[jacovors]

Thanks Dick,Brady and Sanke56,
Brady I could not agree more about what you said.I have seen koi produced here not even worthy of being called koi.I will strive to do my best and it will be years before I can produce koi worthy of being called KOI.
This hobby of koikeeping is more complicated than any other I have encoutered before.I can understand the reluctancy of some to give away their secrets and knowledge regarding breeding.It probably took them years of trial and error to get to the point they are at now without much help from others. This is a public forum and I can understand by posting their secrets here can result in more and more people start to breed koi and can become competition to the existing producers without going through the test and fail routine and spending vast amounts of money to obtain proper parent stock.
I have realised in a very short time that producing good koi is an art and skill not happening by accident. I guess I will have to wait and see what the outcome of my first breeding attempt will be.
Thanks to all the guys willing to share their experiences with me and by doing so spares me a lot of the pitfalls they had to endure.
I will post some more pics of the fry today to share their development and excellent growth rate.

Jaco.