Buying koi is a crap shoot. You can buy many small ones and watch them grow
and see if any develop into a true beauty, or you can spend more on one that
has already developed. It is fun to start with the small ones and watch
them grow, see them change year after year, and it is relatively
inexpensive. If you are trying to get quality koi, then starting small
means that you will end up giving away a bunch of fish that just didn't
develop the way you thought they would. Even buying a large fully developed
show quality koi, for several thousand is no guarantee that you will end up
with a beautiful fish. Even they will change with age. Sometimes for the
better, sometimes for the worse.
Whichever approach you take, establish a price limit that you can afford,
buy the fish that really sticks out to you, for whatever reason. Don't buy
a fish just to have another fish, wait for that special one to show up. Not
every fish is great, and even within the expensive fish tanks, not every one
will strike my fancy.
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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I was wondering how the porgs here select their koi? Now I am talking
about
the under $20.00 fish that us real people can afford. *laugh* What I am
getting at here...We bought 4 Koi from a Smart Pet place that I probably
shouldn't mention, and they had Koi in two different sizes, say lik 6
inchers and 3 inchers. The price difference was like double for the larger
models. We opted for the smaller ones, assuming they would grow quickly.
We
dumped them into Orange Pond and didn't seem them again for months. Once
we
got the water cleared up, we were amazed. Our little Koi, had grown up to
be
less little Koi. Now, I think a few are nearly 8-9 inches long judging by
the looks.
So it seems, by small treat well is a good mantra.
Any thoughts?
Post amongst yourselves.
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BV.
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