For anyone with a desire to understand more about the fascinating culture of Nishikigoi, this DVD is essential viewing.
Never before has such unprecedented access been granted to the secrets of the world's largest Koi farm. Incredible footage includes:
Preparation of the parent Koi
Extraction of the female’s eggs
The exact moment of fertilization
Breathtaking close ups of newly hatched fry
Feeding fry ponds & mud ponds
The first and second culls
For the Japanese breeders of Nishikigoi, summer is a time of early mornings and late nights, the time of the year when parent Koi are spawned and the all important process of growing and nurturing fry takes place. Over the course of this programme, we will follow the staff of Sakai fish farm through the entire process in a fascinating access all areas look into the breeding and culling of Koi.
Producer: New Vision Videos. PAL (Region 0) format. This DVD will play in all computer based DVD drives, and most home DVD players
Varieties of Koi
Learning the correct Japanese names for koi, and the classifications they are judgedin, can seem very daunting. However, this interactive D...
After the water temperature in your pond drops to 60 degrees or below, you should decrease the amount of food given to your fish and feed them no more than once a day using a food designed for cool weather feeding.
