Customer Reviews

Koi Breeding

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this magazine quarterly is aimed at breeding and selling koi by the millions . we are talking about mega breeding, not what a hobbyist or small breeder is trying, or probably capable of doing.very slick with beautiful pictures of little use.

I found the title of this book misleading. There is little to no relevant information on the breeding of koi from the hobbiest or small buisness owners perspective. The book provided information for large scale koi production using artificial fertilization and hatching methods.

As fish breeder who travelled from Africa to where Dr. Shmuel Rothbarb and his collegues and are seriously doing wonders with koi breeding in Israel and witnessed the spawning I can say that I found the book excellent for serious breeders.

Excellent and extremly acurate scientific text with plenty of high quality photos. I have most of this info from many different sources most of which are University bulletins from research projects. Not only did the author contribute his own work but included the tried and true techniques of basic fish reproductive science all in this edition. Dr. Rothbard is a leader into the field. I would like to see an update with more on the genetics currently being researched. Only complaint is that any book on fish should be safe around water like the 'Petersons Field Guides' are,

Amazing book and thoroughly detailed. This is not a book for your picture collection, this book is for those who are seriously into since and the modern technologies of genetics in general. Yes, it could be a little too involved for those who are hobbyists or what not, but hey...nobody said that I have to write a symphony for 500 instruments because I like to listen to Berlioz and dance to James Brown.