Chapter 0106 Mutant Koi
As soon as June 1st passes, the water temperature rises a lot.
As soon as Lu Changhua returned, he led everyone to build the carp's ovaries in the reservoir on the south side.
The most important feature of carp spawning is that they lay their eggs on aquatic weeds.
Although there are aquatic plants on the shore of the reservoir, it is still not enough and must be built manually.
Let's go and harvest some fresh grass, which is at least about 30 centimeters long.
Tie it with a rope at the root and tie the other end to a stick.
Stick these sticks in the water along the shore.
Let the grass sink into the water.
If it can't be sunk, tie a small stone.
This is the ovaries on the shore.
The ovaries in the middle of the water should be paid more attention to.
The side-by-side ovaries are made with a wooden stick three fingers thick and about three meters long.
Put the grass on a wooden stick and tie the other end with a rope.
Twelve or thirteen handfuls of grass can be tied to a single stick.
Tie ropes to the ends of the sticks, and stones or bricks to the ends.
The length of the rope is slightly shorter than the depth of the water.
The sticks will soak into the water, and the grass will be in the water.
Hundreds of ovaries like this can be made.
Since there are stones falling from the bottom of the water, and they are not afraid of the current, the carp will come to lay their eggs.
For a week, forty acres of water were littered with sticks that had sunk into the water.
At this time, the tin boat was used.
After throwing it in, I have to check every morning at 9 o'clock to see if there are any eggs on the grass.
Whoever has eggs must take them down and take them back to hatch.
Of course, it can be incubated naturally.
It's just that the hatchability rate is not high.
Lu Changhua doesn't need a high hatching rate, just natural incubation.
The sun is warm and warm in mid to late June.
The water temperature is just right, and the spring water flows in, which is a good condition for stimulating carp to spawn.
After inspection, it was found that many aquatic plants were glued to the fish eggs.
The carp spawned.
The female fish lays eggs, and the male fish has to give birth to the male, that is, the sperm.
The eggs hatch into small fish when the two compartments are combined, and if the eggs do not meet the male within a certain period of time, the eggs will dissolve.
Every day, Lu Changhua and his group will release new ovaries into the reservoir, and if these aquatic plants are not enough, they will squeeze the eggs together layer by layer, which will affect the hatching of small fish.
Not only that, Lu Changhua also turned on the self-made aerator and added oxygen to the water.
Use a water pump to pump water and then lift it out.
This increases the stimulation of running water on the carp.
All of a sudden, the machine roared and the water splashed.
As a result of the opening of the sluice gates in May, the fishing nets were removed.
There are already large numbers of fish in the reservoir to the north.
The water level will only be maintained at about three meters.
This way, the water temperature also warms up faster.
When feeding the fish every day, there is a noticeable change in the north and south reservoirs.
In the south, due to the large number of ovaries, the number of carp is significantly higher.
And there are a lot of trash fish in the reservoir to the north.
Silver carp, grass carp, crucian carp, as well as local wild fish, old manfish, willow root, loach and many more.
Of course, there are also some carp roaming around.
The weather in June is like a child's face, and it changes when it is said.
The sun was shining just now, and after a while, it started to rain.
Crackling raindrops hit the water, stirring up ripples in circles.
Looking through the water, you can see the carp's dorsal fin slicing through the water.
"Let's go, go back to the duty room."
Lu Changhua greeted, and everyone rowed the iron boat to the west plank road.
Tie the boat to the plank road, and everyone ran to the watch room.
Xiong Bao and Mo Bao, who had been lying on the plank road and guarding, stepped on the snow, and at this time they also ran into the duty room.
Dahong's daughter-in-law poured a bowl of cold white water for everyone.
Lu Changhua drank water and said to himself: "I hope the water can be smaller this year." ”
Last year, the year before was a big flood, which caused heavy losses to the farm, this year?
Alas, hopefully.
This rain comes and goes as fast as it comes.
The rain had just stopped for a while.
The four old men from the vegetable garden came with baskets.
The old man also ate this meal here at noon.
Dahong's daughter-in-law went out and followed the old man to the ditch in the south.
Wash all the dishes with spring water, and then pick them back to the duty room.
Erhong's daughter-in-law also returned from the north.
She followed her sister-in-law to the kitchen to chop vegetables and steam steamed buns.
It can be said that now the small collective of the reservoir has gradually gained the feeling of a family.
A week later, when I looked at the grass in the water, it was already withered.
The eggs on the grass have also disappeared.
Lu Changhua was checking the situation of the fish eggs, but Hu Dagui shouted on the plank road: "Changhua, come and see." ”
Lu Changhua scooped up the grass and wooden sticks, put them on the boat, and then leaned towards the plank road.
