Breeding Koi
Feeding Koi Treats
Like any other type of pet, people find it fun and popular to give their pet Koi treats. You might delight in seeing your Koi respond to treats while you, your children, or grandchildren feed them. While this is a great bonding experience between pet and owner, some precautions should be taken.
Koi will eat pretty much anything that you put in the pond with them, no matter if it is good for them or not. Since Koi do not have ... Read More »
Koi Ponds During The Summer
Summer is considered one of the best and more vibrant times for your Koi pond. Temperatures are beautiful, and you are more able to enjoy your pond then during the cold Winter months. However, by no means, should your maintenance drop during the summer months. Remembering a few things during the summer months will ensure that your pond stays beautiful and lively.
Higher Temperatures Cause Less Oxygen
During the summer months, the oxygen level in your pond actually decreases. Proper precautions should ... Read More »
A Quick Guide to Koi Breeding
Like most fish, Koi carp lay eggs instead of bearing live offspring. In fact, Koi are known to lay thousands of eggs at a time. This process may sound easy and promising if youre considering breeding Koi for fun or profit, but many factors must be exactly right for even a small percentage of these eggs to survive so dont get your hopes up just yet. This article will explain the process of Koi spawning.
The first component ... Read More »
Technical Koi Information
Let us get technical about breeding koi! Koi was first identified in Japan, to be a multi colored fish in the carp ethnicity. Its special or most dominant feature is in its outer skins vibrant colored spots that give impression of decorated fish. And the name Koi stands for friendship in Japan and may be it is the reason for most of Japanese people to cultivate koi around their household. In Japan koi stands for friendship and love!
With dates back ... Read More »
Seek New Fun, Breed a Koi
Sometimes we are seeking a new fun in life, may be a sort of change for us and our kids, if you could make your kid love it then you have helped him to learn a profitable hobby, It is breeding a koi. Do you know much about it? Let me tell you some factoids about. A koi is a carp added to it some colors by the Japanese. Its origin was from China/Japan/ S.E. Asia but most now are ... Read More »
Profiting From Koi Breeding
Koi fish is a very beautiful creature; it is originating from the common carp. It is known to be natural habitant of the East Asian waters. This type of fish has several sub categories including butterfly koi fish. The general characteristics of the fish are the colored patches on the fish body and the branched fins in the butterfly sub category.
Breeding koi fish could be a very interesting hobby and it could turn at some point into a profitable business, ... Read More »
Preserving Your Koi’s Health
When you built your pond, you probably spent a lot of time planning its design. You made sure every plumbing piece was in place. You cautiously choose your filter and your pump. Everything seems excellent. While everything is in place, did you know that you need to plan your fish just as carefully as everything else?
Many skilled fish keepers will tell you that the best way to guarantee long-lived healthy fish is to buy top quality excellent stock from local ... Read More »
Potential Koi Pond Problems
Youve followed all of the right steps, and yet your Koi wont breed. Dont let another season pass without a success spawn.
Perhaps you should examine some of the common problems with Koi and determine if the solution might be altering something other than your breeding techniques. The three most common areas of Koi problems are the following: problems with Koi setup, water quality issues, and problems with the Koi themselves. Lets examine these areas of interest one ... Read More »
Paving the Way to Success in Koi Breeding
Paving the way to success in Koi breeding is a task easier said than done because Koi breeding is a business that is dominated by overwhelming, incomprehensible and simply outrageous numbers and amounts. The amount of hours the average Koi breeder has to work, the number of eggs that the typical female will lay, the number of eggs that fail to hatch, the profits to be made and many other factors are all exceptionally high. However, with time and ... Read More »
Lets Get Technical About Breeding Koi
Lets get technical about breeding Koi for a minute. For some it is a walk in the park, while for others it is a pain in the you-know-what. Whatever your opinion on this topic, knowing the exact process of breeding Koi may better help you to understand why this is something some people love and some people love to hate.
It takes approximately a year, yes a year of conditioning to successfully and properly breed koi. It is a good idea ... Read More »