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I'll be out tonight so I wont make u wait...........................the total number of Shushi that were harvested was...................................................................wait for it.......................................75,000
I couldnt believe this but having seen some of them whilst they were being sorted I know its true!!
sue x
I couldnt believe this but having seen some of them whilst they were being sorted I know its true!!
sue x
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No wonder it seemed to take forever to get through them all! We don't normally count how many fry are in a harvest, but it was just such a good harvest that we were curious to know how many there were.
We only kept 3500 to grow on because we want to encourage good growth rates in the ones we keep and keeping any more than that would be counter productive. It means that we have to be extremely selective.
Second cull should be even more interesting because we will only be keeping around 1000 then!
We harvested our second Sanke spawning today. We probably won't finish going through them all until Saturday as there are, once again, an unusually large amount of them, although not as many as the Shusui.
Here is a picture of some of the keepers from today. There is actually a rather nice Tancho Kohaku in there too. Lots of Tancho in a harvest is a sign of a good brood fish.
Lisa
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We only kept 3500 to grow on because we want to encourage good growth rates in the ones we keep and keeping any more than that would be counter productive. It means that we have to be extremely selective.
Second cull should be even more interesting because we will only be keeping around 1000 then!
We harvested our second Sanke spawning today. We probably won't finish going through them all until Saturday as there are, once again, an unusually large amount of them, although not as many as the Shusui.
Here is a picture of some of the keepers from today. There is actually a rather nice Tancho Kohaku in there too. Lots of Tancho in a harvest is a sign of a good brood fish.
Lisa
[img]http://www.koipix.com/gallery/albums/userpi ... g%2006.jpg[/img]
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Hi Bob
These Sanke are in a separate pond and will be until the autumn. It's important to us to keep them separate for as long as possible so that we can see the difference in development between the offspring of one female and another. We still have several thousand Sanke fry to sort through so I know what I'll be doing most of tomorrow! We actually get through them quite quickly - the hold up is that lots of people keep wanting to come and buy koi, not that I'm complaining!
Hi James
I know you had a chat with Mark today so hopefully he has been able to give some useful advice. Say hi to your lovely family for me!
Lisa
These Sanke are in a separate pond and will be until the autumn. It's important to us to keep them separate for as long as possible so that we can see the difference in development between the offspring of one female and another. We still have several thousand Sanke fry to sort through so I know what I'll be doing most of tomorrow! We actually get through them quite quickly - the hold up is that lots of people keep wanting to come and buy koi, not that I'm complaining!
Hi James
I know you had a chat with Mark today so hopefully he has been able to give some useful advice. Say hi to your lovely family for me!
Lisa
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