One of the most common reasons koi may be losing their color is due to poor quality food and nutrition.
Baby koi fish white.
The leftover food will harm the water.
Kokaku the oldest and most well known variety of koi have a solid white base with patterns of red overlaid on top of the white.
If they are in poor health or are exposed to poor water conditions the bright colors of the fish will turn dull or it will look greyish.
The even distribution of the pattern along the body is also very important.
The baby koi are now strong enough to resist the filter s.
Our baby koi fish are the result of many controlled breedings of original japanese koi stock as well as blackwater creek s world famous butterfly koi.
If food is still visible after koi are done eating you are overfeeding your fish.
Koi eggs are very small bead like specks that can vary from milky white to yellow or green.
Switch on the filter.
During feeding times keep a close watch to avoid over and underfeeding.
If you are underfeeding your koi watch for frequent weak or deceased fish.
Typically koi eggs will hatch in less than a week.
Baby koi fish need smaller sized food for their small mouths.
Baby koi peanuts small individual standard koi buterfly koi koi store retail wholesale koi koi food.
A white koi should be pure white and never have any specks of dirty grey.
These are the developing eyes of the koi.
When your koi is about 30 days old and an inch long you can switch on the filtration system.
This means we have not gone through and cherry picked out the nice ones so you will receive a mix of all grades of koi including potentially.
Why buy from breeders.
Color is always used as an indicator of good health in koi.
Black water koi farms.
Top quality kohaku display a bright blemish free white combined with deep vibrant red tones.
Upon closer inspection you can see two black dots through the transparent membrane of the egg.
1 koi ich small hard white spots ich presents as white small spots over the body of the fish which look like grains of sand.
Continue with this mix for the rest of the month.
Buying from high quality breeders that spawn and raise their fish on their own farms and hatcheries usually ensures the fish are much more likely to be free from contagious pathogens.
Our baby koi are unculled.
At the end of the second week cut the egg paste and liquid foods and replace them with fish flakes and powdered krill.
In fact 9 times out of 10 a koi purchased from japan or elsewhere that is changing in color is due to poor diet and or conditions in their new home.