newbie and this was my first attempt at breeding. The fry are now about 1ocm and they have big scales like you see on Mirror Carp. One is quite a nice Tancho but should I keep it with the big...
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my koi se spawn
kyk maar deur dis die eerste atempt van my af ek het so 20 oor gehou hierdie vissie het baie ginrin op
View ArticleWaynes' 2012 Showa spawning
Yeah, its that time of year again... I am in the preparing phase for this years spawning. My friend, Eugen has given me his male kohaku (57cm) for this years spawning. I bred this kohaku back in 2008,...
View ArticleSetting Up for Spawnng
Hi Guys and Gals: It's that time of the year in Texas and I decided to try spawning my Doitsu kois. Here is the beginning video of my preparations. Of course, something went wrong. There are five...
View ArticleSpawning Success
Two days went by and they started spawning. Once again this is one of two videos. http://youtu.be/4VnS0fSXAiw Hope you enjoy. I'll keep you guys posted on the progress. Gigi
View ArticleWe Have Fry
Three days after spawning and look what I got. http://youtu.be/xcqyafM-Oxc They are not out of the woods yet. Hope for the best. Gigi
View ArticleWhat are my koi thinking?
Hi Guys: I posted this on as a response to Miya and It was a lone time before I even knew he had posed a question. So I thought he might see it faster if I posted it on a seperate topic....
View ArticleKoi Fry
After my first spawning attempt and the fry did not make it, my koi spawned in the main pond and traveled thru the filter system and I found many babies deposited in the brick pond. There are also...
View ArticleBreeding Pond
I am quite a newbie to spawning koi but would like to give breeding a go this season. Can someone please give me advise on what the minimum size and litres a breeding tank should be ?
View ArticleOvaprim to Induce Spawning
Hi Has anyone on this forum heard about or used this product before? If so, where would you buy this from in South Africa ? Use Ovaprim to: Induce maturation within a spawning season Advance spawning...
View ArticleHelp! What do o do with fry??
Southern California here. Woke up to a bubble bath in the pond (only the second time it’s happened) so I scooped some eggs out of the filter basket and put them in tiny aquarium that I had in the shed....
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