This state-of-the-art hatchery was designed with several purposes in mind. The first was to get a head start on spawning our koi indoors.
Spawning begins by introducing an artificial thermal period, extending the photoperiod, injecting hormones, creating an enviroment condusive to mating, milking the males,and removing the eggs from the females. This is only a small part of what goes into getting the fry into outdoor ponds ALIVE.
Our ponds are heated with an energy efficient boiler that heats the floor of the ponds. The same lighting we use to trick our plants is the lighting used to trick our koi into thinking it's spring in the middle of winter. By the time the perennials kick in the fry are safely moved to their outdoor ponds until the plant rush is over. July culling begins. In October the fingerling size koi are harvested, and brought indoors.
These koi can be viewed in mid October, and reserved for spring delivery. The fingerlings are kept indoors in unheated ponds for the winter. The broodstock are kept at the optimum temperature in heated ponds and fed the best food for good nutrition.
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