First culling Kuyjaku and Orenjihariwake Spawn 6/30/13

Hello from Mountaintop Koi! Today we culled the spawning of our Orenjihariwake and the Kuyjaku male, now basically what a Orenji style koi is basically a metallic orange style Kohaku (Kohaku has a white base with a red Hi-pattern usually sorted into steps which are breaks in the Hi the best steps usually range from 1-4 steps.). A Kuyjaku is basically a Orenji with a matsuba pattern (Which is a kind of speckle over the back, but are individual black scales.) Examples:

(Domestic Kuyjaku top. Domestic Orenjihariwake bottom.)

On that cull there was nothing really special about the cull the fry only showed a orange base and nothing out of ordinary, we are expecting a small spot to appear on some of there heads to give an idea of what is Kuyjaku and what is Orenji. Some fish show signs of sheen like it has a metallic Orenji base. We culled out the deformities and Tobis and threw the Tobis and some deformed into the Tobi pond.

First culling for Taisho Sanke 6/19/2013

Hey everyone, sorry this is from a previous date but it was such a good culling. For those out their who don't know what I might mean by "culling" I mean the sorting of fish and for the Taisho Sankes we sorted for Tobies which are fish that are much larger then the main group and deformities in the fish. The two females that were used were both Dainichi Taisho Sanke. Here is the pictures of the breeders:

Female top & Male bottom

They are the only Sanke breeders and they are the largest Sanke that can spawn off a good clutch, it also helps they are both Dainichi koi (For those that do not know what I mean by Dainichi, I mean that they are a very renowned koi farm that breeds the best koi. My opinion though.0 The fish that were spawned were remarkable in our eyes because after only 4 weeks previous day of this post the fry are already at 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches. The Sumi (Sumi means black pattern.) development is remarkable on these fry because they are already giving idea of how many steps or Sumi based patterns growing on the fry. Pattern in Taisho Sanke is good especially only at 4 weeks. We Mainly stuck to Tobies and deformities but it was simply amazing to see all the possible patterns that we may get in the future to come! Here is some pictures and a video of what I mean! .

Top is a Taisho Sanke fry that was selected for keeping if you notice the pattern or the Sumi that is coming in on his back in a speckle style. He is also yellow, Dainichi Taisho Sanke fry have a golden Hi when they are young this means that a Hi-pattern will form on it on a later date and means the fish is of pure Dainichi blood-line. Bottom is a Taisho Sanke fry that is considered a Tobi it is much larger then the rest of its clutch mates and was changed over to a Tobi and Deformity pond. We let the Tobi's and Deformities fend for themselves and cull themselves out. All Tobis and Deformities will go into this pond, for it is a mismosh pond.

Hello from Mountaintop Koi!

Welcome to the blog of Mountaintop Koi farm! We are a family oriented Koi farmers who are just starting on our adventures as Koi farmers and invite you to share the excitement we have for the Koi that are grown. We will bring you through many culling's that we will be doing this summer and fall, the tests we preform on the ponds, and the sheer gratitude that breeding koi brings. There will be many videos and many pictures posted along our starting steps as a koi farm! We have an undisclosed address of our Koi farm for security purposes, we will however give the location to buyers of koi from the farm. This is the Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peter.goff.397?fref=ts