Koi Dealer Fish Lot Management: Tracking Multiple Lots Simultaneously

By KoiQuanta Editorial Team|Updated Mar 2026

Professional koi dealers manage an average of 4-6 simultaneous quarantine lots, each with unique treatment schedules and compliance requirements. That number understates the cognitive load - each lot has its own timeline, its own health history, its own documentation requirements, and its own set of tasks due on any given day. A dealer managing five simultaneous lots with paper tracking is maintaining five separate mental models, with the inevitable result that tasks get missed, timelines get confused, and compliance records develop gaps.

KoiQuanta's multi-lot dashboard shows the quarantine day, pending treatments, and compliance status for every active lot simultaneously - turning a complex parallel management challenge into a clear, prioritized daily task list.

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The Multi-Lot Management Problem

Consider a typical February scenario for a dealer who made purchases at a December show, placed a direct Japan import order in January, and bought a domestic lot from a wholesaler in late January:

Lot A (show purchase): Day 21 of quarantine, approaching clearance
Lot B (Japan import): Day 12 of quarantine, mid-protocol
Lot C (domestic lot): Day 4 of quarantine, still in intake assessment phase

Each lot needs daily water quality logging. Each has different treatments due at different points in the next week. Lot A needs its clearance documentation prepared. Lot B has a formalin treatment scheduled for tomorrow. Lot C needs a veterinary examination before the prophylactic protocol begins.

Without a unified management system, the dealer's day starts with reconstructing this picture from memory or from three separate paper records. With KoiQuanta's multi-lot dashboard, the picture is immediate and complete.

Per-Lot Record Keeping

Each lot in KoiQuanta has its own complete record set:

Lot profile: Source, country of origin, arrival date, species and variety composition, fish count, and attached import documentation (health certificate, purchase order, permits).

Quarantine timeline: Current day count, target completion date, and a visual representation of the lot's progress through the quarantine period.

Water quality history: Every daily parameter reading for the lot since intake, displayed as both a table and trend lines. This record is the core of your compliance documentation.

Treatment log: Every treatment administered to the lot, with date, product, calculated dose, water volume at time of treatment, and staff attribution.

Health observation log: Daily health assessments, with any flagged concerns noted and linked to the relevant treatment decisions that followed.

Mortality record: Any fish deaths during quarantine, with date and available cause information.

Document vault: Attached digital copies of the health certificate, import permit, and any veterinary documentation generated during quarantine.

Lot Source Segregation

Managing fish from different source countries or different suppliers in different lots isn't just organizational tidiness - it's an important biosecurity practice and a compliance requirement.

Lots from different sources may have different regulatory requirements, different health status histories, and different disease risk profiles. Keeping them as separate lots in KoiQuanta preserves the ability to trace any disease event to its source lot, which is important for both your own management and for regulatory accountability.

KoiQuanta supports lots from different source countries with country-specific regulatory requirement flags. When you create a lot sourced from Japan, the system applies the specific quarantine and documentation requirements applicable to Japanese imports. A domestic lot has a different requirements profile. The system adapts to each lot's regulatory context rather than applying a single universal template.

Lot Completion and Transfer to Inventory

When a lot completes quarantine and meets clearance criteria, KoiQuanta transitions it from active quarantine to display inventory. This transition includes:

Compliance export generation: The complete lot documentation package, appropriate for regulatory submission and records retention.

Fish profile transfer: Individual fish within the lot that have been given their own profiles (for significant-value specimens) carry their health history forward into display inventory.

Lot linkage for sold fish: When fish from a completed lot are sold, the lot compliance documentation is available to generate buyer-facing health summaries. The sale record links back to the lot the fish came from, maintaining traceability.

Your quarantine automation guide covers how the daily task automation within each lot works. The import workflow guide maps the complete lot lifecycle from purchase to clearance.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I track multiple koi lots at the same time?

KoiQuanta's multi-lot dashboard gives you a unified view of all active lots with their current day count, today's pending tasks, and compliance status. You see the full picture without switching between records - which lot is due for treatment today, which lot is approaching clearance, which lot has a task overdue. Within each lot, the complete record is accessible with one click: water quality history, treatment log, health observations, and attached documentation. Daily tasks are surfaced in a unified task list across all lots so nothing falls through the gaps between individual lot records.

Can KoiQuanta manage koi from different source countries in separate lots?

Yes, and this is the recommended approach for both biosecurity and compliance reasons. Each lot is created with its country of origin and source, and the system applies country-specific regulatory requirement flags. A lot from Japan triggers Japan-import-specific documentation requirements. A domestic lot has a different profile. Keeping lots by source segregated in KoiQuanta maintains the traceability that regulatory requirements and biosecurity best practice both demand - if a disease event occurs, you can identify which lot it originated from and which other lots may have been exposed.

What does a lot status dashboard look like in KoiQuanta?

The lot dashboard is a card-based view where each active lot has its own card showing: lot identifier and source, current quarantine day (e.g., "Day 14 of 30"), health status indicator (green/amber/red based on current health observations), pending tasks today with task type and priority, compliance completeness percentage for the days elapsed, and any active alert flags. The cards can be sorted by urgency, by quarantine day, or by source. Tapping into any lot card opens the full lot record. The dashboard refreshes each time you open KoiQuanta, so your view always reflects the current state across all active lots.

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Sources

Associated Koi Clubs of America (AKCA)
Koi Organisation International (KOI)
University of Florida IFAS Extension Aquaculture Program
Fish Vet Group
Water Quality Association