Hello and welcome to this article on breeding Koi, today I am going to be giving you some tips and information on how you should go about breeding Koi.

Firstly it may interest you to know that the best times of the year to breed Koi is during the months of April to July.

This has been proven by studies and from my own experience this is the best time for mating.

Now the 1st step you are going to take when breeding your Koi is to choose the Koi who you want to breed. When I am breeding Koi I choose to breed my favourite coloured koi.

So when you have chosen your favourite Koi to do the mating the next thing you need to do is to make sure they are sexually mature, A sexually mature Koi is usually around 9-10 inches long.

The next breeding Koi step after you have chosen your Koi you want to mate is to put them in a separate pond or tank.

The tank that you put them in needs a few specific things for them to mate successfully.

Now the first thing you your Koi are going to need is somewhere in the pond to lay their eggs. Something like pond grass will do well.

You can also make your own by tying a piece of nylon rope to a piece of floating plastic.

After the eggs have hatched the fry will need a safe place to hide for a while so make sure there are some hiding places in the pond for them to feel safe.

It may interest you to know that newly born Koi or fry should not be fed for the first 4 days. After that time you should make sure that they get lots of food because they will eat and eat. The fry will let you know when they are hungry because they will start to surface and gather around the surface.

In your breeding koi pond it is very important to remember that they are going to need fresh oxygen in their water. If they’re in a tank you can buy a pump but if they are in a pond you could buy a water feature, this will help oxygen to flow into the pond.

So when it comes to getting oxygen to the koi a pump or some sort of water feature will work.

So remember these tips and information and you should do well breeding Koi from now on.