 Once the breeder are set, beat
the surface of the water with a
wooden stick or a coconut
stem to hasten the spawning.
 Maintain continuous water flow
 Carp and Japanese “Koi” carp
lay eggs between 2:00 am to
8:00 am
 The presence of bubbles on the
water surface and fishy smell
indicate that the breeders have
already spawned.
 Eggs can be found attached to
the egg collector
Incubation and Hatching
 Transfer egg collectors with
eggs to previously prepared
nursery pond for hatching.
 Maintain flowing water
to avoid fungal
contamination and at
the same time hasten
the hatching of eggs.
 After 2-3 days the
eggs are hatched,
Remove the egg
collectors from the
nursery ponds.
Larval Rearing
 Three (3) days after hatching the fry
feeds on the natural food
(plankton) present in the pond.
 Newly hatched fry
feeds on its yolk for
the first 2 days after
Hatching
BREEDING AND HATCHERY MANAGEMENT FOR
 Maintain the fry for COMMON CARP AND KOI CARP
30 days in the
nursery pond before
harvest.
 After 2 weeks apply fertilizer dress-
ing or feed the fry with a mixture
of fine fish meal and rice bran:
 75% rice bran
 25% fishmeal at the rate of 10% average body weight
Harvesting
 Harvest fry and fingerling with the use of fine mesh
net.
For more information call or write to:
National Inland Fisheries Technology Center
Km. 53 Manila East Road, Sitio Suyoc,
NOTE: Brgy. Tandang Kutyo, Tanay, Rizal
Culling for koi
Contact No.: 0917-133-9451
For quality control, koi carp fry are culled after 6-8 fingerlings based on
the quality of color pattern and appearance/body configuration . E-mail: niftc@bfar.da.gov.ph
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bfarniftctanayrizal
 Feed preferences at various stages Nursery Pond Preparation
 Larval Stage (Rotifers, Cope-
pods, Chironomid & Cladocer-  Catch and collect all previous fish stocks
INTRODUCTION ans)  Drain the pond
 Size 50 mm & above (Benthic  Eradicate all predators and competitors
organisms, algae & worms)  Apply chicken manure or other organic fertilizer
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is the oldest and one at the rate of 1 kg./10 sq. m.
of the most widely cultured freshwater fishes in Asia and Eu- Breeding of Common Carp in Earthen Pond  Agricultural lime can also be applied at the
rope because of its hardiness, ease to spawn in captivity Site Selection rate of 1kg./50 sq. m.
and tolerance to a wide range of temperature. In the Philip- Suitable site should have:
 Take in water into the nursery pond at the
pines, it was introduced in 1915 by Alvin Seale from  Sufficient good quality water
Hongkong and was first stocked in Lake Lanao in Minda- depth of 100 cm. The growth of natural food
 Capacity of soil to hold water can be observed after 7 days.
nao. Successful introduction were later undertaken to various
swamplands and inland waters in the country where it has
 Availability of power, labor and farm inputs  Greenish water indicates abundance in phyto-
since formed a distinct fishery particularly in Laguna Lake,  Accessibility plankton while brownish water indicate abun-
Candaba swamp, Cagayan river basin and in the lakes of dance of zooplankton
Camarines Sur and Mindanao. Construction of Hatchery/Nursery Pond
Recommended area:
Spawning
The Japanese carp “Nishigikoi” is a colorful variety of the  Hatchery ponds 40-50 square meter excavated to a
common carp . It is regarded as the king of garden fish and its depth of 1 meter  Collect gravid breeders and place in hatchery
popularity in the aquarium fish trade is basically attributed to  Nursery ponds 100-200 square meter excavat- pond at the ratio of 1 female: 2 males
its graceful swimming and colorful pattern. ed to a depth of 1 meter
 Install water inlet and outlet in both hatchery and Characteristic of Mature Male and Female Carp and
Biology: nursery ponds using PVC pipes “Koi” Carp
Morphological Characteristic of Common Carp Hatchery pond preparation
 Install bamboo post inside the hatchery pond at a dis- FEMALE MALE
 Big Belly tance of 20 cm. Submerged under the water.
 Long, blunt , smooth and protruding terminal mouth  Make a lengthwise bamboo to be attached to the bam-  Rounded, soft bulging  Deep- pit-like vent
 Two (2) pairs of barbels on the upper and lower jaw abdomen  Slender body
boo post.
  Obscured ventral ridge  Exude milt when
The color of the body is dark gray to greenish brown  Place egg collectors over the lengthwise bamboo and tie
on the dorsal side and yellowish white in the ab- it firmly.  Vent projecting into a gently pressed in
dominal region small papilla-like the abdomen
Fabrication of Egg Collector
outgrowth
 For egg collector black palm  Brownish eggs ooze
or arenga fibers are pre- out when gently
ferred pressed in the abdo-
men
 Prepared two (2) pcs. of
bamboo or wood measur-
ing 1 m. in length

 Arrange the fibers between

two (2) pcs. bamboo or
wood and nail them togeth-
Natural Food of Common carp er.

Common carp is an omnivorous feeder. It feeds mainly on

benthic organisms like snails, clams, cladocerans, copepods,
chironomid larvae, shrimps, insect larvae; detritus and de-
caying organic matter