Breeding High Quality Koi With Common American Carp

[@audreymuzingo933]

"I've had this female on my to-do list since 1998." EDIT: I feel like I should admit that I found the remark hilarious in a truly juvenile way, while at the same time understanding it 100%. I also breed fish (guppies, mollies and bettas) and I know exactly what it is to have a female with such perfect traits, you might put off mating her because you want to pick equally perfect male stock, and get everything set up perfectly for successful offspring-rearing.

[@masemasemasie]

Uh oh

[@keyboardguru4212]

That line immediately caught me off guard

[@benny_lemon5123]

I had a giggle, myself 😆

[@syarifidayat]

No matter how many times i watch this viideo, these documentary is priceless. Thankyou for sharing!

[@wvkoi5675]

I got a set of small female carp from a farm in CA. The fry are now 16 days old and doing well. The males were all of various utsurimono varieties.

[@JPRibner]

"I should see something I'm happy with in about 9 more years." Wow! Talk about playing the long game.

[@Bradybrandwood]

😅 Yeah such a slow process. Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

[@ryu-ken]

6 more years to go ✌️

[@audreymuzingo933]

I have done this with mollies, using the wild Sailfin Mollies I've caught in ditches, in Mobile, Alabama where I live. I wasn't nearly as dedicated as this koi project, just picked wildly different-looking domestic mollies from pet stores, to see what kind of offspring would result. Some very cool and WEIRD ones, I have to say, ha. The most memorable was a male that grew to extraordinary size, with coloration that looked like neither parents, and a level of aggression in the tank that was less like mollies and more like a betta!

[@suecastillo4056]

Mo Betta!😂❣️

[@BrianJMader-sz7jw]

I find his project very interesting, being koi been inbred like crazy, using wild carp to use to Breed fresh blood into koi is very good idea.

[@Bradybrandwood]

Yes definitely, they need that wild genetics bred back in for health and vigor. Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

@@Bradybrandwoodno they don’t. You can actually decrease value by adding undesirable visual traits to your koi if you mix their own offspring like that!

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

Bad idea actually because there’s a chance of the offspring getting the same color as a regular common carp, which means no one wants to buy them.

[@zezekingyo2374]

Though this is not the first. In fact, Sakai Fish Farm in Japan used to be a common carp farm before it became a koi farm in the 1950s. The breeders behind Sakai bred the koi with the magoi(common carp) over the years to develop fast growing koi, that grew larger than many of the koi in their country, especially of the grand champions in Zen Nippon Airinkai kow show over the generations. This is since koi have been inbred a lot of times due to their colors, their size and shape were once largely ignored. Now since the 1990s, jumbo koi like the chagoi, karashigoi, soragoi, and the Big Three (kohaku, sanke and showa) obtain large sizes thanks to the magoi. It's not about the magoi, but the genes of giants and excellence that count to the factor of the offspring.

[@emilwinter8095]

I love the babies that came from this! Those tricolor orange/black/white ones are my favorite koi to see, I think the black just contrast so perfectly with the two light colors.

[@goddesscassidi5781]

Omg the gray/blue looking big one at 9:00 is absolutely gorgeous I would love to have a pond of just those. Paint a very colorful bottom to the pond (I’m thinking purple and yellow and orange tie dye) to contrast with them.

[@Bradybrandwood]

😃😀😃 Awesome idea! Thanks for watching Cassidi ✌️✌️✌️

[@wvkoi5675]

UPDATE re: magoi with utsurimono males. Got about half that look like magoi, the other half that look like cha utsuri, and a small set of outlier yellow fry.

[@theoriginaldylangreene]

Hey, nice Magikarp you have there. Did you get any to evolve into a Gyarados yet?

[@Fireball006]

That’s the true end goal. Create a magikarp capable of reaching level 20

[@coyotebones8073]

Lmao

[@tinytigertamer]

Darn, I was gonna make this joke. You said it better anyways though!

[@SissypheanCatboy]

I can't describe why but this feels like if he didn't mention his channel I could totally believe this was an obscure late 90s early 2000s documentary made by a koi enthusiast (in a good way)

[@elisharason7819]

Its his voice and the music

[@TheRainyBay]

This is sooo cool its like if you crossed a warrior female and a royal prince in a fairytale it's amazing to see

[@williamvaughan5624]

Very interesting. You channel is quickly becoming on of my favorites.

[@williamvaughan5624]

The grey /brown guy @9min is soo cool

[@Mdc7748]

Fascinating video! I look forward to future results. The blueish one with black markings and the small one with much red on the head are very beautiful. There were a few such accidental crosses in a stream I used to explore.

[@Kalmaro4152]

Imagine if all wild carp looked like this. that would be so cool

[@GizmothePomeranian]

Great video to see. Thank you for sharing this. I was really curious if it would give a stronger or different breed. Different colours or of some sorts. Very informative

[@Bradybrandwood]

Awesome! Thank you for checking it out.

