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Thread: Some photo's to cheer us all up
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27-03-2020, 02:33 PM #41
Hi Utsuri purchased July 2018 as Tosai measuring 15cm:
Growth hasn't been great with him now measuring 35cm, but he's one of the few Tosai I've bought that hasn't deteriorated. I actually asked for advice/critique on here before purchasing it and was told it the speckles will only get worse and it wasn't a good choice. I bought it anyway and that advice was essentially correct, but the depth of colour on this koi more than makes up for the speckled sumi in my eyes.
Last edited by RS2OOO; 27-03-2020 at 02:36 PM.
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27-03-2020, 02:44 PM #42Freddyboy the legend
"we are water keepers first"
Johnathan
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27-03-2020, 02:45 PM #43
This is the Tosai Kirin I picked up last April at 24cm. It looked absolutely stunning in the flesh:
Almost one year on at Nisai and she's well into the mid to high 40's. Definitely the fastest growing Koi I've ever had. This was one of the most undeveloped Kirin's I could find, with my thinking being that those with darker reticulation would get too dark, but actually the reticulation has faded if anything and I'm wondering if it will ever come through.
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27-03-2020, 02:50 PM #44When I’m dead I hope my Mrs doesn’t sell my fishing gear for what I told her they cost!
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27-03-2020, 05:01 PM #451630 Gallon raised pond
4" 'Avenue' bottom drain
Estro sieve
Econobead EB60 bead filter
Sequence 18000 pump, 6000 pump on skimmer line
Elecro 2kW in-line heater
Evolution Aqua 70 air pump
Standard wall skimmer
Hozelock Vorton 55watt UV
and some nice koi
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27-03-2020, 05:38 PM #46
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27-03-2020, 05:42 PM #47
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28-03-2020, 12:53 AM #48
yes lovely fish everyone, lets face it all fish are in there own way....... looking at the collection we have between us we have all done well, anymore pics from anyone else ?? super Kirin RS, its not a fish i am too familiar with but it looks very nice,
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28-03-2020, 01:06 AM #49
It's a brand new variety by Wada that came from a cross between a 94cm female Nezu Ogon and a Kujaku.
They were first sold in the UK last year and I got one from the very first importation. Just had to have one.
But who knows if they'll become popular or just disappear like most new varieties do.
Gatwick koi have a few in stock this year on the website, a lot more expensive than the one I bought and I don't think they've sold well and don't think his photos do them justice.
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28-03-2020, 07:16 AM #50
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28-03-2020, 09:14 AM #51
very Nice RS - A Kujaku is on my wish list for this year, i really like them, i do like a heavy scalation / netting pattern on Koi like the Asagi etc, i have yet to have one like this in my pond ironically, I have spent hours and hours trawling the net looking at available koi over the past year and i have to say i think Wada has bred some stunning fish, its a name that appears quite a lot.....
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28-03-2020, 09:38 AM #52
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28-03-2020, 09:46 AM #53
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28-03-2020, 10:52 AM #54
I suspect Asagi deteriorate in hard water, as do shusui. Kujaku would be a good shout. Both Wada and Omasako breed fantastic quality ones.
I found the same.... The varieties I wanted most I didn't buy at first as I wanted to learn more so I could pick a good one when the time came.
A Showa was one of those koi, which I have now but I still wonder if I should have held out for a better one....
https://i.postimg.cc/x1cgBrn7/IMG-20200326-150450.jpg
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28-03-2020, 11:19 AM #55
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28-03-2020, 11:22 AM #56
Some real beauty’s here thanks for sharing everyone
My pond is pretty thin
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28-03-2020, 04:56 PM #57Hobby and business gone but when you’re hooked you’re hooked.
Always happy to help!!
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28-03-2020, 05:10 PM #58
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Few of mine on a cold afternoon looking for food.John
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28-03-2020, 05:13 PM #59John
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28-03-2020, 05:14 PM #60
Every day feeding container?
Good shout, I'll have a look at Takazumi :)