Blue Koi

Still working on a picture. He/She is still small, about 5 inchs, but the
blue is still the same. I bought it as an import, I beleive belgian (sp?)
or some b name close to that for only $7.95. It also has some shiny scales
on its head. I bought another one with it, and it has the same shiny
scales, but is an orange/yellow color. I'll post pictures as soon as I get
them.

Bob

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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OK. I have not stopped thinking about the post about a blue koi.
Yesterday,
I was tossing some dog food into the pond as an experiment, and one of my
more dominant fish came up to gulp some down. When I bought him/her,
he/she
was a pale yellow. Now he/she is an oppalecnt golden yellow. AMAZING
COLOR!!!

I want a blue one!!! What variety are they? Are they expensive?



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BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

OK. I have not stopped thinking about the post about a blue koi. Yesterday,
I was tossing some dog food into the pond as an experiment, and one of my
more dominant fish came up to gulp some down. When I bought him/her, he/she
was a pale yellow. Now he/she is an oppalecnt golden yellow. AMAZING
COLOR!!!

I want a blue one!!! What variety are they? Are they expensive?



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BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

Yes I have one. He has sparkels on his back also. Got him at Gods Green
Earth in Mi.


http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND

"Bob in PA" wrote in message
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Still working on a picture. He/She is still small, about 5 inchs, but the
blue is still the same. I bought it as an import, I beleive belgian (sp?)
or some b name close to that for only $7.95. It also has some shiny
scales
on its head. I bought another one with it, and it has the same shiny
scales, but is an orange/yellow color. I'll post pictures as soon as I
get
them.
snip

THAT is definitely within the realm of budget.

Can anyone recommend a good e-place for Koi in this price range?

BV.

I have seen koi that people had said are blue, when they're really just a
light gray. It wasn't till I saw one at a koi convention did I see a true
blue (pardon the pun) koi. It was an asagi simlar to this:
http://www.koi.com/encyclo/asagi.html
but without the netting and the blue was true sky blue, the fish was a
scaleless (leather skin) variety of asagi... and no, I didn't bother to ask
the price, the old if you gotta ask.... ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
I have seen koi that people had said are blue, when they're really just a
light gray. It wasn't till I saw one at a koi convention did I see a true
blue (pardon the pun) koi. It was an asagi simlar to this:
http://www.koi.com/encyclo/asagi.html
but without the netting and the blue was true sky blue, the fish was a
scaleless (leather skin) variety of asagi... and no, I didn't bother to ask
the price, the old if you gotta ask.... ~ jan

I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color. He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends to
fade with time?

garyr

Do you have any further information about this show?

Thanks

Carl

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http://www.cobaltbluefilms.com

Carl Beyer wrote:
Do you have any further information about this show?

Thanks

Carl

It was in April at the Fullerton Arboetum
Along with a big plant sale. Ah, here's the link to the Nishiki Koi
Club's site on the event:

http://www.nishikikoiclub.com/show_03.htm

I assume there will be one next spring there as well.

garyr

Hi

Id like to share my Photos of my Blue Koi

You can reach them under pond 2003 at
http://community.webshots.com/user/todpin33


"Nedra" wrote in message
hlink.net...
You mean you can't see the blue in # A-0175?
If you can't - I think you may be color blind?

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"jammer" wrote in message
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I have yet to see a blue koi picture that registers BLUE in my eye
balls!



On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:53:54 -0700, zookeeper
wrote:

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color.
He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower
blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link
to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends
to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the red
and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the
baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back, but
has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's
"Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2 inch
fry.

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color. He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the red and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back, but has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's "Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2 inch fry.
--
Zk