[@richd-koi]

Ochiba looking koi there too. A very interesting project 👍

[@bunkfoss50yearsago53]

Personally I think the slight orange tint is really pretty.

[@doctorh.m.l4727]

I love koi there so pretty!!

[@kimdawcatgirl]

Definitely an exercise in patience, something I lack! Ok, waited long enough for the follow up! Lol! This was a very pleasant surprise! Love this experiment!

[@Bradybrandwood]

Kim you do crack me up. 😂✌️✌️

[@yawg333]

the special offspring looks like you went back 400 years and got the best go sanke of that time

[@GoodDudeMadWorld]

This youtube channel is hidden gem.

[@suecastillo4056]

I just love your black female. I know literally nothing about koi but love them as fish. We had some we bought and had in our pond. They were like puppies! SO friendly and sweet! We could pet them and hand feed them. We needed to move and they are thriving in my dear friends pond now. LOVE your videos! Thank you so much!!! We also shared food with them…♥️♥️♥️‼️🤗🤩😘🌺

[@klinatoc]

I need to do my studying because all these fish look stunning to me. Especially the 1st gen male. Just a hobbyist getting ready to build my pond.

[@nilakshadeemantha93]

Very interesting video with lot of valuble information.Exciting to see the result.

[@mistafrooz]

I got a little black koi from petco that i always assumed was a Karasu, any chance it could be some mutt cross similar to this or nah?

[@CapeFearKoi]

The first gen male had quite a physique and looked ready to fill out.

[@samsmith4216]

Does cross breeding with pure Carp DNA improve their ability to fend off potential health issues?

[@eugenie8661]

Widening the genetic pool is likely to produce stronger offsprings, and to reduce the issues linked to inbreeding

[@newguy3588]

yes

[@StandardName562]

Offcourse, when you inbreed you get recessive diseases. By broadening the DNA pool you will introduce healthy genes which would give rise to healthier specimens. There is no pure carp DNA, what you mean is "wild type" DNA, which is in alot of cases better but dont have the domestication traits we want.

[@sleepyninjarin7971]

@@jorkusmalorkus you can extract DNA from cells to have an amount of "pure DNA" also people can isolate certain genes, with can be considered pure dna

[@superdupergrover9857]

There are also genetic traits, while not a genetic disease per se, that are a liability that are difficult (if possible at all) to work around without new genes.

[@unconventionalme8048]

Thank you for this!!!

[@Neeko48]

I like the moon shapes under the eyes of the second baby fish you showed.

[@diamondbuyers]

I dont know why I watched this video but it was interesting

[@bellajanedunno]

Well somehow I started caring about a Lobster named Leon, and now I’m watching a video about koi breeding 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@justinbombs955]

I dont know how i got here?? But im subbing and i want to see the second generations!!!

[@fatinhannani]

The grey with black spot is sooo pretty

[@morgan3983]

Beautiful, important, fascinating work!!

[@KoiTimeUSA]

Interesting cant wait for update. Been forever since you posted a koi video

[@SlightlyCivil]

Dude I have never thought of this kind of cross

[@newguy3588]

I watched the Gen2 video first so maybe I missed it. What was used to breed the second generation? Was it another outside koi or cod? Otherwise that's still inbreeding, isn't it?

[@aquabuds_]

Waiting for the results. I hope this turns out something interesting. Always a huge fan of koi🥺🥰🥰🥰💜❤

[@nilakshadeemantha93]

Desperately waiting for part 2 :)

[@racecargaming6996]

I love both koi and common carp

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

Same!

[@atty.veronicainoturanosg3487]

Thank you for posting this

[@Bradybrandwood]

Many thanks, and thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️

[@trinitylorenz7799]

JUST WOW this is so impressive!!

[@oliviawatson4686]

i honestly have no idea how i got here, i have no background in fish breeding but this was absolutely fascinating

[@jimbob7758]

They r all beautiful specimen wow nice work

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Amazing!

[@donarndt9525]

Fascinating! Looks like a good line for Ochiba in a few of those

[@megb7715]

Plain carp, especially nearly black ones, look gorgeous when their scales catch the light

[@dancingnature]

I love that grey and black one - so unusual

[@atsuminaoki9910]

Nice to meet you. I'm one of the people Matthew was talking about. It seems to be about 6 months old, but I found it the other day and I have a question for you. I would appreciate it if you could tell me how big the largest American Common Carp would be.

[@Bradybrandwood]

Hi Atsumi, One of the largest catches I’ve been able to find record of is a 67lb 10oz 47” long common carp caught in 2011.

