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    Our first koi purchase ever.

    Good evening,
    Went to the koi show yesterday and today at Detling Showground, met quite a few people in the industry from pond builders, breeders to equipment suppliers, it was a great opportunity to view fish at leisure both fish for sale and some super show fish, some koi were simply amazing, my favourite show fish was in the Koromo class size 4 I believe it was a Goshiki with 4 steps of incredible hi and it looked so smooth with bright metallic scale pattern, it really caught my eye, some one must be a very proud owner....
    I was there yesterday with my brother aka "pootkoi" where I behaved myself and purchased nothing, I returned today with my wife who has the koi bug as bad as I do and between us towards the end of the show we jumped in and purchased our first ever koi, my wife opted for a lovely looking 13" Maruten Kohaku and I opted for a 7" Kohaku which at the moment looks quite stripy with diagonal high on his head, probably not one for the purist but it caught my eye...we also purchased some Japanese tablets denoting the four elements ready for our pergola - well we hope that's what it translates too lol !!! thanks Steve.


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    Very nice tablets which look great, but you're teasing us..... Wheres the pictures of the Koi ?

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    this thread needs more pics

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    Unfortunately the fish were transferred into my brothers pond before we had time to take pictures, they had been at the show in a small round pool and we were worried about stressing them even more so sadly no pictures as of yet, we will put some up when we collect them.... cheers Steve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    Unfortunately the fish were transferred into my brothers pond before we had time to take pictures, they had been at the show in a small round pool and we were worried about stressing them even more so sadly no pictures as of yet, we will put some up when we collect them.... cheers Steve.
    Fred wont be a happy boy if there no pictures

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Fred wont be a happy boy if there no pictures

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    lol yes I get that impression from him, were quite annoyed not getting pics too but welfare comes first

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    Great to have a first purchase, leads to a second, a third .…........

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    True mate enjoying them is far far far down on the list water test filter clean odd jobs then if your lucky a quick sit and watch them haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    lol yes I get that impression from him, were quite annoyed not getting pics too but welfare comes first
    What about the welfare of us on here?
    Didn't think about that did ya!
    Our first koi purchase ever.

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    lol sorry mate, think of us we have got to wait best part of 2 maybe 3 weeks yet before we can go and get our little babies, !

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    Quote Originally Posted by smartin View Post
    lol sorry mate, think of us we have got to wait best part of 2 maybe 3 weeks yet before we can go and get our little babies, !
    As you can gather lol. Quite a few
    Use my name to get what they want
    Lol. As in photos.
    So i will just add this lol.
    WHERES THE PHOTO'S
    Haha
    Only kidding lol. Your spot on the safety of the fish comes first.
    Great that the wife is hooked on the koi bug lol.
    I can now see lots of purchases coming along.
    My wife is not into the fish side of things.
    I just purchase first then take the flack afterwards haha
    Enjoy the fish mate. Its a great hobby
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