| Alex,
This is my first time to breed asagis. I am playing a hunch I have based on other breedings I've been sucessful with. I don't know if this will work or not. But I intend to find out and you will too!
For example, my best gin rin come from a breeding of one gin rin parent not two. Some of the nicest longfins i have seen have been with one longfin parent. you don't get as many "good' koi but the few that pass inspection on usually superlative.
Most of the time with parents introduced to a spawning tank i have a spawn within 24 hrs, so i don't worry about ammonia build up caused by the parents. If they go longer than several days then I will make some water changes. my biggest concern is when you have litterally thousdands of babies begin to eat and put waste into the water. That's when the fun begins!
In cases like showa and shiros you can scale down by dividing to respectable numbers within the first week. With koi like asagi, you don't have a clue for months!
I will try and get some closeups of the male next weekend. he's a wild one as are most asagi's. It's been 24 hrs now since the koi were introduced and I have not heard anything as yet. ( we breed the koi at Sue's Blueberry farm where she has lots of acreage. She's about a half hr's drive from my home) I should hear monday morning and will update.
Thanks for the interest. Brian is working on an article(s) on asagi's and some of thier famous breeders who really know thier stuff with these koi.
Hopefully he will get a professional shot of the reverse for you! If not I will try! |