Selecting a Hoshikin Kohaku Tategoi

In March 2007 we visited the Niigata region of Japan to select koi and tategoi. This clip depicts the selection process of a Hoskikin tataegoi which is growing in their mud ponds through the summer of 2007. Watch out for the video of the harvest late Oct 2007.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• koi
• tategoi
• jumbo
• tossai
• kohaku
• hoshikin
• tategoi-koi
• evolution
• aqua

[atd4576]

the deformed fry are obviously culled and put away. while the remaining koi end up in other petshops which would sell it as ornamental koi at a cheaper price.

[dhoncave]

they're sold as lowgrade koi or as live bait

[orientaljoe]

yea i also wonder but i would think they will be crushed and smased among all the fish ....

[bociferousmimi]

So, I wonder what percentage of the fry are destroyed in the culling process.  Each batch of eggs must produce a lot of fry that have no commercial value. Are they ground into fish food and fed to other koi ? Are they sold ? Anybody who knows and would be willing to share; I would really appreciate it.

[BobDiggory]

errrmm..... lol! what?

[kakukikangku]

perfect!

[packstage23]

nice