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SteveH: Another great post! That & the links from Sundan give quite a knowledge base. I think most magazine articles give too little focus to the importance of cultivating the microbe life for the first food for fry. The first weeks are so important ... and difficult ... with any fry. With hundreds of thousands of fry, the food volume needed is extraordinary, and depends on a careful balance. You also made the the important point of timing re: predators. Once the dragon flies lay eggs, time is short before fry are the meal of nymphs etc. So many things for the koi breeder to do ... all in the right time span. So much work before the "art" even comes into the picture.
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