how to breed koi fish step by step 3 check female abdomen becomes rounder
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how to breed koi fish step by step 3 check female abdomen becomes rounder
"HOW TO BREED JAPANESE KOI ( STEP BY STEP PROCESS)"
1.Prepare a spawning tank at least 3ft x 3ft x 8ft
2.Put clean water in the tank and allow it to last for 2 days before placing the koi breeders
3.Provide your breeder koi with live plants or any material usch as nylon for their nest
4.Put methylene blue to dis-infect the water to ensure high hatchability rate
5.Choose your breeder koi ( 1 female against 3 males ratio)
6.Acclimatize your breeder before release
7.Place your breeder koi inside the spawning tank
8.Provide sufficient oxygen by putting good aeration
9.Cover the spawning tank to allow the breeders to get acquainted to the new environment
10.Allow the koi to stay in the tank and wait for at least 72 hours
11.Check them at dawn if they have started spawning. The male koi's will vigorously pursue the female
12.The female koi will spawn her eggs on the nest and being chased by the three males to fertilize her eggs with their milt.
13.Leave them for three hours.
14.(OPTIONAL) You may handstrip them to extract all the eggs out of the females belly, and milt out of the males caudal peduncle
15.Remove the breeders out of the spawning tank and place it back to the common tank.
16.Wait for 5-7 days before the eggs will hatch. Provide oxygen to the eggs.
" Note"
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