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Thread: How To Grow Big Koi
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22-05-2018, 01:14 AM #1
How To Grow Big Koi
Ok, so I'm new to Koi keeping. For all I know these old videos could be well known and posted many times before, or you might consider them rubbish.
Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed watching them and learned a few things along the way so I hope you find them interesting.
This guy grows young Koi to 24" in a 890 US Gallon (3300 litre) overstocked pond and explains how he does it.
I've recently bought three 10 Month old Tosai which are just 10cm long.... I used to achieve that length in 2 Months with Fancy Goldfish in 4 foot room temperature tanks, hence my google search where I stumbled across these videos.
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22-05-2018, 03:05 AM #2
How to grow big koi:
1 good water with lots of water changes preferably constant trickle
2 warm water, approx 22c
3 good quality food, feed small portions regularly
4 not over crowded
Alex
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22-05-2018, 09:49 AM #3
Temperature probably had a lot to do with your fish's growth rate I would think.
Warmer water means more active fish, more active fish means they'll need to eat more to replenish their energy and as a result build strength in the process, bigger stronger fish will eat more and so the process continues or something along those lines anyway.
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22-05-2018, 10:03 AM #4
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22-05-2018, 05:50 PM #5
i think almost all koi will go 60 cm plus regardless of genetics, if given the right conditions, and thats pretty easy in 2 years for most.
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22-05-2018, 06:57 PM #6
Reminds me of the old joke,
"How do you make a small fortune in football?"
"Start with a big fortune and buy a football club"
... i'll get my coat.
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26-05-2018, 09:31 AM #7
I think Good Genetics is more essential than overcrowding. My pond is overstocked but all my fish came from excellent breeders in Japan, all are a good size (majority at or over 2 feet in length) but I have a lot of filtration, plus water changes to get rid of hormones and pheromones in the water - these will stunt growth.
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