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    This is something I’d like to try next yearMy Cuttlebrook fry. if you ordered say 100 fry what’s the chances of getting some real quality koi? Or do they keep the better fry themselves?


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    To be honest they do grade them and keep the best but that is only natural,doesn't mean one good one doesn't slip through and a mix variety is the best bet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    To be honest they do grade them and keep the best but that is only natural,doesn't mean one good one doesn't slip through and a mix variety is the best bet.
    So they really let go what they don’t want/think aren’t good enough? Have you got any good ones by doing it?


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    Had a couple in last years from New Forest koi but a bit early yet in these ones,who knows.
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    I see Adam Byer sells them, has anyone had any off him with good results?


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    I currently have a few from Adam it was a Mix of Karashigoi, chagoi , ochiba, soragoi I don’t think much grading could be done on these apart from size grading.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    I currently have a few from Adam it was a Mix of Karashigoi, chagoi , ochiba, soragoi I don’t think much grading could be done on these apart from size grading.


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    What age were they, and how many did you get ?


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    My Cuttlebrook fry.

    I went to visit Adam to see his set up and also have a look at what larger fish were available. being late in the season most sale stock had already gone. I had an empty grow on vat and he had some jumbo fry so I took just 15 of them as I did not want 100s to have to move on. I believe they were 6 weeks old.
    Few weeks on now and they have grow well


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    Hey Mike, didnt know Adam had Chags and Ochiba thought he had just Kohaku,that is a different light.
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    My Cuttlebrook fry.

    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    Hey Mike, didnt know Adam had Chags and Ochiba thought he had just Kohaku,that is a different light.
    Adam specialises in Kohaku but also has lots of others. I see some stunning Showa there that unfortunately were either sold or not yet available for sale but I will be keeping my eye out for them.

    Not sure what you mean by ‘that is a different light’


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    I picked one metallic just to mix it up a little but this is the guy with the deformed mouth My Cuttlebrook fry.



    I must get some more recent photos, I have an auto feeder ‘that’s what they are sitting under’ but I can only program that 5 feeds a day.

    I do hand feed between times as and when but I may get a better feeder.

    What feeder are you using?


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    A Profi feeder is the most epic for fry because you can actually program it to automatically increase the overall feed quantity each week by a percentage you set, but still divided over the number of feeds you chose.
    Costs more than the fry did though

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    Hi John,

    i hope your well..... please keep us posted with their development, will be interesting what you end up with, all the best Steve
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    Quote Originally Posted by Feline View Post
    I admire your hard work raising fry. I’m too lazy to try it, preferring to enjoy the fruits of someone else’s labour instead
    I think I would be unable to cull anything, so would end up with a pond full of mutts
    To be fair, I do already have several mutts in my pond but I won’t get rid of any so they are here until they die!
    One big reason I'm setting up a tank is to grow fish on, although I was looking more at fish 4 to 6 inch's to grow on, any advice and pitfalls to lookout for, be a great help

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    I went to visit Adam to see his set up and also have a look at what larger fish were available. being late in the season most sale stock had already gone. I had an empty grow on vat and he had some jumbo fry so I took just 15 of them as I did not want 100s to have to move on. I believe they were 6 weeks old.
    Few weeks on now and they have grow well


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    He's got a Kohaku there for me that I bought back in the spring, but pond is still not ready

    Did he have some nice littleuns to grow on there? my lad lives at Horsham and we were going up at end of the month and was intending to go up to Adams, but we are in lockdown here, so snookered now,

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    Yeah he had a few there nothing for me though. I did see a nice Kohaku in the sold pond though so that may have been yours My Cuttlebrook fry.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    Yeah he had a few there nothing for me though. I did see a nice Kohaku in the sold pond though so that may have been yours My Cuttlebrook fry.


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    Hope it was, how big was he/she the way things are going I'll be missing out on enjoying seeing it grow, Chris at Kitsu got a few fish there for me to

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Koi View Post
    Hope it was, how big was he/she the way things are going I'll be missing out on enjoying seeing it grow, Chris at Kitsu got a few fish there for me to
    Have you got any pics of the fish Adam has kept for you?
    I keep going on his website but can never see any fish for sale (apart from fry)My Cuttlebrook fry.


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    Quote Originally Posted by D’ster View Post
    Have you got any pics of the fish Adam has kept for you?
    I keep going on his website but can never see any fish for sale (apart from fry)My Cuttlebrook fry.


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    I have yes, I'll try and post it up tomorrow after work

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    Adam is releasing his Nisai very soon I believe.
    hugely tempting .... I must resist!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Feline View Post
    Adam is releasing his Nisai very soon I believe.
    hugely tempting .... I must resist!
    Yep, here's my Kohaku

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