180L Nursery Tank - Feeding time !

My 180L Nursery Tank - part two is feeding time ! Majority are sarasha comets, there are four KNOWN Koi in there and two moors. They are only now starting to get their colours, unlike the Koi that were born white and started to get their colour a few weeks ago !! Towards the end of the vid they settle down 'to their dinner' of bloody worms, even a few little mouth-to-mouth tug of wars going on in there but they all get their fill in the end ;)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• sarasha comets
• koi
• black moor
• mirros carp
• nursery tank
• fish
• fry
• baby fish.

[Swallowchllorox]

They're adorable. I'm slightly embarrassed to say this but I couldn't pick the two moors out. I'd love to get a moor from a breeder.

I'm feeding my molly fry on brine shrimp and blood worms, they love it.

[FegrusMojo]

I got it wrong !! I had to wait until they were bigger to be able to see it.

Those two are not Moors at all but for some reason (& gawd only knows what went on etc) they have Moors' tails. {8o

They appear to be growing & swimming fine with the rest of the Comets/Koi though, dunno what the other fish make of em but their all getting along fine ;)

Gonna be interesting to see them at full size with Comet colours - 14".

Heck ! I've just realised, there's a new species of fish in my tank LOL

[pappag40]

How long before you strat seeing colours??

[FegrusMojo]

About 7 - 9 months ;)

[pappag40]

really?

is it true that some will get their colours right away? I only got 5 out of my batch (caught the eggs late) right now they all look exactly like in your video. Female was all white (butterfly) male orange with black stripes. shouldn't I be seeing colours within 3 mths?

[FegrusMojo]

There were 3 white ones in my last batch, I suppose it would depend on what type of fish your breeding. Koi are born white and get their colours later, Sarasa Comets are born brown and get their colours within a year.

You can speed up growth by raising the water temperature a little bit, but they will eat more ;)

[Swallowchllorox]

That's crazy and very impressive. I bet they'll be adorable.

I'm going to send you a message with a few questions.

[FegrusMojo]

A bit more work involved with tropical fish, but well worth it if done right ;)

[dragonsblazer]

i love watching fish. im going to get a heater so i can have tropical fish

[FegrusMojo]

Yeah, they've started to get their colours now - red, white, orange, gold & blue. A few are still brown though.