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Jaylene
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Dec 7, 2005, 6:24 PM

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I would love to have a pond full of jumbo 36" koi. I have none this large Frown

. I don't expect mine to reach this size.
What is the size of your largest koi? Also it's age and your pond size. A picture would be great.

I'll show you mine if you show me yours Crazy

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Jaylene

Koi38
Senior Member

Dec 7, 2005, 6:26 PM

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Show yours first then I show you mine Tongue

rgds,
Jon

PS: 16" Kohaku(below middle side view Laugh

) and 15" Sanke(top middle with open mouth Tongue

)

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Jaylene
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Dec 11, 2005, 4:31 AM

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Here's mine. About 70 cm. Still a long way to 90 cm.

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dechoong
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Dec 15, 2005, 1:34 AM

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Hi Jaylene,

For a koi to reach jumbo status, it'll need the genes, good food and ideal environment (pond of considerable depth and size). Even with these prerequisites, it usually takes kois of such calibre at least 5 years of age to reach 32" (or 80cm) and you would have done a very good job if you can get them to reach jumbo size.

Gosankes rarely hit the 36" (90cm) mark, and it is not easy to find one even in reputable breeders' parent stocks. You'll have better chances of reaching 36" with kois like chagoi, benigoi, ogon, kigoi etc.

Getting kois to reach 70cm is relatively easy (I've had 3 tosais from 20cm+ which hit the 70cm mark in 2-2.5 years). However, it is from 70cm that their growth is painstakingly slow (probably due to the size of my pond... only 12 tons including filter Frown

).

Cheers,
Dennis

PDV
Koi Lover

Dec 29, 2005, 3:16 AM

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I am in possession of a few big ones;

Chagoi f/male 85cm
GinRin Ochiba Shigure male 80cm
Ochiba Shigure f/male 78cm
Hariwake f/male 72 cm
Kikusui f/male 70cm
Shiro Utsurimono f/male 70cm
Hariwake Doitsu f/male 70cm
Sanke male 70cm

And a few smaller;

GinRin Matsukawabake f/male 68cm
Aka Sanke f/male 65cm
Chagoi Doitsu male 65cm
Gin Matshuba male 65cm
Oranji Ogon f/male 65cm

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Jaylene
Koi Lover

Dec 29, 2005, 7:35 AM

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Sounds like a great collection. Do you have any pictures?

Jaylene

PDV
Koi Lover

Dec 29, 2005, 3:52 PM

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Hi Jaylene,
here they are....................the collection in my 40000lt pond......enjoy!

The photo of the GinRin Matsukawabake was taken after Winter, it is more White in Summer.

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Aka Sanke FM 65cm.JPG (26.6 KB)

Asagi M 50cm.JPG (23.7 KB)

Chagoi Fm 85cm.JPG (30.0 KB)

ChagoiFM~2 55cm.JPG (28.8 KB)

Doitsu Chagoi M 65cm.JPG (22.0 KB)

Doitsu Ki Matsuba FM 60cm.JPG (24.7 KB)

Gin Matsuba 65cm.JPG (24.5 KB)

GinRin Kuhaku Fm 60cm.JPG (27.6 KB)

GinRin Matsukawabake Fm 65cm.JPG (31.7 KB)

GinRin Ochiba Shigure 80cm.JPG (26.5 KB)

Hariwake Doitsu Fm 70cm.JPG (23.1 KB)

Hariwake FM 72cm.JPG (26.8 KB)

Karasu FM 65cm.JPG (48.7 KB)

Kikusui Fm 70cm.JPG (25.4 KB)

Kujaku Ogon 50cm.JPG (36.5 KB)

Matsukawabake FM 56cm.JPG (21.1 KB)

Ochiba Shigure Fm 78cm.JPG (46.0 KB)

Oranji Ogon FM 65 cm.JPG (29.3 KB)

Purachina FM 55 cm.JPG (32.7 KB)

Sanke M 70 cm.JPG (26.1 KB)

Shiro Utsurimono Fm 70cm.JPG (21.3 KB)

Shiro Utsurimono FM 50cm.JPG (27.5 KB)

MarkTheShark
Koi Lover

Dec 31, 2005, 2:35 AM

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Beautiful fish!

menghun
Koi Lover

Jan 1, 2006, 12:06 PM

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Dear PDV

You have good collection of koi......all of them are so beautiful.....

cheers,
menghun

cheers,
menghun

Jaylene
Koi Lover

Jan 2, 2006, 9:13 AM

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Hello Pieter,

Thank you for all the great pictures Sly

. You certainly have some good sized koi, and a nice variety of colors . What kind of filter are you using? If you have pond pics plz post.

Regards,
Jaylene

cuda
Koi Lover

Jan 3, 2006, 6:57 AM

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enjoyed every one of them! cuda

Once I tried too hard to control things in the pond....the frogs left.

PDV
Koi Lover

Jan 3, 2006, 6:26 PM

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Thanks everyone!

Hi Jaylene,
Photos� of the pond are posted under Members Ponds �My first pond �

Filter system on 40000lt pond:
2 x 1,1kw pumps (turn over 48 000lt per hour)
2 x 5 bag Sand filters (containing 3-5mm sand)
2 x 3 bag Sand filters (containing 1-1,5mm sand)
2 x 100 lt trickle bio-filters (containing bio-blocks)
2 x 50lt trickle bio-filters (containing oyster shells)
2 x 55 watt uv-lights

4 x bottom drains
2 x skimmers
4 x mid-depth aim flows
2 x top aim flows (with venturies in winter)
1 x water fall (2m high)
1 x overflow filter with bags of oyster shells

The sand filters are backwashed every second day and turn over by hand every month
when 500g salt is added to each one and left for 2 hours before being backwashed.

Trickle filters are cleaned once per year

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viper99
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Jun 23, 2008, 2:31 PM

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Wowwwwwwwwwwwww, I wish all of my collection will be that sizes.

You know it's addicted and cost you a lot of money, but still doing it!

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