Harvest 2019
The 2019 Harvest almost blew my ki shusui lovin' mind. Seeing these jumbo-sized ki shusui all in one place, well, see me glow. LOL
In May 2017 we had a "mother lode" spawn in the Lower Pond. Of the 7,000 fry we harvested in October that year, more than 6,000 were rehomed and the remaining 750 were split between three ponds.
The best third stayed in the Lower. In Oct. 2018 we redistributed most of the best and kept 90 in the lower to grow on and choose from for future oyagoi. They were roughly four inches long. See tab for May 2018 Tosai.
Now, October 2019, the koi in the tub above, F2 (second generation) of the orignal Japanese parents and have been loved up in 135,000 gallons of flow through water and nutritious food twice a day. They are now 16 inches and as my friend John Clark says, "fat." Yeah!
In other words they thrived.
Below, another shot of the 83 we captured of 90 and a dozen and a half of those for close-ups in a bowl for your review.
But wait -- There's more. Two weeks after pulling the Lower Pond, we pulled the Learning Curve Pond. This Pond holds some elderly pets and is also where I placed 250 of last years 2nd and 3rd choices.
To our surprise, some of those culls looked wonderful. They are still about 12 inches whereas the kids in the Lower Pond are 16 inches, but this can be remedied by giving them a new berth in the Lower.
Below, showing a sampling of "culls" now moved up to 1st class. They, as well as their siblings, will be reviewed in May 2020 when once again, we choose the best for oyagoi.
Here are the surprise cull ki shusui all in a plastic tub. Below, they are being relocated to the Lower Pond where they were spawned and hatched and where ninety of their siblings call home.
