Genealogy of the colored koi - By Masanaga Kataoka San

Dear Hobbyist;
This cross breeding picture was obtained  from one of Indonesia web-site and original author was Seishu Kataoka San , but I read from "Manual to Nishikigoi" hand-book, ninth edition Oct. 15, 1990  by Takeo Kuroki San, it was actually conceived by Masanaga Kataoka San.  Please be advised if anyone of you who knows the real author of this koi family tree picture !!!

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Differences Between Japanese & Your Home Country Koi

As per our last discussion, if you have already understood of how to choose your nishikigoi, you are therefore being able to discuss with your dealers and you will gain more insight whether your koi dealer talk professionally or unprofesionally. In addition, you will be able to choose good quality koi, which might be overlooked, with slightly cheaper price.

(Sebagai kelanjutan atas diskusi kita yang lalu, jika anda sudah memahami bagaimana memilih seekor koi, maka anda akan mampu berbicara dengan para pedagang koi dan anda akan memahami apakah pedagang koi tersebut benar-benar mengerti tentang koi atau omongannya hanya sekedar "sok tahu". Juga, anda akan mampu memilih kwalitas koi yang bagus, mungkin  ada koi tosai bagus yang tidak terlihat oleh sipedagang dan anda bisa mendapatkannya dengan harga yang relatif lebih murah)

Herewith some differences between Japanese koi (imported koi) and your home country koi:
(Beberapa perbedaan antara koi import Japan dengan koi hasil ternak lokal):

(1) Japanese koi is imported from Japan, while local koi is koi that has been bred locally and the parent koi might also be bred locally for many generations;
(Koi Japan adalah koi hasil import dari Japan, sementara koi lokal adalah koi yang dibiakan lokal dan mungkin indukan koi nya juga sudah secara turun temurun diternak lokal).

(2) The white color of Japanese koi may be snow white, while for the local koi the white color may be yellowish. Japanese koi usually have a better body shape;
(Warna putih koi import Japan berwarna putih salju, sementara koi lokal agak ke-kuning kuningan. Koi import Japan biasanya mempunyai bentuk badan yang bagus)

(3)  Eyes of Japanese koi looks bigger and like having an eye lid, while the local koi looks flat and normal.

(4)  Beside white color, the other colors such as red and black color are also more promising since Japanese breeders doing tight selection in culling the koi fry

(5) Japanese koi, of course, is much more expensive compare to local koi.

Actually your local koi can also be as good as Japanese koi as long as the breeder select the parents koi carefully which has the best requirement for parents. 

To be honest, it was very hard to find the local koi in Indonesia which has criterias as good as original Japanese koi. Many koi pattern is still acceptable, but most of the body shape and eyes can not be as good as the original Japanese koi.

Be aware!! Many koi dealers said his/her local koi is an imported koi - Japan origin. As a hobbyist, regardless Japanese koi or local koi, as long as you like these Koi, you may have it if you really want. Therefore, your koi knowledge is terribly Important !!! 

Note: see koi video album --> taken at Changi Airport, Singapore on March 7 2013, in my opinion, these koi are original Japanese koi.

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More Discussion about Pond

If your pond without bottom drain, the water flowing to your filter chamber totally rely on the water flow gravity and not all debris or small particles will flow to your filter chambers. In addition, if your pond with bottom drain but without aerator, the waste and debris  flow to the bottom drain is not as effective as using an aerator.

But, if your pond with bottom drain system and aerator, the debris , sinking waste and all small particles will flow properly to your filter chambers. By using aerated bottom drain, your bottom drain  will be working more effectively because the bubble air created will pull all waste to the center of your bottom drain. In my personal experiences and those who has experiences  in keeping marine fish in a glass tank, the system is analogically working seems like 'under gravel' filter system at the bottom of  your glass tank.

Please keep in mind!! You must be well prepared before you initiate and deciding to build your pond and filtration system, because once you have already built it and you have been keeping your koi, it become extremely a big effort to re-design again!!

