Water Gardening: More newbie questions-Koi spawn, 1 by Carolyn22

Carolyn22 wrote:
MM,

Best of luck to you. - I know that we have had a problem and were inundated with baby koi last year. We didn't notice them until the fry were about an inch or so long. Part of the reason we didn't notice them sooner was that we were having clarity problems with the water - apparently what I was using for planting my waterlilies was leaving a lot of silt in the water, but anyway, you may very well luck out. Like I said we had bunches of baby koi last year and did nothing to transfer eggs or anything.

If you look in the picture I have attached in the upper right hand corner, there are 2 of the babies that we did not catch last year - the little kohaku we planned on keeping, the other didn't make it into the batches we caught to remove from the pond and put into my friends pond that sells water plants, fish, etc. Right now, they are probably about 4-5" long.

This year, we have the home made spawning mops in the pond with the idea of watching and waiting and when they lay their eggs we will transfer the mops to a tank that is waiting for them. It should be easier this way than to try to catch them like we did last year - you definitely have the right idea.

I noticed that you are in the same zone that I am in and if is only recently that the fish have started to act amorous towards each other. I have to believe your length of day is the same and my pond is only slightly larger than yours, so your water temps are probably similar.

Good luck and please let us know how you do.