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Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary
2021 marks our 10th anniversary and i'm thrilled to announce that as part of our celebrations we're giving away 500 limited edition A3 calendars completely FREE of charge!
Raised by Koi Wholesale - Omosako Nisai Kujaku
On July 9th of this year I sold three Kujaku to a client and offered to raise them in one of my growing ponds for the season. I offered to do this because it was my first time to have Omosako Kujaku and in truth I was unsure what to expect. For the size that they were I felt the price was too high and actually questioned if I had done the right think buying them in the first instance. For the benefit of the client I thought if I can at least get some more body on them his chances of selling them would be greater.
Raised by Koi Wholesale - NND Nisai Ginrin Shiro Utsuri
Today I parted with one of the best nisai that I have raised at Koi Wholesale this season. A client had previously seen the fish and asked to purchase it and I declined to sell it, my plans were to grow it for another season to realise more of it’s potential. That same client was visiting today and pointed the fish out again, at this point I knew it wasn’t going to end well for me.
Omosako Grow Out - Open Sale Event (part 2)
Following on from my previous article looking at what makes the Omosako Shiro Utsuri bloodline so special I’m now going to delve into some advice on how to select tosai for the future.
The advice offered here should be used as a guide as there are so many variables that can effect the development of Koi along their journey to adulthood. The environment they live in and the raising techniques that you implement play a massive part and if you get it wrong even the most promising young Koi can be ruined. This information is targeted at some the traits of Omosako Shiro Utsuri but much will also ap...
Flash Back Friday - Spawning in Japan
The spawning season has been underway in Japan for a while now with some breeders already starting on their second crop production. With that in mind todays flash back Friday takes me back to 2009.
It was the third summer that I had been in Japan for work experience and on this occasion I had the chance to witness spawning for the first time. Up in the mountains of Yomogihira at Marusho Koi Farm several different sets of oyagoi were put together after a busy morning preparing all of the nets.
On this particular occasion a special moment in history was created as one of the Sanke parent sets co...