Hello Akai-San,
Yes,, I am sorry to say that I do work full time and wish it could be the other way around and could work full time on this project, but moneys will not allow me to do that at this time.
I do get overwhelmed at times also just thinking about what I have do to, that is why I wanted to learn how to do artifical spawning as it will help me with the time that I have to work on this project. If I can work this around my schedule insted of the koi,s well it will be better. I would be hard for me to wait untill they wanted to spawn and then me at work and them have a very large lunch and all work will be lost.
As you know my ponds will be mud ponds so I will be using a very large bog to help wiht the water qualiyt. I have some concern about bad bacteria but with that size it would be very hard to build and keep clean any other type filter, I plan on a 6 inch free space in the bottom of my bog, I will be using 2in pvc with holes drilled all along the pipes to let water into the bog. the next level I will put matting down, I will be using the stuff that you put on beds andi it is called egg crate, since this stuff floats on the water i will be putting it together with pvc to keep it in place, I will be makeing sections small enough to take out and rince and put back into bog. The next level will be a solid mass of floating plants, durning the summer month. I will have Water Hyacinth on top of the bog type filter to keep down the poop and pee. I may have to take out the matting later because of being able to keep it clean I just wanted to see how this works. If I do have to change I will be using the floater to clear the water. The Water Hyacinth are very good at filtering water but they only live outside during the summer month. I still want to find a very good floater that will live during the winter months. If I dont I will try the matting during the winter.
As for culling I still am not sure how many fry I will get out of my spawns. This year wont be to bad as I will only spawn one pair so I should have the time to cull, but next year I plan on two spawns so i will have to cross that road when I get their.
With your pond being a concrete pond why dont you use the bakki shower system as they dont need cleaning and is supposed to be the best way to filter the water. If I could build mine concrete this is what I would do because of maintainence.
I still have a great deal to learn and hope that I do not make alot of costly mistakes as I go. I will say this my ponds will be getting fresh water everyday, I will be running my well 4 hours to help keep the water clean and I will take some pics after I get the ponds dug out and start working on my filter so you can see what I am doing. The pond at this time is half the size and will make it the size that I have talked about. I have also learned that the pond will not be a good size for the fry and only needs to be 3ft deep so will be digging my fry ponds. It is the wrong time of the year to be digging ponds so I will have to wait and do this in the spring, I will be getting my parent koi then and will have to put them into the main pond untill I get the ponds completed and should only take a couple of days to finish.
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