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Many Thanks Dave had a bit of a disaster, 1 o''clock in the morning wife woke me up there's a fire in the pond! Some thing electrical had gone up? Flames 12feet high! All melted manage to put it out stub my toe in the process! The wife would not kiss it better? So been clearing up and repairing and replacing equipment! Still it could have been a lot worse!

Not unless you can pick up! As an account with APC they expect 1000 boxes a month!

@@koibreeding what part of UK mate ?

@@Koi-addict33 As far south as you can get oppsite IOW near Portsmouth

@@koibreeding I'll have to look into if they is a courier I can organise, what do you have available ?

@@Koi-addict33 Sorry mate I replied but must have forgot to reply DOH!!! I will only have Gin shiro spawning as only a keen hobbyist so I remove culls ASP!

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Many Thanks for comment. I will keep you informed. Are we ever going to get a summer?

@@koibreeding i know it not been very clever this year , I'm in a polytunnel though so been keeping pretty good temps

@@Koi-addict33 Sound good to me!

Cheers mate I am on the Costa del Solent!! as far south as you can get on the mainland!

@@koibreeding im in east Yorkshire mate I've had one spawning this year they doing well so far , from two males and one female pairing , all three from nnd

@@Koi-addict33 There's a Facebook group koi breeding you can post videos etc

Many Thanks for the comment, The Dainichi bloodline the sumi is slow to develop and can take 4 or 6 years to fully develop. So a koi with loads of well developed sumi at Tosai will nearly be all black by yonsai! So it is a bit of a guessing game. I will have to do a video!

Many Thanks for subscribing very much appreciated. Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments? Hopefully I may know the answer but not always!

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cheers Mate Very Much appreciated!

Normally yes, you are quite correct, in my main pond I normally see the waterlilies out before they will spawn mid summer. But these Koi are last years Tosai at 30cm and are now 64cm and 54cm and have been over wintered in a headed pond indoor pond in the shed. This is what makes all the difference. If you checkout the channel you will see I am a great advocate for heating tosai. Regarding your question "are the eggs mature enough?" The female will only spawn when she thinks there is a high survival rate for her fry. So yes is the answer but if they were in an unheated pond the answer would be different!

@@koibreeding I see, it matures faster if it is heated.

​@@atsuminaoki9910 Basically yes because they have good food and warm water good growth and good development which means good eggs!

Yes Mate I will be interested to see the results!!! Watch this space!

Many Thanks they have certainly grown well!

I try and the wife is always backing me up by saying how trying I am!!!!

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Yes and colour but polycarbonate roof in shed does not help beni. I think UV light is more important than we think, the colour food needs UV light to improve beni. I also have 2full spectrum lights.

Yeah! Ricky, from Koi wholesale is going to be trialing some new led lights. That wiling be interesting.

Yes it is one to keep an eye out for!@@shaunleonard8146

Good shout! But I adde some clay the night before so it may be that or just wishful thinking! The filters are coping well for the amount of koi in there and size of koi! But you can always do better! Filter system is really two systems, One from bottom of pond to ultra sieve 3 to shower1000X500X150mm 3 tier and splash return. I place a filter mat in sieve and replace it every day. Other system is pumped mid water to tempest to shower and splash return. 750 gallons I would like a bigger grow on but where to put it?

Thanks for the comment. they have all done very well. Cheers

Thank you! Cheers! Glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you enjoyed it.

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You're welcome!thank you for your ki d words.. It was very much appreciated.

Can I please ask, what food you feed in the cold and warmer months? Thank you

Yes you can! I use Saki balance in main pond which is about 10C at moment but only a cup a day for a lot of koi.@@shaunleonard8146

Thank you.

Your welcome happy koi keeping in 2024@@shaunleonard8146

Thank you for your kind words very much appreciated!

Thank you good question, You can but it will pollute the water and it will distract them from the task of spawning. It is better to fast them for three days before a spawning a to keep water cleaner and to sharpen there desire to spawn.

Many thanks, How are things in USA spawning wise?

Good Idea I am working on a couple of videos at mo but will add it to my to List! Good Call

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Your Welcome@@shaunleonard8146

I personally have a microscope and check my water parameters at least twice a week and ph every day as I've got a electronic meter, however my neighbour who has had a pond for over 40 years has never tested or treated, and I must say his fish are stunning and feed well,,I'm not defending his way of doing things,but it is very interesting

Personally I cannot see anyone in the hobby who keeps koi for 40 years and has never had a problem! We all have problems and need to treat at some point I treat less that I did as my koi keeping skill have improved over the years! Keep doing what works for you! @@dancrawford2690

Many Thanks I hoped you hit the like button!

Totally agree but I can't help but think of all the koi suffering because of there ignorant advice and pond keepers struggling as a result.

Excellent I love that comment!

Hi I would like to no more about breeding my koi I have koi quite afew years but never had time as I worked away from home so never really had time now iv finished work I'd love to try and have a go thanks

​@@kevinhill9338 I would look at some of my videos and Cuttle Brooke koiFarm have has some great articles on koi breeding. My advice would be have a go and only keep 300 fry in 300 gallons which is crazy but they will soon grow so you need big filters to cope with growing koi or vast mud pond or lakes to rear them. Good luck

Cheers mate feel free to like and share and any comment good or bad welcome!

Many Thanks I Try, and according to the wife I am very Trying!

Many thanks very much appreciated!

Many Thanks very much appreciated! Any subject on koi keeping you would like covered?

Many thanks much appreciated

Many Thanks for the comment I would have agreed with you a few months ago. now I am not so sure? Why? Well it is because I can see the smaller koi growing well? I will have to measure them and we can compare growth? I also think that one female tends to dominate the rest like the Momotaro Gin Rin, has grow the biggest but is also the friendliest. Now if I had a tank full of Momotaro Gin Rin would they all be the same size? I think one would always rise up to be bigger than the rest? It would be interesting to see tanks of all one variety and size if there was a stand out koi?

Cheers Many thanks I try! and this has been confirmed by the wife who is always saying "how trying I am!"

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Good question, I don’t think the Japanese breeders have a problem with sex identification I believe they could get the sex right 85% To 90% of the time. As they know there bloodlines and there growing traits inside out. I think it is more of a sales pitch the bigger koi command bigger prices. If your a jumbo breeder you will grow your koi anyway so you can pick the best to keep for koi shows in Japan. The rejects are then sold off as Tateshita which a koi becomes when the breeder decides to sell it and it is no longer tategoi. So it makes economic sense to call them Jumbo Tosai and sell them at a Jumbo Prices in comparison to the rest of the smaller koi sold.