Page 57 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 92

I will be here with Mark and Lewis ready to greet you.
Little did we know that the weather would have a say
in events. MARK KINDLY

Everyone duly arrived around 10.00am (with some of us ALLOWED US
ensuring we had a hearty fry up en route) and were TO VIEW THE
3 SETS OF KOI greeted by a somewhat tired looking Mark – he shared
with us that having had a couple of days off fly fishing, KOI THAT HAD
HAD SPAWNED he had returned to find the temperatures in the SPAWNED
OVERNIGHT breeding tunnel getting so high, they had had to OVERNIGHT
intervene and cool them down as it was getting far to
MEANING warm for the Oyagoi to spawn and as a result, 3 sets of
Koi had spawned overnight meaning he had had no
MARK HADN’T sleep – which might have meant it was not just the
SLEPT sunshine that had him wearing sunglasses.
Some refreshments were waiting for us including a cold
water dispenser that would see a lot of use throughout
a very hot day.
Having all assembled, the running order went like this:
■ First up Mark talked us through the changes that had
taken place in the sales area and the layout of the
facilities and why they had been constructed the way
they had. He explained, not only what happens when
fish are purchased on site but also over the internet
Mark explained all the and the thorough process they have in place for
changes that he and his selecting, packing and shipping Koi, to ensure they
team had made to the farm,
even down to how the Koi are packed and leave in the best possible condition –
are packed and shipped out. this was very interesting and reassuring to hear.

Three sets of Koi had ■ Next, Mark kindly allowed us to go into the polytunnel
spawned overnight.
where the spawning had taken place overnight. The
Cuttlebrook team hand strip both the male and
female Koi but this occurs only after the natural
process has commenced and then the Koi go back
into the spawning tanks to ensure the female releases
the last of her eggs – it was this that we witnessed
and in the tanks were a Sanke set, a Showa set and a
Karashi/Chagoi set.
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