[@atsuminaoki9910]

@@Bradybrandwood Thank you for your quick reply. Matsunosuke's Sakai, who is most famous for these challenges, and Narita's Chagoi (in pale color), which is now seen by everyone his offspring spread throughout the world, all used a 50+ inch Magoi as a single parent. If you don't do something as radical as that, it will simply lead to the decline of your blood as a Nishikigoi, don't you think?

[@robotcholi]

super interesting! thanks for sharing.

[@Myklos]

i always rewatch this, such intresting man hand fish

[@samwilts6016]

Did you get a new tank for leom yet?:)

[@WildAcreWood]

Wow! Great video!! I don’t have a pond but I have a fish tank actually a bunch of fish tanks that I need to set up soon!

[@perchquariumpike19]

So cool, is there a part 2 coming?😁

[@Bradybrandwood]

Hey yes I am working on Part 2 now. ✌️✌️✌️

[@blueraptorgaming064]

SHE IS GORGEOUS!!!!!

[@girliepopcornpiggy7003]

Can you cross breed a Giant Koi and a Giant Siamese Carp? I think the Siamese Carp is the largest carp.

[@retrochristmas7329]

I just got a male siamese giant carp that I'm growing out. I'm going to breed it with one of my females to see what the offspring will look like. I guess they are compatible.

[@Bradybrandwood]

That’s a good question. I’m not familiar with that fish. ✌️✌️✌️

[@drsharkboy6568]

That might be tricky because Siamese giant carp belong to the genus Catlocarpio rather than Cyprinus, the genus common carp and koi belong to.

[@maunakea7992]

I think he’s safer in the tank yes I think he’s loving life have a good one Leon

[@calebwaller730]

Are you talking about a lobster per chance

[@Fireball006]

@@calebwaller730 I was thinking the exact same, maybe he commented on the wrong video idk

[@keyboardguru4212]

Leon is the lobster’s name, not the narrator’s

[@GloryLumajangKoiCenter]

Beautiful 👍👍

[@cheesejam1373]

Got damn that's a good carp

[@darynfl]

I love how this is your passion but you got famous for keeping a grocery store lobster. 😂

[@innovativeatavist159]

This is one of those rabbit holes I haven't fallen into yet isn't it 🤔

[@COOLKEV2000]

KZbin algorithm strikes in a strange way

[@karlaug4450]

The 4:26 Koi is pretty .

[@iwandoank1284]

Alhamdulillah.... from Indonesia

[@chrismillersrcfamily]

Wow very cool

[@dxngerx]

i refuse to believe this wasnt made in 2007

[@ZomBeeNature]

I don't know anything about Koi. I would never have wanted to cross anything with a Carp. But brown fish don't appeal to me.

[@Nogahs]

Damn this is so entertaining wtf lol

[@SimSpark1]

The Caro has something on his right side..white

[@timetter7062]

Before Leon became king

[@reymed1670]

They breed naturally in the wild

[@Myklos]

i am in loveee

[@jaredgollnitz5258]

🧐🤯🤩

[@rey273]

irl shiny pokemon, omg

[@oggyi8372]

Bro its 3am what am i watching

[@Shikikan_Shadab]

Lol thought it was breeding with crap

[@DennyxMeo]

Karps

[@justray3518]

Need a better camera the quality is poor 720p looks terrible but an interesting video nonetheless

[@Bradybrandwood]

Just RAY,... This vid was shot in Standard Def in 2005,... and converted to 720p to post on KZbin.

[@LyuboA]

maybe you should be looking how to release more of these fish to strengthen their population instead of keeping them as pets

[@scotbush4338]

Carp absolutely don't need their population increased. It's even in their name. The "common" carp

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

Well, you just decreased the koi’s price value by tampering with its future offspring by crossing their DNA lineage with a carp.

[@Bradybrandwood]

You do realize the Japanese created Koi from common carp years ago right???

[@Rosieroothefatcarp]

@@Bradybrandwood There's actually evidence that koi descended from Amur wild carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) rather than common carp. Common carp tend to be brownish gold, with bright yellow eyes, a chubby belly or arched back, and sometimes missing scales. Unlike common carp, Amur wild carp are easily tamed, look like the Magoi you showed in the video, and those types of fish have a darker bronze color, and deep brown eyes, as well as a slimmer body shape like that of a koi or Danube wild carp, which is the ancestor of common carp.

[@sireopossom7860]

Can you breed a human out of this? if so, make women have 2 vags for double the fun please

[@pleasureincontempt3645]

I respect this. However, it is a very dangerous game to play against several native species across the Americas. Whether your intentions are monetary, biological, godliness or bragging rights. If you ever intended to sell them to any location, there are people with less means or simply less thoughtful intentions towards preserving separate natural biomes. I know you care about this; I’ve only found you via your altruism towards a lobster.

[@KoiTimeUSA]

Interesting cant wait for update. Been forever since you posted a koi video

[@Bradybrandwood]

KoiTime USA Hey I just posted one last week. ✌️✌️✌️