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![]() "Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message ... "Benign Vanilla" wrote in message ... Can someone go over the basics on spawning please? I always understood it that the lady lays the eggs, and the man fertilizes the eggs externally. If so, then why do the males beat the females up? What am I missing? We've told you a million times BV, it's your mind thats missing ![]() Yeah, yeah...besides that... Like all male species, your male Koi is horny baby, as far as the male is concerned he's just trying to get the female Koi 'in the mood', but either she's not ready or perhaps has recently spawned already. The males usually bump and knock up against the females until they respond. But unless she can get away from him he will eventually exhaust her and she will die!!!! You have to provide hiding spaces in which only the female can get into, otherwise she's a gonner. In nature she would just simply swim away, but because she's still there (in your pond) the male thinks she's still interested and will carry on harassing her until the inevitable happens. Bloody males, sex on the brain if you ask me ![]() But are the eggs fertilized by the "old in and out" as Kubrick would say, or are they fertilized in the water? -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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