Viable, fertilized Koi eggs ( fry, small koi, baby fish )
|
| |
| Koi only spawn in early to late spring. We have a 24 hour
time frame to ship the eggs before they hatch. Please click the link
above where is says
Join My Email List to be added to
the list. I will send an email newsletter a few
weeks before we spawn. We are done spawning for 2010.
The next spawn will be some time in April to early May so be
sure to get on the list to be notified before we spawn. |
|
(click to enlarge photo) |
Spawning time! The tank is 40' by 8' by 4' deep. The entire liner is solid eggs. Millions and millions and millions of them! In fact Rich says he will give free fry to anyone who wants to count the eggs for us. Better hurry because they will start hatching tonight or tomorrow! Oh yah for size reference, there is a scale in the one photo that one of the breeders lost during the spawn!
|
They will be approximately 1 week old. Price is $100 plus over night Fed EX shipping around $50.00 or more (email your zip code for shipping quote) depending on how far you live from zip code 28658 and $8.98 for special fry food.
|
|
|
There is a lot of information here so please read this carefully.
|
 Dummy bag I made up with roots, water and oxygen to get the weight. So what you will receive will look just like the photo above. The eggs will hatch in 3 to 5 days after spawning, depending on the temperature. The warmer it is, the faster they hatch. OK so you need to have a tank set up and running in advance and ready to go when the package arrives at your door. I would strongly recommend that you not put these in a pond that contains other fish or they will quickly be eaten. |
Left to right, 100 gallon tank we have ready for spawning in. Examples of tanks middle picture 300 gallon stock tank. Right picture, 650 gallon tank. If you note the filters, they are all homemade and we actually have twice the amount (or more) gallons of filtration on each tank. This allows us to grow more fish per tank. For instance the 650-gallon tank has 3,000 gallons of filtration on it.
|
How many fish will you get from the hatch? Our past experience says about 80% to 90% are viable and will hatch into fry.
|
You will not have time to run around and get needed items when the eggs arrive. Please have on hand:
At least a 100 gallon tank preferably larger.
We use 650 gallon stock tanks. These can be purchased at farm supply type stores. Tractor Farm Supply is where we buy them. We buy
them here in NC for around $150.00 (650-gallon size) but price will vary depending on your location. Keep in mind the bigger the tank the faster the fish will grow and the less chance that the fry will be cannibalistic.
We use 100 gallon stock tanks also available at farm type stores for spawning and then after the eggs are hatched we transfer them to 650 gallon tanks.
You will need a pump and a filter, and established bio filter is highly recommended. The intake on the pump must be covered so that the eggs or fry will not be sucked into the pump. We wrap a piece of filter material around that intake. It generally has to be removed for cleaning quite often because the
hyacinth roots will cling to it eventually.
|
Good testing kits that test for ammonia, nitrite, pH and Kh. Make sure you use new fresh test kits. Your test kits should be replaced every spring. They do go bad and give false reading. If you do not have these I have them for sale here.
You will need ammonia binder, baking soda and regular table salt on hand. Optional would be a pond thermometer. You must test the water for
ammonia and nitrite daily. Poor water quality is fatal to be koi but even
more so to new babies. I am not talking about the clarity of the water either. We grow our fry in green water because they grow faster in green water. The down side is that they are hard, even impossible to see.
You will need fry food on hand also. I have 2 cups for $8.98 and that can be added into the shipping total. They need new baby fry food about 12 to 18 hours after hatching. They live off the yolk sack for the first hours. This is a fine powder that
floats and then slowly sinks.
The fry are very small when they hatch and are very hard to see. You will need to look very close into the water and at an angle to see them at first. They generally
stay close to the roots once they hatch. There will be some eggs that will not hatch and will just wither away.
I make no claims on how many will hatch, the colors or how many will survive (that is where you and your Koi keeping skills come in). I have given you the facts as they are and now you must decide if you can and will follow directions. These are live animals who are dependant on you to keep them alive and healthy.
|
Go back to the main page and sign up for my emails if you would like to be on the list. The fastest way to reach me is email. During the day I am in the greenhouse and the phone connection there is really bad because of the huge fans that run this time of the year. |
