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Apr 28, 2008, 4:44 PM
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RM300 per piece is a very cheap price for good quality pieces but not, if they are poor quality. Small kois can cost RM10 to RM3000 or more.... depending on their quality and potential. Sometimes, what you see is not what you get in the near future. And this makes koi buying difficult but the hobby interesting. It is a lesson you have to go through to learn and appreciate the art of picking kois.
Take a look at the fishes posted in the web as well as those at koi shows and you see the difference of good and bad kois gradually. The hi must be thick and clear line dividing the red and white.... and the skin and colour shines. The white or shiroji must be snow white. The body structure promising and this is a little harder to judge - whether the fish can grow up to 80 cm and beyond and how fast it happens (provided that the environment in which they are bred will be good ie. good clean filtered water, low population, good aeration, good food....)
We all have limited sized pond and it is better to keep less fishes of extremely (as you grow in this hobby, trust me - it can be an obsession for quality and beauty of these fishes)... extremely good quality... provide them with good environment and food and see them bloom. It is like a flower coming to age. But last thing you want is to have a lot of poor quality fishes, taking up the precious space in your pond. All of us went through that phase and grow out of it anyway. it is better to have 5 extremely good fishes with a promising future and you look forward to seeing them grow and find out if you made the right judgement in predicting how they will turn out.... than 50 of poor grades and you have nothing to look forward to... really not worth the time/effort and money.
When buying kois, ask to see certificate for some of their kois from the Japanese farm.. nowadays, it is usual for koi farm to provide certificate or at least ask them for the name of the farm in Japan where the fishes are from. In some cases, we even track the parent lineage... ie. Rose Symbol in Sakai or Eagle from Momotaro or Sakura from Dainici....... and we know the parent, grandparent (some were grand champion in Japan)... and hence, the body potential and skin quality. It is no different from buying a show dog where the parent lineage is tracked ie. for some german sherpherd, they are tracked to their grand grandparent in their birth cert.
Spend the time and effort to read, browse the web, talk to hobbyist and dealers... and this hobby can be both challenging but yet, so so enjoyable and consuming.
I am not familiar with KL farms but heard that the reputable ones are Sentul Park, Kepong and Jap Koi? I am sure there are more... but don't think there are that many which will carry and stock good show quality kois. I am based in Singapore and we only have two or three which carries top grades and maybe another two of the medium/general Japanese grades.. Rest is not worth the effort.
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