aaron118
Koi Lover
Jun 22, 2005, 12:47 AM
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Woken up at 2:30am to a lot of splashing, looked in my pond this morning to see thousands of little tapioca like eggs. These aren't koi carp though. I have three carp which are capable of spawning I think due to their size. They are 1 mirror carp, 1 common carp and 1 lovely ghost koi. I put the ghost koi yesterday. The common and mirror have been in there quite a few weeks now, the common isn't as big as the other two though. I have a feeling it was the mirror and ghostie that spawned. Anyway the fish have been eating quite a lot of the eggs but I have managed to get thousands (which are mainly attached to algae) and put them in this big tub I use for quarantining. It has a pump running not to fast but enough to keep it aerated, and the fry shouldn’t be sucked in it. Most of the eggs are transparent (which are the good ones I think) a few are white. I have read somewhere I should put in a bit of malachite green to prevent fungus growing on the infertile ones. How much malachite green should I use; just a little bit not the recommended amount and will this damage my eggs? I plan on buying a kiddies paddling pool within the next few days. So when the fry hatch I will transport them to the paddling pool and raise them in their what should I feed them and how much, I hear of something called brine shrimp. Would blended koi pellets to a fine powder be enough? Also how often would I have to do water changes? I live in England by the way, and would really like to raise some fish. Any help would be appreciated.
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