| [quote=Arthur;110586]Lam,
In Niigata tosai are packed very tight in greenhouse ponds for the Winter, so tight that you cannot see the water in the pond for the fish swimming at the surface. They typically stay in such quarters for 5 months. During that period they grow very little.
Now, if it were true that such treatment stunt the koi growth for life, how do the breeders in niigata produce koi over 3' ???
Arthur
The fish that are tightly packed are generally the poorer fish . If a breeder thinks that they will reach 36in which is very rare you can bet that they will not be crowded and receive special care as by nisai they could be worth more than a whole packed pond often 20g A nine month tosai that is 15in and has potential could fetch 5g and grow to 34in possibly . It could have a sister that is just 12in even high quality that would fetch $500 and yet another simmilar and just 10 in that is not likely to reach above 28in for as low as 300 then there could be quite a few that had poor skin quality or poor pattern as well as 6in that would go for less than a 100 . All these being from one pairing The breeders know their own fish and you get what you pay for ,
Regards
Eugene |