Without Bottom Drain

Bottom drain without aerator

Bottom drain with aerator

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One of the addresses where you can find your koi pond tools in Jakarta-Indonesia (salah satu alamat toko penjual alat perlengkapan kolam di Jakarta- Indonesia).

Have a try ! (coba saja visit atau hubungi bila anda perlu!)

Koi Palace Indonesia
Jl. Makaliwe Raya No. 40B, Grogol - Jakarta Barat (samping puspa)
T. +(62-21) 5657342

F. +(62-21) 5630470

 

http://www.koipalace.net/

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Working hours (Jam kerja) : 8:30 AM - 17:30 PM Monday-Friday (Senin Minggu)

Week-end days are offline service at the shop (Sabtu dan Minggu hanya Offline service di Toko).

How to Identify your Koi Gender

It is very hard to identify, especially for young koi and will be easier for mature koi. There are many tips of how to identifying your koi gender, such as:

(a) Female and Male Koi have different shape of fins. 

Female koi has larger pectoral fins than the male one, and also usually have less color. Female fins will also have a rounded edge and will be opaque. (see courtesy picture)

(b) While, male pectoral fins will have a pointy edge and will usually have a solid color look to them. (see courtesy photo)

 

(c) Body Conformation  (see courtesy photo)

 


(d) Touch Gently Over The Cheeks

Run your fingers gently over the side cheeks of the Koi. Your fingers will feel rough for male koi, like soft sandpaper. On the other hand, your fingers will feel completely smooth for female koi. The roughness is caused by tubercles which grow along the sides of male Koi. It is beneficial to stimulate the female koi to release her eggs when spawning

(f) Traditional way

I personally do not suggest this method, unless you are an experienced koi trader/breeder. Turn your koi body upside down with abdomen facing up. Massage carefully and slowly the abdomen part between your thumb and your pointing finger backward toward its vent. You can see white liquid come out from its vent for male koi and like excrement for female koi. Again, do not do this method since it may hurt your koi.

(g) Eating behavior

Observation during feeding time will also give us a clue to strengthen our  conclusion, whether male or female koi. Eating behavior of female koi is more aggressive than the male one. Male koi usually will be swimming around after eating one bait before eating another bait, while female koi are more likely to eat more and more bait as often as possible. So you may observe and playing with your koi during feeding time. This eating behavior obviously tell you why female koi are commonly bigger than the male koi.



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Remarks: One of the best Koi dictionaries, in my opinion  you can directly connect to the following web site address:

 http://www.mankysanke.co.uk/html/japanese_dictionary.html

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When and How for feeding koi (English-Bahasa Version)

There are many opinions of when and how to feed your koi, BUT basically these opinions substantially has the same purposes. As koi get tame easily, you and your family may enjoy feeding them with your bare hand or even with your mouth. This is a precious moment, togetherness for you and your family and you will love your koi more. I suggest to feed your koi from a certain place, so that your koi be familiar and will gather at the same place when they hear your footstep.

<Banyak pendapat yang membahas kapan dan bagaimana memberi makan koi, sebenarnya semua pendapat tersebut mempunyai tujuan yang sama. Koi termasuk ikan yang mudah di-jinakan, sehingga anda dan keluarga bisa menikmati keindahannya sewaktu anda memberi makan dengan tangan atau bahkan dengan mulut anda.

Kesempatan indah ini, kebersamaan anda bersama keluarga sewaktu memberi makan koi akan membuat anda lebih mencintai koi anda. Biasakan anda memberi makan koi dari suatu tempat/titik/sudut yang selalu sama, sehingga koi anda secara otomatis dan alamiah akan berkumpul ditempat tersebut pada saat koi  mendengar langkah kaki anda>

Koi may not be over-eaten and  you therefore may not feed your koi at once with big amount of bait, but your koi must be fed often with small amount. In my opinion, after feeding time, there must be no bait left in your pond.  

