In this 3rd and final part of our look at black and white Koi we’ll look at those of Karasugoi lineage. When we looked at Utsuri – Black and White….Part 1 – Utsuri – we made the point that Shiro Utsuri are somewhat ‘complete’ and very much dominated by one breeder, particularly in the larger sizes.  The […] The post Black and White – Part 3.1 (Karasugoi Lineage) appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

In this second part of our look at black and white varieties of Koi we will take a look at Shiro Bekko and the different variants and style in which it occurs. Shiro Bekko are simply white Koi with, generally, small black markings sitting on the back of the Koi, as opposed to the wrapped […] The post Black and White – Part 2 (Bekko) appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

A while ago, when I published my in depth look at Kujaku – http://nishikigoi.life/2019/11/24/kujaku-in-detail-part-2-building_blocks/ – I was fortunate that Makoto Konishi, Senior Managing Director of Konishi Koi Farm, had shared considerable numbers of images of young fry on his Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/makoto.konishi.961. A little over a month ago there was a post by another […] The post Konishi Koi Farm ‘Black Lotus’ Spawning – Probably the Biggest Beni Kikokuryu in the World appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

Bottled bacteria products for Koi ponds – something that cause discussion and debate amongst Koi keepers second only to the use of salt on ponds, itself a topic for another day…. For every product that has a die hard fan, you can be sure to find someone who will rubbish the same product as ‘useless’. […] The post Colombo Bactuur Filterstart and Activator – a practical usage experience appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

Whilst Nishikigoi may come in a huge array of different colours there are no more varieties made up of any two colours than black and white, from Shiro Utsuri and Shiro Bekko through to rather more exotic varieties like Ginga, and of course we have Ginrin and Doitsu variants across them all. In this article […] The post Black and White….Part 1 – Utsuri appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

In my previous update on 1st June – 2020 Breeding Update – I stated that the fry were hatching as I typed. A week later and we have 10’s of thousands of baby Goshiki swimming within the spawning net. The images below were captured from video on 3rd June, the first day the fry had properly […] The post 2020 Breeding Update – June 9th appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

It’s almost 20 years since I purchased my first Hanna Photometer.  In those days it was Hanna’s ‘C203 Multiparameter Ion Specific Meter for Aquaculture’ that had become the ‘go to’ meter for those wishing to venture into the world of ‘digital’ water parameter testing.  If memory serves me right it used to cost around £400 […] The post Hanna Pocket Checkers – A Hands On Review appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

It’s just over 3 weeks ago since our 2020 spawning programme got underway. The first spawning took place in the early hours of Saturday 9th May and can be seen in the video below. Unfortunately things didn’t turn out quite as hoped for the Kujaku, the spawning of which was hoped to be a particular […] The post 2020 Breeding Update appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

There seems to be an ever growing interest in hobbyists breeding Koi themselves, myself included of course. However, for those that don’t want to go to the cost of purchasing parents and going through the trials and tribulations of the actual spawning, hatching and early stage rearing process, an alternative is to purchase fry from […] The post Want to raise your own Koi fry? New Forest Koi – 2020 season fry available from June appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more

Yesterday I made my first extended journey out since  before the lockdown came in, indeed prior to official lockdown a number of Koi related things were cancelled as the government encourage cancellation of non essential journeys and meetings. A visit to Koi Water Garden in Surrey had been tentatively scheduled to coincide with the completion […] The post A visit to Koi Water Garden, Surrey – 19th May 2020 appeared first on Nishikigoi.Life ..read more