2009 in pictures - June
Posted 30 Dec 2009 - 01:14 by Mark Gardner
June got underway with more sleepless nights as spawning continued all over Niigata.
In the early hours of 2nd June I met up with Mitsunori Isa and Hide Hirasawa as they undertook spawnings with the new male oyagoi Isa Koi Farm had purchased, a Koi which had taken th 80bu male Kokugyo award at the 2009 All Japan Show. It's the Koi second from bottom in the picture below.
Another late night was to follow on the 5th/6th June as Shintaro spawned 5 sets of oyagoi in 1 evening, all by 1.30am! The picture below some of the resultant eggs, who knows what they'll produce over the coming years.
Two days later the eggs of the Sanke were placed in nets in the fry pond which would be their home for the rest of the summer. The exact process varies from breeder to breeder.
The Showa fry were watched in the Koi house in order Kuroko selection (the black fry) could take place before they were released into their mud pond on 12th June.
As June wore on the temperatures started to soar into the 30's.
A couple of pictures taken on 26th June which must have been the hottest day of the year so far.
Earlier on that same day I'd joined Rob from Ornafish to select some Showa jumbo tosai at Marudo. I was pleased to later hear that my favourite was awarded the best tategoi at the NVN Koi Show in August.
