Spawning Koi
These photo's show Koi fry that have developed after being spawned at the Ogata Koi Farm, Japan.
These Koi fry were spawned from Parent Ogata Koi.
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The Ogata Koi fry are culled or selected through around six times between the size of fry to 10-12cm.
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The culling process will enable the Koi Farmer to select the very best Koi from the spawning.
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Maybe one of these Koi fry is a future grand champion!
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Mr Ogata spawns between 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 Koi fry a year from his parent Koi, making the culling of the Koi fry a busy and very important time of year.
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