larz1
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Jun 26, 2005, 12:33 AM
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Re: [parkend] Koi fry - need information?
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I am a newbie myself, but having just put in a 2,000 gal pond and immediately going though a successful spawn I can tell you what we experienced. When we observed the eggs being laid and fertilized (what a fun show that was) we seperated the plants, rocks, etc. the majority of them were laid in to a small (50 gallon) hatchery where several hundred hatched in a few days. We gave them special liquifry, brine shrimp, and kept the water refreshed from the same pond the other fish were in. A few weeks later we discovered that some of the fry had also hatched in the big pond where the eggs had been laid in the first place and much to our surprize they were growing on their own at least 4 times faster than the ones we were pampering with special food and accomodations. As the ones we were babying grew to 3/4 in or more we began moving them to the main pond with their parents and larger siblings with nothing but a screen to keep them from being eaten and their growth rate immediately exploded. They are now almost 3 months old and range in size from 1.5 - 4 inches with great color variety. I think the next time we have a spawn we will just move the eggs to a place where we can put a screen in place and let nature do the rest.
I almost forgot to mention the problem with tobies. We were warned by friends about them gobbling up their brethren, so we seperated them into smaller catchpools along the 50 foot stream that feeds the pond until the smaller ones had grown beyond becoming sibing sushi.
(This post was edited by larz1 on Jun 26, 2005, 12:58 AM)
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Koi fry - need information?
or else there will be nothing left for you to enjoy.
Get them out of there
. You don't want to end up like me, out of hundreds of eggs on manage to save 12
. Good luck and have fun
You can buy fry powder. But I can't recommend how many times per day or how much. Do a search in this section. There was a topic not long ago regarding fry food. 