Archive for July, 2010
JULY 31st 10am-3pm, ONSITE BLOWOUT SALE 50% off Hundreds of Koi
Monday, July 26th, 2010A few more Sanke Babies
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Here are a few more babies from the cull that went back to the mud to grow on
Mat and Jen review pictures of the parents that have given such great results.
Culling of Sanke
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Tuesday morning the guys headed out in the rain to bring in the babie Sanke for their first cull
Note: Koi bags doubling as rain gear
The koi came in on avarage of 2 inches. Mat was very happy with the results, but even more pleased with the number of High Class Sanke that came from this spawn. Looking like a good year for Sanke.
The week of the Sanke
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010This week we did the first cull on the Sanke
The Sanke were bred May 29th 2010
I don’t have much information on the parents Mat choose for this breeding. As you can imagine, he’s pretty busy running around on the farm right now. So here are the pictures of the breeders and i will share more about them when i can get Mat to sit down!
Female Sanke
Matsunosuke Maruten Sanke Male
Gin Rin Sanke Male
More Showa Babies!
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Showa fry are first culled when they are only a few days old. Showa is a black based fish, so the white fry are seperated from the black fry and only the black fry are placed into the mud ponds to be grown.
Showa Fry
Culling showa is a extremely important but very time consuming. We have a small staff, so we are very greatful when our customers graciously offer to help with this task.
This year, it took a few day to get thru all the showa babies. Its very suprising how much growth can happen in the first 24hrs in the mud pond. For best results, we wanted to keep the frys’ size similar in each pond. So, each of the three days of culled fry got their own mud pond. All three mud ponds of showa have come from the same spawning.
Today Mat culled the second pond of showa
Showa baby
showa baby
Temp hit over 100Degree F – but its Culling Season!
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010The guys arrived in at sunrise today to try to beat the heat as the temps here in NJ reach over 100 degrees F today.
Today, they started culling the first of 3 mud ponds of Showa.
The Showa were bred June 2nd 2010
Below – Male parents used in breeding
Male Gin Rin Matsunosuke Showa
Male Matsunosuke ShowaCulling Fry
The first cull of these showa was done by Joyce Spears, one of our helpful customers, at only a few days old. Joyce seperated thru the white and black fry. Only the black fry are placed in the mud ponds to be grown.
Today was the second cull of the first pond. The koi were brought out at about 3inches. There wasn’t a large number of koi, but the koi were of excellent quality and a few hundred were returned back to the mud pond.
Sample of ShowaSample Showa
The other 2 showa ponds are to be culled by weeks end.