<Koi tidak boleh makan sekaligus secara berlebihan. Oleh karenanya, kita tidak boleh memberi makan koi banyak sekaligus, melainkan sering tetapi dalam jumlah secukupnya. Menurut pendapat saya pribadi, setelah memberi makan usahakan tidak ada makanan sisa yang masih mengapung dipermukaan air>



Generally, twice a day is enough in feeding your koi, that is,  morning time and afternoon time within 30 minutes each. Much food is necessary to breed your koi large, means you must feed your koi often, but please bear in mind! that your filter capacity must be strong enough since your koi will produce many debris in your pond. But also there is an opinion that amount of the bait is suggested  3% of your koi body weight, for example if your koi weight is 2,000 grams,  so the bait amount shud be 60 grams.

<Umumnya 2 kali sehari cukup untuk memberi makan koi anda, yaitu pagi hari dan sore hari masing-masing selama 30 menit. Memberi makan lebih sering diperlukan, bila kita bertujuan akan mengejar pertumbuhannya lebih cepat, tetapi perlu diingat! bahwa kapasitas filter anda harus cukup besar karena koi yang anda beri makan banyak tentunya akan memproduksi kotoran yang banyak pula. Ada pendapat bahwa jumlah makanan yang diberikan kira-kira 3% dari berat badan koi anda. Contoh: bila berat koi anda 2000 Gram, maka berat makanan yang bisa diberikan maximal 60 Gram>

For me as a hobbyist, my suggestion is to feed your koi two times a day is enough, unless you want to breed your koi large in a short time. Again, please bear in mind!!! that your filter capacity must be strong enough since your koi will produce many debris/ammonia in your pond.

<Sebagai seorang hobbyist, saran pribadi saya vahwa memberi pakan 2 kali sehari sudah cukup, kecuali anda bermaksud memacu pertumbuhan koi anda dalam waktu singkat. LAGI PERLU DIINGAT !!  kapasitas filter anda harus cukup besar dan dapat bekerja maximal>

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Pond Accessories

There are many kind of pond accessories, such as 'Air Diffuser', 'Small Air Compressor - Hiblow', 'Predator Control', "Bird Netting', 'Fiber Tank' etc. However, you do not have to buy all of those accessories, it depends on what you really need ? Before you decide to buy one particular accessory , you must understand what the beneficial purpose for your koi pond. As a hobbyist and also from the marketing point of view, what we buy is 'need' for our pond, instead of 'wants'.

<Banyak sekali perlengkapan kolam yang tersedia di-pasar,  seperti halnya 'Air Diffuser', 'Small Air Compressor - Hiblow', 'Predator Control', "Bird Netting', 'Fiber Tank', dll. Anda tidak perlu membelinya semua, tetapi beli hanya yang sesuai kebutuhan anda saja. Sesuai dengan marketing philosophy, yang kita harus beli adalah "needs" bukan "want". Kalau kita membeli wants yang didasarkan atas impulse buying (dorongan suara hati), maka semua juga akan kita beli dan setelah itu tidak terpakai. Mendingan budget nya dipakai untuk membeli koi yang berkwalitas>

For example, analogically if go shopping for your weekly  household needs, in your trolley might only be 30% of what you really needs, while the remaining 70% is what you want. You therefore have to separate only what you really need instead of what you want!! 

<Sebagai analogi, bila kita pergi shopping mingguan, berapa sebenarnya unsur "needs" yang kita beli diatas trolley yang kita dorong kekasir? mungkin nilai needs nya hanya 30%, tetapi nilai "wants" nya bisa 70%. Sebenarnya Needs anda mungkin cuma berupa kebutuhan pokok, sikat gigi, odol, sabun dll, tetapi Wants anda banyak sekali seperti anda membeli coklat import, keju, permen, ikan salmon, ice cream, sabun import, jelly, dll. Apa lagi kalau anda pergi shopping nya ke high end outlet seperti Ranch market, Food hall, maka saya rasa anda lebih banyak membeli Want dibandingkan membeli Needs>

Herewith, some pond accessories that you may need:

