John,

In the pond, very few survive. The koi love caviar after a good breeding.
I usually end up with about three a year that survive in the pond, but I
haven't seen any this year, and this years spawn was a major spawn. Eggs on
every surface, at least one egg deep, liner, plants, buckets rocks
surrounding the pond, in the pond, out of the pond in the air. I salvage a
few hyacinths and lettuce and move them to a Rubbermaid stock tank as a
nursery. I probably have a couple hundred from about 3/8 inch to 1 1/2
inch. They are fun to watch grow. Some are starting to show some pattern,
but none of the red has come up. It will probably be late September before
I decide which stay and which go to the LFS. Look into one of the flake
feeds from AES, page 125. I feed the spirulina about 4 times a day.
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"John Rutz" wrote in message
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my Koi spawned over the last two week ends I moved some of the egg
bearing algae into a kiddie pool. cheking it this morning i saw at
least six 3/8 babies I dont know if there are more hiding in the big
pond or not yet
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John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

never miss a good oportunity to shut up

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