This side of the boardwalk is shallow water.
It is also a place to feed the fish.
I saw a dense layer of small tadpoles appear at the water's edge.
Lu Changhua didn't need to look at it at all to know that the carp was hatching.
This night, the panel in front of his eyes was lit up all the time.
The number of carp in the reservoir is increasing by thousands.
By now, the number has far exceeded 500,000.
Up to nearly a million.
These little fish seem to have a unified command brain, they want to walk together, they want to turn together, and their movements are unified, which is amazing.
"Throw in more fish food."
Nowadays, the fish food is not thrown directly on the shore as it was last year, but on the fish food table in the water.
Underwater, schools of black-pressed fish compete for food.
The water's edge is also a small tadpole pressed by black pressure.
People with dense phobias may panic when they see it.
At the end of June, the rainy season came.
Now the rain is not showers, but a continuous drizzle.
The next one is not over.
Fortunately, there is live water in the reservoir, and there is no lack of oxygen in the water, otherwise Lu Changhua would have to die in a hurry.
He has been keeping an eye on carp fry in the south.
For more than half a month, the fry are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
From a small black tadpole, it gradually evolved into a small carp.
He grabbed a handful of fish food and threw it in.
Before the big fish came, the small fish with long fingers pounced on it in a black and pressed piece.
Lu Changhua looked at these little fish with great satisfaction, this is all money.
Well? Wrong!
He found a few different colors in the black school.
There are red, there are white, there are blue.
I'll go!
Blinded?
He rubbed his eyes, and the colors were gone.
It's still black.
Just before he knew it, a few more bright colors appeared.
Now he was sure that it was not a dazzle, but a carp that really had other colors.
Could it be that this is the legendary aquarium fish?
Where did they come from?
Lu Changhua did not know.
But a door that had never been there opened to him.
A thought rose from the bottom of his heart.
Ornamental fish!
I can raise ornamental fish!
You must know that the current production and breeding of ornamental fish is Dongying's strength.
Although their varieties were also passed down from China.
At present, the domestic ornamental fish are all imported, that is, imported from Dongying.
It has not been successfully bred in China.
The price is expensive, as you can imagine.
If you can breed it yourself, then it's really developed.
As for where did these koi fish come from? It reminded him of the koi he saw during the flood last year.
It's just that all he saw at that time were big fish, and this time he saw small fish.
He had always wondered if the 1,000 carp fry that the system had given him were those koi?
Are these little koi fish their offspring?!
He didn't know, but it would be much more reasonable to speculate.
After feeding the fish food, Lu Changhua gathered everyone.
"I'll tell you something."
And all the people looked at him.
"There are a few small fish with genetic mutations in our reservoir, don't panic when you see them when you feed them, don't make a fuss, and don't go fishing."
"I'll talk about the ugly things in front, don't tell people outside about the things in our reservoir, understand?"
"Okay."
"Got it."
"Understood."
"Squint, your mouth is broken, don't mention it to your parents when you go home."
"Got it, I won't say."
Lu Changhua took a preventive shot in advance to prevent these people's mouths from breaking, if it really attracted people who knew how to do it, the fish in this pond would not be safe.
"Add soybean cake content to fish food, you adjust the recipe."
Lu Changhua's whole mind is now on the koi he found.
As we enter July, the weather gets even hotter.
The fry in Nanku have also grown to eight or nine centimeters.
The fry began to disperse.
Through the middle sluice, it enters the water to the north.
The sluice gates of the dam on the north side were also opened to release water, for fear that in a big flood, the fish would run out.
After eating dinner, Lu Changhua came to the dam, and he still had nine vials of growth promoters in his reward column.
Looking at the small fry in the reservoir, you let him not use it, where is he willing!
Lu Changhua said to the vial on the panel, "Use." ”
A flash of light flashed, and dots of green spilled onto the vast surface of the water.
In an instant, mist rose from the water.
This fog covered the water from south to north.
Seeing this, he hurriedly ran back to the duty room.
He didn't want to be like last time, sleepwalking in the lake.
When Hu Dagui saw him coming back, he picked up the kettle and brought him a basin of water for washing his feet.
"Burn your feet, it's been too humid these days."
"You come first, I'll wash it later."
Xiong Bao suddenly pricked up his ears, as if he had heard something.
Then he lay down next to Mobao and Treadsnow.
The little goose in the goose shed did not panic in the slightest.
Everything is normal.
Hu Dagui got up and went out to carry water, but he scolded, "Why is it foggy, it's so strange." ”
Lu Changhua took off his shoes and stretched out his feet to soak in the hot water.
The water temperature was a bit high, which made him shiver.
The scorching sensation opened up all the pores of his body.
Just one word, "Cool!" ”