My Red Devil Project

Ok, I have been trying to grow on stock to produce reaaly good couverage on Koi angels.
Dad is a Red Devil & mum is a Koi of unknown origins but she looked as if she had something hidden in her
Anyway here is how far I am, the little-uns are from a younger batch. Lisa

Hi Lisa
Very very nice. you realy are starting to get good coverage on those angels arnt you.
Will have to come up and look them over.
Dave

Dave I would love you to come and see my fish house & can show you some extra specials I have got set aside
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
There's no doubting that those are lovely fish, good colour, nice finnage and excellent body shape; but I'm still very puzzled as to what makes a "red devil", a "red devil". Is it simply a marketing name for a well coloured koi? or do they have some defining charicteristic? if so, what is it?

Good luck with this project. We need some high coverage koi over here. They are practically non existent.

Pterophyllum wrote:Hi Lisa,
There's no doubting that those are lovely fish, good colour, nice finnage and excellent body shape; but I'm still very puzzled as to what makes a "red devil", a "red devil". Is it simply a marketing name for a well coloured koi? or do they have some defining charicteristic? if so, what is it?

Don't know but... there is a very unuaual coloured youngter in the last batch , will wait to see if colour stays as it gets bigger & if it does, boy it will interesting
Lisa

Its a great project Lisa! The Americans have some great high coverage koi, it would be nice if we could create something along those lines over here!

Hi Lisa can you tell me at what age or size did your red devil young start to show there colouring.The reason i ask this is because today i went into a local fish shop that i have known for many a year of which i get on really well with the owner as i have sold him many young fish & he told me that he had just had a 1st order from a new czech supplier & in the order he had a box of Marbel angels & in the box was a bag marked red devils,so he told the supplier he had received them but not orderd them & the supplier told him not to worrie he could keep them free of charge,but as they were only small he put them in a tank out the back,so i asked if i could have a look & there was 6 fish between 5p & 20p size the 20p sized fish are showing some nice colour but the smaller 5p sized fish are still a bit pale with a hint of red starting to show.But to top it all off the owner told me i could have them for £5 as he wanted the tank for something else so i didnt need telling twice & i shoved a fiver in his hand before he changed his mind & they are now in my QT tank & i have a smile on my face .

Paul.

Nice one , they show colour from as early as 4 weeks and the colour seems to increase with age, with the Orange turning redder as they get 50p size upwards.
They defiatly show colour a heck of a lot earlier than any Koi I have bred in the past.
Lisa

Cheers Lisa thats great news once they have setled in i will post some pics (if me being as thick as i am i get over my probs with posting pics) all i need now is some of your strain to cross with them at a later date.

Paul.

all i need now is some of your strain to cross with them at a later date

Thats not a problem , looking forward to images.
lisa

uk bulldog wrote:Hi Lisa can you tell me at what age or size did your red devil young start to show there colouring.The reason i ask this is because today i went into a local fish shop that i have known for many a year of which i get on really well with the owner as i have sold him many young fish & he told me that he had just had a 1st order from a new czech supplier & in the order he had a box of Marbel angels & in the box was a bag marked red devils,so he told the supplier he had received them but not orderd them & the supplier told him not to worrie he could keep them free of charge,but as they were only small he put them in a tank out the back,so i asked if i could have a look & there was 6 fish between 5p & 20p size the 20p sized fish are showing some nice colour but the smaller 5p sized fish are still a bit pale with a hint of red starting to show.But to top it all off the owner told me i could have them for £5 as he wanted the tank for something else so i didnt need telling twice & i shoved a fiver in his hand before he changed his mind & they are now in my QT tank & i have a smile on my face .

Paul.

You lucky devil Paul. You were obviously at the right place at the right time! Hurry up with those pics, I still haven't seen any of your fish.

I think you are right Helen i only poped in there to pic up some brineshrimp with garlic as i had run out of frozen food.I have put a couple of pics of a few of my albino's on the gallery.Once the new ones have settled in i will get some pics & post them just for you lol.

Paul.