The beginning of a new private koi collection

Subject: The beginning of a new private koi collection Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:00 pm

This is some of the koi that will end up in the collection. All the koi is tosai (in their first year) and bred by Orient Koi Farm. The koi was selected for further development.

Please feel free to comment on all the koi.

1) Showa 18cm

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2) Doitsu Kohaku 30cm

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3) Sanke 34cm

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4) Beni Kumonryo 30cm

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5) Kohaku 33cm

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6) Tancho 24cm

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7) Showa 30cm

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8 ) Doitsu Gin Rin Soragoi 20cm

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9) Shiro Utsuri 23cm

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10) Kohaku 30cm

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11) Heisei Nishiki 29cm

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12) Beni Kumonryo 30cm

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13) Showa 28cm

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14) Kumonryo 20cm

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15) Showa 25cm

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16) Shusui 28cm

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17) Gin Rin Kohaku 25cm

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18) Sanke 26cm

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19) Showa 25cm

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20) Kohaku 17cm

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21) Kohaku 15cm

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22) Beni Kumonryo 26cm

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23) Shiro Utsuri 24cm

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24) Kohaku 30cm

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My favorites, 15,16 and 20.
That Shusui is something special, I saw it in person.

Hi collin
Are this koi from the porta pool that we wher looking at when i came to fetch my sanke ? ps have you forgotten our deal ?

Hi David

Yes, they are from the porte pool.
No, I did not forget our deal.
This koi is a private collection.
As soon as we haverts the grow on fish I will invite you to come and help.

Thanks Collin can't wait cheers

No 14 and specially 16 are awesome......thaton elooks like it will become a awesome fish!

Collin, daai vis moes lankal in 'n modderdam gewees het !!!!!

Hi Jaco

Hulle is al in die moder van die 23st Des 09

Hi Collin

I can only say I wish they were all part of my private collection. I think they are all great maybe a bit small to realy judge them but I think you have a great selection here. Maybe I must add that I think the Shiro Utsuri's wel, not so sure about them, but the showa's , super stuff. Well done, please keep us up to date

Thanks
Please remember I am wating to see your KI Utsurie's when you are ready. Fish no 303 is doing very well

Hi Collin
For how long would you leave them in the 'mud dam'? You and Leanne have many awesome fish in your 'public dams', so these must be very special. What are your longer term plans with this collection?
You have a very nice wife...allowing her to use one of HER dams for YOUR collection!

Dit is seker Lee-Ann se verjaarsdag nou deel sy uit. cheers

Boys boys boys please let me just correct you there, I bought the koi from Lee-Ann I have an invoice to prove it and at market related prices too I must say. You see every time I go to Japan I buy my self at least 2-3 koi and every time I open my eyes Lee-Ann have sold them to clients like Bobby and other connoisseur’s and she keeps the money. I have paid for the mud ponds repair and deducted that from the rent of the pond for six months.

So if Lee-Ann sells any of these koi it comes down to theft and I will make a case of theft at the SAPS.

My long term goal is to get this collection to 60cm + with in 2 years and then take them to the national koi show and win SPGC. I always wanted to do that. It will also be the first time that a local bred koi achieve this and maybe just maybe the rest of the koi keepers will no longer think that all good koi comes from Japan.

I am the one that give almost every thing away for free. She always wants top dollar for every thing and she does not make an exception when it comes to me.