Koi fish farming is quite easy to do. The stages are almost the same as the goldfish cultivation. It's just that the crucial is the availability of quality seeds. This time alamtani discuss about koi fish farming steps.
Choosing sires for koi fish cultivation
Choosing sires plays an important role in the cultivation of koi fish. Genetically good breeds will produce good offspring, so roughly the general law. Quality breeders are usually owned by breeders or hobbyists. When the difficulty of finding good breeders, can lend to borrow from the hobbyists.
Pehobi usually collects quality koi fish, either for self-preservation or for a contest. But these hobbyists on average do not have the skills or time to marry the fish. In fact, to keep the fish stay fit one of them must be mated if it has arrived.
Here the cultivators can work together with the fish owners. Where the owners benefit because the fish can be mated and the cultivators can get quality offspring. In return, usually the owner is allowed to choose one or two married fish.
In addition to heredity or genetic characteristics, the prospective broodstock must have the following characteristics:
The age of the fish is quite mature, more than 2 years
Have the same or close type, for example kohaku with kohaku Ideal body shape, from above looks like a torpedo
The calm and calmly calmed wayThe bright and contrasting colorShe, the movements are nimble not much silent at the bottom of the pool
The male and female have ripe gonads
Maintenance of broodstock koi
Koi fish breeders should be kept in a special pond. The depth of the pond is at least 150 cm, deeper the better. Pool density should also be considered, a 4 × 5 meter maximum pool filled with 20 female breeders or 40 male males. This is because the female sires are usually larger than the males.
Male breeding and males are kept in different ponds, the benefits so that when breeding breeders no longer need to bribe. In general, the maintenance of the sowing pond is the same as the maintenance of the enlargement pool.
Feed given in the form of pellets measuring 8 mm, assuming koi fish aged more than 2 years has a minimum size of 60 cm. The amount of feed given about 3-5% of body weight in one day. Frequency of feeding 2-4 times.
Koi Fish Harvest
This sorting is useful for determining the price level. A quality koi fish is of course appreciated higher. Sorting in koi fish culture can be done since fish age 1 month. At this age the fish is strong enough to move around. Or if you want more safe, do after the fish is 3 months old.
The sorting factors are based on body size, shape and color quality. Koi fish are classified by size, small with small and large size with large ones.
While the shape of the body is sorted from a form that is not good. A good body shape should be proportional. His body was round like a bullet not too long. The fins are symmetrical and the movements are calm but steady.