Koi Fish Farming

How to Parent Selection Koi

Select the parent koi mature sex and mature body. Mature sex ie male parent already produce sperm and the female parent has produced mature eggs. Body that is physically mature they are already ready to be a productive parent.

Physical prime, no defects, fins and scales complete. Graceful movement, balance, not sluggish. Males aged at least 2 years, females at least 3 years. Females are larger than males, stomach look bigger than the back. Males conversely more slender and flat belly when viewed from the back. Male parent fins ready to mate will appear white spots.

A female parent with 2 or 3 pairs male parent. This is no longer a male preserve that mut. By providing a stock of more than one male, spawning failure can be avoided.

It is not recommended to use the most good parent, because the offspring are usually ugly. Offspring is not necessarily as good as the parent. Choose koi mediocre, but still has superior properties, such as a solid color. If the seed selection can later choose which one is best.

Terms of Koi Spawning Pool

Separate spawning pool created by the garden pond. Spawning pond must have entrances and exits of its own water. The entire pool must be taped and can be dried.

Spawning ponds vary widely. For an area of ​​3-6 m2 should narrow to a depth of 0.5 m. Location pool gets enough sunlight, not too noisy, shielded from the reach of children and pets.

Provide also an egg hatching and seed treatments. Hatchery ponds, shape can be rectangular or round. If spherical diameter of 1.5 to 2 m.

Add a pool if there is, namely a pool to grow natural food used to feed the seed supply if the yolk has been exhausted. Pool depth of about 30 cm. Between 6-10 m2 of pond area, quite adequate.

The walls can be covered with a vinyl pool that ordinary materials to create fiberglass tub. With layers of vinyl, the pools are more assured of cleanliness and the effect of cement can be removed.

Koi Pond Preparation

Swimming dried in the sun, entrance filter fitted to prevent the eggs that may be washed away.

Usually koi will spawn under the plant or any material that could be used to attach the egg. Therefore provide adequate tacks eggs so the eggs can survive koi.

Kakaban egg engaging members can use, which is used for spawning carp. Kakaban made from fibers that are clamped with bamboo slats and nailed. Good Kakaban made of fibers and average length, length 120 cm width 40 cm. Kakaban adjust to a large number of females, 4-6 kg of fruit for every one female parent.

In order to float, kakaban arranged on a piece of bamboo that is still intact. Above kakaban given bamboo and tied so that collection kakaban not disintegrate when the parent spawning pair. Before installed, kakaban cleaned, washed and rinsed to be free of the mud.

Kakaban installed after a pool filled with water. Water always flows to the spawning pond for koi to spawn merangasang couples. In addition to engaging eggs kakaban place could use aquatic plants such as Hydrilla prepared or pieces of raffia palm fiber as a replacement.

Implementation of Koi Fish Spawning

Parent entered around 16:00 and midnight will begin to spawn. The mother will swim around the pool with a male parent followed behind. The longer they are more exciting movement. Male parent body pressed when following the female parent. At its peak, the female parent will spend with the occasional egg jumped into the air. Female activity is immediately followed by removing the male semen.

The eggs were exposed to sperm will stick to the material engaging kakaban or other eggs and difficult escape. Also there are some eggs fall to the bottom of the pool. Marriage is completed in the morning. Parent immediately separated from the egg. If terlambatm eggs can be consumed by the mother.

There are two ways to separate the parent of the eggs produced. First, the parent of the spawning pond and keep the eggs hatch in the pools. The second way to move the eggs to a hatchery pond. The first way is more practical because the savings pool.

To prevent fungus, eggs soaked first in a solution with a concentration of green Malachyt 1/300.000 for 15 minutes before it is placed in the hatchery ponds. When will the eggs soak, preferably kakaban shake the water that dirt may cover the eggs could be released.