Excellent conversation, Tosai route every time for me, it’s all about the fun of raising them and each time i should get a little better at picking them. Stay safe and well 👍🏻
Your point is good because often I have bet on a really nice koi only to find a crooked fin. For me good skin and color with the potential to grow large . I went to a koi breeder and won $800 dollars at the Craps table when the dealer hear that I went home with 24 fish I made a lot of money off them over the years. I buy a $45 dollar fish and sell it for $400. I have a knack for getting fish over 24 inches. I have one fish I bought at a pet store that is 28 inches and a lousy sanke pattern she’s porcelain white and her red is red spots and black is a Beko pattern. but I love her massive size. My pond is 12 x 24 and shallow.
Great video, thank you both. I’m new to the hobby ( < 2 years ) and the Koi Talk magazine and this channel have been amazing in helping my understanding.
Another great podcast, so true when I visit dealers around the country there is such a wide variety like some fantastic dealers but with my budget some offer too cheap or too expensive with no middle ground of quality tosai. So for me with a budget of around £100 I know there’s a compromise and breeders like Adam Byer / Cuttlebrook suits me that great Japanese parents and my budget goes a long way to getting quality koi without paying the shipping fees etc, I was always must be Japanese but visiting these great places has really opened my eyes to the fact the grade of koi I’m getting would be out of budget if came from Japan. Great what Ricky Is doing with koi wholesale and growing on in uk which helps reducing shipping costs to dealers and customers. Keep up great videos they are really helpful.
Another great video guys very interesting 👍 every fish in my pond are what I've raised from fry I keep the best ones out of the fry move the rest on and when the main pond gets over stocked I pick 1 or 2 again to move on so every year they are looking better and better 😀
Excellent chat once again guys, very informative particularly given my pond rebuild only finished 6 weeks ago and am looking to rebuild my collection on a limited budget (the price of materials for pond builds is horrific at the moment and getting worse) I've really no option but to go down the Tosai route with the expectation that some of the fish I buy will need to be moved on after a year because they don't match the overall vision of what I'm looking for in my pond.
Ive been working with koi for a decade now. these guys are on point
Excellent conversation, Tosai route every time for me, it’s all about the fun of raising them and each time i should get a little better at picking them. Stay safe and well 👍🏻
Your point is good because often I have bet on a really nice koi only to find a crooked fin. For me good skin and color with the potential to grow large . I went to a koi breeder and won $800 dollars at the Craps table when the dealer hear that I went home with 24 fish I made a lot of money off them over the years. I buy a $45 dollar fish and sell it for $400. I have a knack for getting fish over 24 inches. I have one fish I bought at a pet store that is 28 inches and a lousy sanke pattern she’s porcelain white and her red is red spots and black is a Beko pattern. but I love her massive size. My pond is 12 x 24 and shallow.
Great video, thank you both.
I’m new to the hobby ( < 2 years ) and the Koi Talk magazine and this channel have been amazing in helping my understanding.
Awesome, thank you Simon! Great to hear we're helping you to enjoy the hobby even more.
Great topic and information- Always Appreciate you lads
Thank you! 😁
Another great podcast, so true when I visit dealers around the country there is such a wide variety like some fantastic dealers but with my budget some offer too cheap or too expensive with no middle ground of quality tosai. So for me with a budget of around £100 I know there’s a compromise and breeders like Adam Byer / Cuttlebrook suits me that great Japanese parents and my budget goes a long way to getting quality koi without paying the shipping fees etc, I was always must be Japanese but visiting these great places has really opened my eyes to the fact the grade of koi I’m getting would be out of budget if came from Japan. Great what Ricky Is doing with koi wholesale and growing on in uk which helps reducing shipping costs to dealers and customers. Keep up great videos they are really helpful.
As always informative & helpful , thanks too both of you , your time & effort is much appreciated .
Thanks Mark! 😁
Another great video guys very interesting 👍 every fish in my pond are what I've raised from fry I keep the best ones out of the fry move the rest on and when the main pond gets over stocked I pick 1 or 2 again to move on so every year they are looking better and better 😀
Fair play always a lot of sense spoken when you two guys are sharing the knowledge, brilliant. Cheers guys👍
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Thanks again guys, where would we be without both your valuable information on koi keeping
Thanks for your kind words Trevor and for supporting Koi Talk.
Excellent chat once again guys, very informative particularly given my pond rebuild only finished 6 weeks ago and am looking to rebuild my collection on a limited budget (the price of materials for pond builds is horrific at the moment and getting worse)
I've really no option but to go down the Tosai route with the expectation that some of the fish I buy will need to be moved on after a year because they don't match the overall vision of what I'm looking for in my pond.
Glad to help
Don't look at show winners and you'll save yourself a lot of heartache.
Ino hes not very p.r an hes mad but get vince from twisted koi on the man knows everything there is to no about koi be a great episode
Size matters at a koi show when you go to a show in America.
Great channel lads always like every vid
Great to hear you're enjoying the channel.
I have a pond full of Ricky's rejects, stunners all of them🤩👌
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Fantastic video again thank you
Thank you Andrew.