At last month's meeting/auction, I purchased one Shishu Koi and two Butterfly
Shishu Koi. I placed them in a quarantine tank and the very next day, one of
them spawned.

Needless to say, within a few days, I had probably a couple hundred babies
swimming around. The babies are still in the quarantine tank with floating
hyacinths & parrots feather.

- Any idea how many might develop into butterfly Koi?
- How long does it take to develop butterfly fins if that's what they are?
- Is algae enough for them to eat or should I also feed them something else?
- What do I do with all these babies?

Thanks!

Lisa

Welcome to rec.ponds, Lisa. Hope Kathy or whoever
it is who feeds babies will post the recipe for you.

Congrats again, Momma!

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"LisaCS1" wrote in message
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At last month's meeting/auction, I purchased one Shishu Koi and two
Butterfly
Shishu Koi. I placed them in a quarantine tank and the very next day, one
of
them spawned.

Needless to say, within a few days, I had probably a couple hundred babies
swimming around. The babies are still in the quarantine tank with
floating
hyacinths & parrots feather.

- Any idea how many might develop into butterfly Koi?
- How long does it take to develop butterfly fins if that's what they are?
- Is algae enough for them to eat or should I also feed them something
else?
- What do I do with all these babies?

Thanks!

Lisa

On 08 Jul 2003 01:00:22 GMT, (LisaCS1) wrote:

At last month's meeting/auction, I purchased one Shishu Koi and two Butterfly
Shishu Koi. I placed them in a quarantine tank and the very next day, one of
them spawned.

Needless to say, within a few days, I had probably a couple hundred babies
swimming around. The babies are still in the quarantine tank with floating
hyacinths & parrots feather.

- Any idea how many might develop into butterfly Koi?

Many.

- How long does it take to develop butterfly fins if that's what they are?

As soon as you can focus on them you'll be able to tell.

- Is algae enough for them to eat or should I also feed them something else?

For now algae is fine, all I ever did was crush koi food to a powder.

- What do I do with all these babies?

I gave a lot of mine away and grew out a few and gave them away later. I've
kept 2 babies from spawns. One is a very very long fin butterfly orange &
white, the other is orange and black with most fins like a butterfly but a
shorter tail. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

What auction? Where is it located?
Bill
"LisaCS1" wrote in message
...
At last month's meeting/auction, I purchased one Shishu Koi and two
Butterfly
Shishu Koi. I placed them in a quarantine tank and the very next day, one
of
them spawned.

Needless to say, within a few days, I had probably a couple hundred babies
swimming around. The babies are still in the quarantine tank with
floating
hyacinths & parrots feather.

- Any idea how many might develop into butterfly Koi?
- How long does it take to develop butterfly fins if that's what they are?
- Is algae enough for them to eat or should I also feed them something
else?
- What do I do with all these babies?

Thanks!

Lisa

Hi Bill,
I'll answer your question - don't know that Lisa will see it.
The auction was in St. Louis last week at our regular pond club meeting.
I wasn't able to attend but I hear there were some marvelous
things there.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Dr. Bill Duffy" wrote in message
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What auction? Where is it located?
Bill
"LisaCS1" wrote in message
...
At last month's meeting/auction, I purchased one Shishu Koi and two
Butterfly
Shishu Koi. I placed them in a quarantine tank and the very next day,
one
of
them spawned.

Needless to say, within a few days, I had probably a couple hundred
babies
swimming around. The babies are still in the quarantine tank with
floating
hyacinths & parrots feather.

- Any idea how many might develop into butterfly Koi?
- How long does it take to develop butterfly fins if that's what they
are?
- Is algae enough for them to eat or should I also feed them something
else?
- What do I do with all these babies?

Thanks!

Lisa

Welcome to rec.ponds, Lisa. Hope Kathy or whoeverit is who feeds babies
will post the recipe for you.

chopped hard boiled egg yolk Jerri

http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond

Thanks Jerri, I'll post your answer on our (St.Louis Water Garden
Society) website .... Nedra


"Jerrispond" wrote in message
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Welcome to rec.ponds, Lisa. Hope Kathy or whoeverit is who feeds
babies
will post the recipe for you.

chopped hard boiled egg yolk Jerri


http://www.fringeweb.com/Ponds/JerrisPond