| Breeding on the terraced roof...
Yes, quite crazy idea not to be recomended. But what can you do being a koi fanatic and living in a flat? So this is why I'm keeping koi since several years ago in a 5th floor terraced roof. There are currently 3 small ponds of 1600, 1350 and 600 liters over my flat. I checked technical details with the architect before going so far, and is allright providing I don't go deeper than 35 cm! Believe or not, I raised 11 Koi from 4 to 15 cm in the 1600 liters pond to sizes ranging from 35 to almost 50 cm in 4 years. Surely it is a borderline case of Koi keeping, especially considering that in summer temperature can reach 45 celsius degrees (113º Farenheit...).
Well, this is the second year I'm breeding Koi. This season I experimented with Ovaprim to artificially spawn some Koi. But used natural spawning with the more interesting Koi: tree Sanke males (one is metallic) and a Sanke female. I perched these Koi when they were 4 to 8 cm, so I feel quite proud raising them in a way that they have improved so much.
Well, I'm attaching pictures of the breeders and the more interesting fry they have produced. Somehow I'm a bit dissapointed, there are very few fry that appear to be Sanke, and none seems to have real potential. Despite the strong colors or the parents, I can't see any real hi yet.
Surprisingly, there are more Kohaku fry. But again real hi has to develop yet, and I'm worried that they might turn to Shiro Muji instead.
Having a look at the pictures, what do you thing?
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