Fiber Tank

Measurement

Air Tube Diffuser

Disc Diffuser

Disc Diffuser

Hiblow - Japan

Rubber pipe

Vacum pond cleaner

Pipe Connector

Bird Netting

Salinity meter

PH Tester

Dissolved Oxygen Meter

How to use bird netting

Bottom Drain Uniring

Bottom Drain Uniring

Uniring Flexible hose

Bird Netting is really needed, especially if you put your new koi into your new pond. Since your new pond is relatively new environtment for new koi, the koi may jump from the water out during night time or when you are not there. When the new koi has been familiar with their new pond and being able to get along with their old friends, the possibility of jumping out is small. It can be scroll upward and backward, you may buy it in meters.

<Netting burung sangat diperlukan agar resiko koi melompat dari kolam bisa dihindari. Hal ini terjadi untuk koi yang baru anda beli dimana koi-koi tersebut belum terbiasa dengan kolam/tempat tinggalnya yang baru. Penutup jaring agar bisa di gulung tutup-buka, jadi pada saat anda ingin menikmati keindahan koi atau saat anda memberi makan koi maka jaring dibuka, sebaliknya pada saat anda membeli koi baru atau tidak berada dirumah untuk jangka waktu yang cukup lama maka anda bisa menutupnya>

Fiber tank, you usually can find the tank which made of fiber and also you really need this tank for quarantine purpose for your new koi or your koi might be under treatment.

<Fiber tank sangat diperlukan untuk tujuan kegunaan karantina atau medical treatment untuk koi yang sakit>

HIBLOW-small capacity compressor, is actually an option. All depend on the availability of oxygen supply in your pond. If you have a large garden, which mean you have long distance between your pond and your filter chambers, the oxygen can also be obtained from along the water passage when the water being circulated back to the pond. If your pond has enough oxygen and water flow, your koi can be actively swimming and exercising that is good for your koi growth.

<High blow hanya sebagai opsi saja, dalam hal kolam anda pasokan oksigennya kurang. Sebenarnya oksigen mudah didapat seandainya kontruksi kolam/filter anda sudah benar. Misalkan: kalau anda memiliki taman yang cukup luas, bisa saja dibuatkan saluran air (seperti solokan) pada saat air bersih dari filter dipompa balik kekolam, maka disepanjang riak air, disitu terakumulasi kandungan oksigen - baca buku Dr Takeo Kuroki, Manual Nishikigoi>

Remark: 

(1) In Jakarta - Indonesia, you can buy pond accessories at the pond accessories wholesalers centre, along Jl. Dr. Makaliwe, Grogol, Jakarta Barat, such as Laris shop. You have to compare the price, sometimes for specific thing such as bio ball, koi dealers such as 'Dragon koi' at Green ville is cheaper. Your choice !!

<Koi asesoris bisa didapatkan di grosir peralatan perikanan di sepanjang jalan Dr. Makaliwe-Grogol, Jakarta Barat, seperti toko Laris, atau untuk asesoris tertentu terkadang pedagang koi seperti halnya Dragon koi di Green ville bisa lebih murah. Bandingkan saja sebelum membeli!>

(2) Sole distributor of Tsurumi water pump ex. Japan and many other pond equipments. 

<Sole distributor untuk Tsurumi pump, made in Japan dan peralatan kolam lainnya dapat hubungi juga: >

Nama:	Tn. Robert Yu [Pemilik/Pengusaha]
E-mail:	aquariastore@yahoo.com
Pesan Instan:
Nomer HP:	62-8161945811, 62-81905661564
Nomer Telpon:	62-21-98269944
Nomer Faks:	62-21-4258421
Alamat:	Jl. Bungur Besar 17 no. 41 Jakarta 10610, Jakarta Indonesia
Distributor produk AQUARIA, AQUAZONIC, ADA, ATMAN, GEX, JEBO, LIFETECH, RENA, RESUN, TAKATSUKI, TSURUMI, VOSSO, YASUNAGA dll

 

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