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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
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    Hey AJ just had a needed break, hope all ok with you and family mate You tube Koi Content


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    Hey AJ just had a needed break, hope all ok with you and family mate You tube Koi Content


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    Top mate thanks we all need some time off bud you ready for new build yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Top mate thanks we all need some time off bud you ready for new build yet?

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    Glad to hear itYou tube Koi Content new build is still in the planning stages. Did you get your grow on project finished? Or have you done a frim...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    Glad to hear itYou tube Koi Content new build is still in the planning stages. Did you get your grow on project finished? Or have you done a frim...


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    All done mate. Dropped a ball tho. Thought 100 would be a nice number of 6 week olds. Orderd all good never overly keen on varieties tho then they release a second batch with I love but had to get 3 week olds 250 of them so had to set up a second grow on. Or and also got to 4 inch chagoi off them aswell 4 quid each I couldnt not get them really

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeh83 View Post
    Glad to hear itYou tube Koi Content new build is still in the planning stages. Did you get your grow on project finished? Or have you done a frim...


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    Could be some it nice in there like

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    Koi Chronicles is a good watch and an ex para Lee Hadfield worth a watch goes a bit off topic but a great guy

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    Although it's German language, I'm surprised no one has mentioned ModernKoiBlog.

    A huge number of videos, with a large percentage of really decent ponds.

    No channel is perfect, but if I had to choose just one channel for visual inspiration, it'd be the above.


    For the English-speaking stuff, I'm familiar with most of those mentioned already in this thread, but I find the English channels a bit hit-and-miss, to be honest. Some good episodes but a lot of chaff.

    On Vimeo, Kevin Ellis used to do some entertaining long-format epsiodes called 'Koi Nerding', but since Vimeo deleted his channel, he hasn't copied all the old episodes over to his youtube channel, and seems to be more interested in angling than koi these days (he's always been first and foremost an angler, and is famous in the UK for catching a record-breaking carp, decades ago).

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    Quote Originally Posted by MustBeSomethingInTheWater View Post
    Although it's German language, I'm surprised no one has mentioned ModernKoiBlog.

    A huge number of videos, with a large percentage of really decent ponds.

    No channel is perfect, but if I had to choose just one channel for visual inspiration, it'd be the above.


    For the English-speaking stuff, I'm familiar with most of those mentioned already in this thread, but I find the English channels a bit hit-and-miss, to be honest. Some good episodes but a lot of chaff.

    On Vimeo, Kevin Ellis used to do some entertaining long-format epsiodes called 'Koi Nerding', but since Vimeo deleted his channel, he hasn't copied all the old episodes over to his youtube channel, and seems to be more interested in angling than koi these days (he's always been first and foremost an angler, and is famous in the UK for catching a record-breaking carp, decades ago).
    Stunning selections on there, the Germans as with everything do it right. it’s videos like this that make me realise why I’ve never liked boxes with windows and need to try a lot harder!! You can just see from the guys front garden what the rear is going to be like ohmygod!

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...6yBzfM6dNnDGJZ
    Fibreglassed/5000 gals/4.5 m Tunnel/Spindrifter/Twin drums/Bio chambers/Beads/Showers/Remora ASHP

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spongebob View Post
    Stunning selections on there, the Germans as with everything do it right. it’s videos like this that make me realise why I’ve never liked boxes with windows and need to try a lot harder!! You can just see from the guys front garden what the rear is going to be like ohmygod!

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...6yBzfM6dNnDGJZ

    i love it! one hell of a japanese garden,
    i need to try much harder to become a multi millionare...now wheres that lottery ticket...

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    The best koi channel is simply ..... you and your own pond.
    I used to watch quite a few. Got quite bored quite quickly.
    Many today seem more interested in subscriber numbers, giving prizes away to attract more viewers and channel merchandise not to mention squeezing in more and more adverts and even asking viewers to donate to pond builds.
    Oh dear.....
    The effort and dedication is admirable......the content and ethos of some is questionable.
    Shoot me down!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by imc28 View Post
    The best koi channel is simply ..... you and your own pond.
    I used to watch quite a few. Got quite bored quite quickly.
    Many today seem more interested in subscriber numbers, giving prizes away to attract more viewers and channel merchandise not to mention squeezing in more and more adverts and even asking viewers to donate to pond builds.
    Oh dear.....
    The effort and dedication is admirable......the content and ethos of some is questionable.
    Shoot me down!!!
    No shooting here. The incredibly annoying chip bloke was asking for someone to pay for his fish feeder the other day WTF!! Then you have the blokes who think it’s perfectly ok to drive and film. Dangerous F *****g idiots!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spongebob View Post
    No shooting here. The incredibly annoying chip bloke was asking for someone to pay for his fish feeder the other day WTF!! Then you have the blokes who think it’s perfectly ok to drive and film. Dangerous F *****g idiots!!
    I bought a koi from him, long story short but after paying deposit he kept finding excuses to ask for more money! I couldn't collect immediately due to being in full lock down and the fact he's 4.5 hours drive away. As lock down started easing and collection arrangements being made he kept saying it is worth more now as it has grown.

