estanque_koi
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Jan 25, 2004, 9:47 AM
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Re: [kgt1223] Taking the eggs or Tank spawning
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Hi Kiefer (& family),
I'm new to this forum.
My name is Diego and I live in Cordoba, Spain.
I actually live in a flat (fourth floor), and I've got three small ponds in the terrace above my flat. They are 1600 liters, 1250 liters and 600 liters. I started rearing koi some few years ago. Last spring my Koi spawned for the first time, but they ate most of the eggs. I managed to rear some 80 survivors in a separate tank (more extra weight on the terrace!).
This spring I would like to try hypophisation (artificial spawning). I have gathered some technical papers in PDF format that are available in the web.
You can have a look at some pictures of my breeding activities at my web page, more precisely in the entry called "reproduccion". I'm sorry my page is in spanish, no english version so far, but hopefully you will enjoy the pictures.
Keep in touch, I'd like to hear about your breeding experiences.
Best wishes,
DiegoDiego Jordano
Spain
pers http://es.geocities.com/estanqueskois/
A.E.K. http://www.elkoi.com
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I was befriended by 2 of the head research and development guys and they began to explain to me that there are many ways to propogate fish. They recomended that I attend their course in February where they instruct the local fish farmers on techniques for taking and fertalizing the spawn of fish. They assured me that with the proper instruction and necessary products (which they said they would give to me)
that the artificiall enducment to spawn and the striping of eggs and milt was very safe. He also added that only one male was nessasary for this project and that you would know with certainty the results of a breeding pair as opposed to adding 2 or three males to the mix and guessing. This all makes very good sense to me. We have already built an incubation tank for the larvae to reach fry stage. We have also constructed an above ground tank 12x14x4 feet deep. This will be used to raise whatever fry are left after cullings. I would like as many opinions as I can get from my fellow forum members as to the choice of tank spawning versus striping, given the resources that I have available to me. Your thoughts on this subject are important to me from either side of the spectrum. I intend to digitally document our project regardless of what method we use and will keep forum posted with pics and progress. Thank you in advance for all of your input. 
