Thread: Raising Koi Fry - Development progress & Pictures

Originally Posted by RS2OOO

Think your best bet might be to wait for cuttlebrook fry to become available next year and have them delivered.

Sure that's where john1 has gone for a cupple years and also stuffyrat this year and he got some nice ones like putting some size on like

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Hi Wain,
I can recommend New Forest koi and Cuttlebrook,wouldn't recommend the one in York cant remember their name but wasnt impressed with their fry.

Your best to get 6 week old as easier to keep and usually from May time onwards, dont get too many to start with.

Spoke to stuffy when I wanted to do it he said get over 6 weeks old as feeding the younger ones is a complete mare. I know my knowledge isnt good enough for that stuff yet culling, deforms, hand picking the cream of them. Love watching it tho so Wain lots of photos and updates

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Got a three foot aquarium in the garage to use initially so be OK for light, heat, filter etc up to decent size to fend for themselves outside

then looking at a small pond/pool either inside garage (less natural light) or outside (open to elements) . . . but got a couple of months to go "firm" on which way to go

Fingerlings look good value but growth / colour already known

looking at 9 week fry so more jeopardy in what outcome will be , ,want to see the development at close quarter . . nice mutts will do not looking for "show fish"


gonna be my lockdown project