    I didn't bite other than to agree an extra £50 and a bottle of wine, but suddenly he cancelled the sale.

    It was all for the best though as I found an even better koi for the same price.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imc28 View Post
    The best koi channel is simply ..... you and your own pond.
    I used to watch quite a few. Got quite bored quite quickly.
    Many today seem more interested in subscriber numbers, giving prizes away to attract more viewers and channel merchandise not to mention squeezing in more and more adverts and even asking viewers to donate to pond builds.
    Oh dear.....
    The effort and dedication is admirable......the content and ethos of some is questionable.
    Shoot me down!!!
    The "Merch" sales are beyond a joke now, not just on koi channels but everywhere.

    On one car channel I follow, the guy is great and has worked his way from nowhere and actually deserves any funding he can get, but after selling 100s of T-shirts, hoodies, jackets and mugs with his car and logo he suddenly repainted the car and slightly changed the logo.... And subsequently all the Merch. I'd have been proper annoyed if I'd just bought a load of his Merch to find it instantly out of date!

    As it happens I rarely wear anything with visible logos so won't be buying from any of them.

    If I was a YouTuber wanting to sell merch I'd be manufacturing items unavailable elsewhere that would be useful to my followers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    I bought a koi from him, long story short but after paying deposit he kept finding excuses to ask for more money! I couldn't collect immediately due to being in full lock down and the fact he's 4.5 hours drive away. As lock down started easing and collection arrangements being made he kept saying it is worth more now as it has grown.

    I didn't bite other than to agree an extra £50 and a bottle of wine, but suddenly he cancelled the sale.

    It was all for the best though as I found an even better koi for the same price.

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    Not the sort of bloke you want to be dealing with then, what a way to carry on.

    Glad you got yourself a better fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by g mac View Post
    Not the sort of bloke you want to be dealing with then, what a way to carry on.

    Glad you got yourself a better fish.
    Thanks g Mac.

    The full story is quite long but yeah, for a guy that will only have the best of everything for his koi he was really penny pinching when it came to the one I bought, money for food up to the agreed collection date, bottle of wine for his troubles, extra money for oxygen etc etc, followed by the whole "it's grown and worth more now".

    And I won't get started on the Flukes it was carrying!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MustBeSomethingInTheWater View Post
    Although it's German language, I'm surprised no one has mentioned ModernKoiBlog.

    A huge number of videos, with a large percentage of really decent ponds.

    No channel is perfect, but if I had to choose just one channel for visual inspiration, it'd be the above.


    For the English-speaking stuff, I'm familiar with most of those mentioned already in this thread, but I find the English channels a bit hit-and-miss, to be honest. Some good episodes but a lot of chaff.

    On Vimeo, Kevin Ellis used to do some entertaining long-format epsiodes called 'Koi Nerding', but since Vimeo deleted his channel, he hasn't copied all the old episodes over to his youtube channel, and seems to be more interested in angling than koi these days (he's always been first and foremost an angler, and is famous in the UK for catching a record-breaking carp, decades ago).
    Quote Originally Posted by Spongebob View Post
    Stunning selections on there, the Germans as with everything do it right. it’s videos like this that make me realise why I’ve never liked boxes with windows and need to try a lot harder!! You can just see from the guys front garden what the rear is going to be like ohmygod!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM3dtG13UqQ


    https://www.koiforum.uk/koi-carp-cha...4-minutes.html

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    I've put together my own collection of valuable channels, but is it too many? — (゜∀゜)アハハハハハハハ
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyV...Ys8qw/channels

    Kevin Ellis used to do some entertaining long-format epsiodes called 'Koi Nerding', but since Vimeo deleted his channel, he hasn't copied all the old episodes over to his youtube channel and seems to be more interested in angling than koi these days (he's always been first and foremost an angler, and is famous in the UK for catching a record-breaking carp, decades ago).

    I haven't succeeded in contacting this person yet, but I personally think that he could be a key person in the process of future European bred KOIs becoming world champions.

    ※ I think he knows Mr. Byer too. If they succeed, they will be noticed not only by SAKAI, DAINICHI and MOMOTARO, but by all the top KOI hobbyists in Japan!
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