Woohoo I got fry!

[MangoR34]

Thats right! I got FRY!...what fry you may ask...

The 1994 Grand Champion AKA (Australian Koi Association) Koi Bloodlines Koi Fry :P

The breeder was so generous and gave me about 100 or so of these fry!

The Koi fry are are about 3 weeks old, so they have grown since I got them 2 weeks ago. Most are about 15mm but still got some at about 12mm. The fry are yellowish because they have been munching on bbs :D The fry outcome should be 90% Platnium Ogon (a.k.a Platnium White) and only 10% Yamabuki Ogon (a.k.a Yellow Gold). Since Ogons (metallic pure colours) are my favourite, I wouldnt mind a pond full of them :P

The Father is a similar looking Platnium Ogon:
http://www.japanese-koi-fish.com/images/varieties/POgon_.jpg

And the G/Champ Mother a similar looking and much bigger (21 years old and about 80cm):
http://www.japanese-koi-fish.com/images/varieties/Yamabuki_Ogon2_.jpg

The fry are being feed live bbs, finely chopped up live blackworms, crushed Koi Pellets, Powdered foods and sometimes the frozen bbs.
The fry are being feed atleast 4 times a day and it seems the constaint feeding is allowing faster growth as well as the development of colours.

Time for some pics. I took yesterday.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b54/MangoPlants/DSC07421.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b54/MangoPlants/DSC07419.jpg

Mango :D

[OscarManAlpha]

Cool they certainly are the kings of the pond.

Will be interesting to see how they turn out !!

Will you update with some more pics when you can ?

What temp are you raising them at ?

[Mattzilla]

they look great

keep us posted with their progress

[Ben]

thats great Mango!

keep us posted as they grow!

I would love to have koi, but they are illegal in Victoria and there are too many dibba dobbers!

thanks for the pics,
Ben

[MangoR34]

The Koi are at room temp around 22*C. They are best kept at 20-25*C. I was able to purchase a 500g pack of Hikari Spirulina and i crushed it down to powder form and the fry love it. To Koi keepers in Australia, the food are very good but expensive. But, since Ive been with the Hikari line for a long time now, guess it should be ok.

Ofcoarse I will be updating the photos...I just have to add this forum to my list :P So far 5 other forums get the same images...from Japan to Malaysia to Australia :P

Being the first time keeping such small koi, I am excited like most of you :P

Mango :D