Soelistyo
Koi Lover
Jan 6, 2003, 5:46 PM
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heh heh, don't worry. i'm not easily offended, besides this is koi we are talking about, not a car so price is usually subjective. furthermore, i am asking you to guess based on just 2 pictures downsized to fit the size limit!
actually i paid SGD500 for it. it is 34cm (as you can see from the ruler pic). The breeder is Isa. Don't know the story on breeders but if i'm not mistaken this one is quite good with showas, which is always a difficult koi to breed due to various problems.
the thing i like about the koi is that the both the shape and the skin is good. if it ever reaches 70cm+ it should be a good addition to most collections.
it's now living (and hopefully growing and fast!) in a big 100ton pond at the dealer's. the pond has about 20 kois in it, so no issue of overcrowding.
i'll make a decision in 3 months whether to continue to grow it there or bring it back to Jakarta.
i am currently on a "quest" so to speak to find youngish kois to bring up in my new home. so far, including this one and the 2 kohakus i purchased last month, i have a grand total of 3! will perhaps stop at 6 this year and evaluate from what i could learn from these specimens, before buying more.
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. after all, i can't afford the perfect tategoi anyway so try to look at the positives instead. i think if a fish grows to a big size and keeps its basic good points such as shape, color, and demeanour, then the small imperfections of its pattern will be overshadowed. that's my view, anyway. 
