Selecting Koi at Shinoda | How baby Koi are selected [KOI SELECTION JAPAN] 

Join me selecting baby Koi at the Shinoda Koi Farm! I’ll learn you the details and process of selecting Doitsu Kohaku and Doitsu Sanke baby koi that are around 5 weeks old.
You can try by yourself my listing the numbers of Koi that you would have selected in the comments!
It is early in the morning as we are preparing to start the selection of many, many baby Koi. We will be selecting two fry ponds that contain about 5000 5 to 5,5 week old baby koi. They will be selected for the second round. Together with Masanori Shinoda we have to drive for around 40 minutes, to reach the fry ponds.
For Koi breeders is it very important that baby koi are selected early. The reasons for that are simple. The more baby koi live in a pond, the slower the growth process will take place. So higher stockings, means less growth. Also when there are more baby koi in a single pond, it means there is more waste. That means a decrease of water quality. Senbetsu or selection is helping breeders to keep stockings low, grow out only the baby koi that do have potential, and offer the best conditions. And in the end, why would a breeder invest in his lower quality Koi if he can already see these Koi have not the potential he is looking for?
When selecting Doitsu Kohaku baby koi, it is important to know that actually the pattern is most important during the first and second selection rounds. This includes for example that the red pattern should lay in between the eyes. That around the head white is still visible, but the head should not be entirely white as well. A nice red dot on the head in between the eyes is preferred, also a white nose is preferred. Then for the pattern on the body itself it is preferred that some steps or at least a form of pattern is visible. The belly should be white, also the last section just before the tail should be white. This last part of the tail, when it is white, is called the odome. Preferable there is also no red visible on any of the fins.
For Doitsu Sanke, the basis is the same as for Doitsu Kohaku. That is because a Sanke actually is a koi with a Kohaku pattern (red patterns) but then also including black markings. When you understand the Kohaku pattern, selecting sanke as baby koi is not that difficult at all. The only part is that you now also have to pay attention to the black spots. Preferable there is a nice pattern of black spots visible, not too small, not too large. That actually is the only thing that is paid attention to during selection of baby koi. It is too early to determine how the black spots will develop and fine-tune themselves.
Sanke actually are very difficult Koi to select at a young age. Not really because it is harder to know what to look for compared with other varieties of koi. But simply because the number of selected sanke baby koi will be quite low. This is simply because both the red patterns (kohaku pattern) have to be nice, and also the black spots have to be well placed. That means double the complexity.
At 09:05 you can try by yourself which baby Koi you would have selected. List the numbers you would have selected in the comments! Or ask me any questions about these Koi.
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