Want to grow Jumbo Koi in india
Well here are the 3 steps which should yield results .
Step One - Select Jumbo Potential Koi Fry or Tosai (One year Old) or Higher)-Lots of Information is available on Google on this .But Just trust you dealer because only he can assure that the Koi is from Jumbo sized parents .
If we get this step wrong we are in trouble - Whatever you do the Koi won't grow above its genetic limit .
Don't have a trustworthy Dealer/Breeder in India ? were you can purchase Japanese Koi in India -Just contact me We will try to find one in the city that you live ..
Step-Two - Water Changes - All have heard about maintaining water parameters Ammonia - Nitrate -Nitrite Kh ,pH So people end up in investing in huge filters -- and other methodology .
so you end up using lot of power and costly equipment -
Why don't you just do a constant water change - Change water everyday- now before you guys start doubting my sanity - and start crying how wasteful I am sounding .. hear out what I have to say.
The water from the Pond need not be wasted - Not even a drop - Do you know that its one of the worlds best fertilizers - So either build you own aqua-phonic system -if you cant ,use it for plants - Use a cheap drip irrigation system water drips into the pond and same way the overflow drips out to the plants in the garden
Inflow and outflow rates will be the same and you have constantly fresh water for the fish - Chlorinated water ?, Just make sure that you first let the water drip into a pan with an airstone and then drip into the pond - If the pan is in the sun - Better chlorine removal .
Don't even have plants - Just the overflow go to your Toilet Flushing system -Do you know your Flushing systems waste the most of your freshwater ..
and the beneficial bacteria in the water will in turn ensure you septic tank is cleaner and less maintenance - Well simply because of less chlorine- Chlorine kill all bacteria - Good as well as bad ..
Now if you live in a high rainfall area, in say the east or the west cost -Life is simpler connect you storm drains to your ponds and overflow back to the drain .....greatest filter from the mother nature ,called monsoon will take of your KOI in India at least for a couple of months.
Now the only risk here is a pH crash - ie if the rain water is at a lower pH than what is already in pond then you are in great trouble . pH crash could result in sudden death ....
But this is easily remedied - sea shells - get a bag f sea shells - just scavenge n the sea shore of you have time - broken bits and pieces would do too - put them in a net bag and ensure that the rain water runs through the bag of shells before it hits the pond -- so even if the rain is a bit acidic then the calcium carbonate will just react with the acid and neutralise it ...Just check the bag periodically to ensure that you have enough left ..
Now another main use of a constant water change is a very low TDS (total dissolved solids) - The lower the TDS the better the growth - simply because - lower TDS points to better water quality -- Try and maintain a TDS of less than 150 and it does work wonders
Step Three
Constant feeding and exercise - Want do Koi Do in the Wild in Japan -Let your Koi in India do the same . Feed a little amount of sinking food every hour even in the night - the Koi will graze constantly find the food - there by Food and Constant Exercise - and because of your constant water changes you neither have to worry about the uneaten food and the constant poop .
To add some more current into the water you can use one of those large underwater fans used in marine aquariums and just ensure that it is not fixed with the back on to the wall like you see in marine aquariums but so that the water, can enter and exit freely -Just fix it in the longest side wall of the pond with the fan in the water ,like a boat propeller .
This should create just enough current for the Koi . The areas near the fan (Propeller) will be high current areas while the distant areas will have low current , So the Koi can choose were they want to be .
Or you can just have a waterfall ....
Do all these steps, and in three to four years the Japanese Koi purchased in India or Japanese Koi bred in India should have become Jumbo Koi in India -Feeding on high quality Koi food in India .
i.e. Desi Jumbo Koi .
Pls do leave our comments or contact me for any clarifications .
Well here are the 3 steps which should yield results .
Step One - Select Jumbo Potential Koi Fry or Tosai (One year Old) or Higher)-Lots of Information is available on Google on this .But Just trust you dealer because only he can assure that the Koi is from Jumbo sized parents .
If we get this step wrong we are in trouble - Whatever you do the Koi won't grow above its genetic limit .
Don't have a trustworthy Dealer/Breeder in India ? were you can purchase Japanese Koi in India -Just contact me We will try to find one in the city that you live ..
Step-Two - Water Changes - All have heard about maintaining water parameters Ammonia - Nitrate -Nitrite Kh ,pH So people end up in investing in huge filters -- and other methodology .
so you end up using lot of power and costly equipment -
Why don't you just do a constant water change - Change water everyday- now before you guys start doubting my sanity - and start crying how wasteful I am sounding .. hear out what I have to say.
The water from the Pond need not be wasted - Not even a drop - Do you know that its one of the worlds best fertilizers - So either build you own aqua-phonic system -if you cant ,use it for plants - Use a cheap drip irrigation system water drips into the pond and same way the overflow drips out to the plants in the garden
Inflow and outflow rates will be the same and you have constantly fresh water for the fish - Chlorinated water ?, Just make sure that you first let the water drip into a pan with an airstone and then drip into the pond - If the pan is in the sun - Better chlorine removal .
Don't even have plants - Just the overflow go to your Toilet Flushing system -Do you know your Flushing systems waste the most of your freshwater ..
and the beneficial bacteria in the water will in turn ensure you septic tank is cleaner and less maintenance - Well simply because of less chlorine- Chlorine kill all bacteria - Good as well as bad ..
Now if you live in a high rainfall area, in say the east or the west cost -Life is simpler connect you storm drains to your ponds and overflow back to the drain .....greatest filter from the mother nature ,called monsoon will take of your KOI in India at least for a couple of months.
Now the only risk here is a pH crash - ie if the rain water is at a lower pH than what is already in pond then you are in great trouble . pH crash could result in sudden death ....
But this is easily remedied - sea shells - get a bag f sea shells - just scavenge n the sea shore of you have time - broken bits and pieces would do too - put them in a net bag and ensure that the rain water runs through the bag of shells before it hits the pond -- so even if the rain is a bit acidic then the calcium carbonate will just react with the acid and neutralise it ...Just check the bag periodically to ensure that you have enough left ..
Now another main use of a constant water change is a very low TDS (total dissolved solids) - The lower the TDS the better the growth - simply because - lower TDS points to better water quality -- Try and maintain a TDS of less than 150 and it does work wonders
Step Three
Constant feeding and exercise - Want do Koi Do in the Wild in Japan -Let your Koi in India do the same . Feed a little amount of sinking food every hour even in the night - the Koi will graze constantly find the food - there by Food and Constant Exercise - and because of your constant water changes you neither have to worry about the uneaten food and the constant poop .
To add some more current into the water you can use one of those large underwater fans used in marine aquariums and just ensure that it is not fixed with the back on to the wall like you see in marine aquariums but so that the water, can enter and exit freely -Just fix it in the longest side wall of the pond with the fan in the water ,like a boat propeller .
This should create just enough current for the Koi . The areas near the fan (Propeller) will be high current areas while the distant areas will have low current , So the Koi can choose were they want to be .
Or you can just have a waterfall ....
Do all these steps, and in three to four years the Japanese Koi purchased in India or Japanese Koi bred in India should have become Jumbo Koi in India -Feeding on high quality Koi food in India .
i.e. Desi Jumbo Koi .
Pls do leave our comments or contact me for any clarifications .
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