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Special Shipment from NND

Over the last 12 months, we’ve worked closely with our associates in Japan to enable us to trial shipments through the hottest months of the year. The new box we developed resulted in some very successful test shipments, so we asked the breeders at NND for a very special shipment.

We asked for this season’s Tosai!

After some discussion, it was decided that we would be allocated five mud ponds – and after each selection we would have koi placed into the ponds to get the best possible growth prior to shipping.

The ponds were harvested 10 days before the shipment. After, the koi would be placed ...

Marushin Koi Farm

Yesterday I was invited by Mitsuhiro Tanaka to go and harvest with him at Marushin Koi Farm.

This was our opportunity to get first pick of the Koi as soon as they were lifted from the water- this allowed us to pick the absolute best of the best.

Opportunities like this are what makes Koi Wholesale the business it is. We have spent years building these relationships and we continue to do so.

This isn’t just buying and selling fish, this is about a true love and passion for what we do.

-Ricky

Arrived Safely in Japan

Just wanted to let you know, we safely arrived in Japan last Friday and have been non-stop since.

On Monday, World famous breeder Kohaku breeder Murata, took me on a tour of his mud ponds to see where our own, and customer Azukari koi are being kept. These will be harvested on the 19th October, and Murata is confident that the result will be good.

We were lucky to have such an opportunity to do this, as this isn’t something regularly offered. Murata passed on lots of knowledge about how he feeds and monitors his ponds, which was really fascinating to hear first hand.

I will continue to keep yo...

New Website Now Live

We are delighted to announce that our new fully reponsive website is now live and we have some great new features to further improve our communication with all of our valued customers.

Another New Shipment

On Tuesday night we had our 4th shipment of 2016 arrive with lots of great new koi now in quarantine.

The fish from our 3rd shipment are due to be released from quarantine on Wednesday 20th so look out for new notifications regarding that shipment.