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J Lo the Koi
We've decided to name one of our Koi, J.Lo. (S)he seems to have a bottom
that is wider then most in the pond. My question is, could this be a female, rich with eggs? -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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J Lo the Koi
Hahahahahahaha
Too funny. hahahaha I'll be interested in the answers you get. It might be Albert as well. hahahaha Priss "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... We've decided to name one of our Koi, J.Lo. (S)he seems to have a bottom that is wider then most in the pond. My question is, could this be a female, rich with eggs? -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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J Lo the Koi
BV,
Sounds like a female to me. I have always heard the females are wider in the beam, and males are wider in the shoulders. Of course with male koi they also tend to have more pointy heads too. This is the time of year for the females to be full of eggs and very broad. When the spawn comes, she will look pitiful due to the loss of the weight in eggs. You will also need to have some amquel on hand to detox the ammonia, and salt ready for the nitrites that follow. I am usually not really fast enough to catch the high ammonia, but I have had nitrites that were in the 60+ppm, with a test kit that only reads to 6ppm. My filter will catch up faily quickly but I will have toxic numbers for up to 3 weeks. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... We've decided to name one of our Koi, J.Lo. (S)he seems to have a bottom that is wider then most in the pond. My question is, could this be a female, rich with eggs? -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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