How to breed my koi

[Bardebarde]

I have one make male and one female.but the problem is that the female is double the length then the male (almost double) so how should I breed them?never tried it before....

Thanks

 

[DrCase]

All you can do is put them together in the pond . When the time ,water temp & moon are right they will go at it during the morning hours .

 

[Tula]

I do everything I can to stop mine, as I don't want a population explosion. They don't listen to me......hence my having to catch and rehome babies at the end of every summer

 

[Lisak1]

Yup. When they decide they're ready, there's not a whole lot of stopping them. And relative size means nothing - large, medium, or small... they don't care.

 

[sissy]

My koi did not start breeding until they were around 5 years old .I guess they were not interested before that or they ate the eggs .

 

[Meyer Jordan]

Both fish must be at least 2 years old. Nature will take care of the 'birds and bees stuff'.

 

[Gemma]

I do everything I can to stop mine, as I don't want a population explosion. They don't listen to me......hence my having to catch and rehome babies at the end of every summer

Same here!

 

[mrfixer]

I like when mine breed in 10 years only bread three times. I wonder why they don't breed every year?

 

[Bardebarde]

I do everything I can to stop mine, as I don't want a population explosion. They don't listen to me......hence my having to catch and rehome babies at the end of every summer

haha,you can give them to me!!

 

[Bardebarde]

just a question.the frogs or tadpoles or water snakes will eat the eggs...no?so should I put them into another place?or....?

 

[sissy]

Tha is just population control .If every egg became a baby fish it would be wall to wall fish .They lay lots of eggs .

 

[Bardebarde]

I get it then.how much do you think these ones can give? They are really small,about a foot or smaller.

 

[Lisak1]

just a question.the frogs or tadpoles or water snakes will eat the eggs...no

Lots of the eggs will get eaten, yes - even by the very fish that created them. But that's OK - nature doesn't intend for every egg to live or you'd have a population explosion. Unless you plan to become a professional fish breeder, I would let nature take it's course.

I will mention this - with no plants growing in your pond, you will likely never have babies survive. The best chance is for those that can hatch and take cover in plant roots or foliage in the water.

Out of curiosity, why are you so interested in breeding your fish?

 

[Bardebarde]

I had around 10fish before.
They all died and I don't want them to die again.so I want to breed them to get little bit more ....when I had too many fish like once I had,I moved them ,I sell them,I can do many things to the extra fish.but once they all die..then I don't have any more.now I only have three..

 

[Lisak1]

Well, breeding them isn't a guarantee that they won't all die - and in fact, having too many fish in your pond may lead to exactly that result. Remind me - how big is your pond again?