[Sanke56]

This is an interesting discussion and many people have strong opinions. I too have been spawning koi for a number of years. By the way I was in Frankfurt for a week last winter my son lives in Kassle. I imagine space is a major consideration there. I have a few mud ponds that I spawn my koi in and I have not kept any of my koi that I have spawned yet. They have been too poor a quality. I am somewhat excited by this years showa spawning the parents are from Sakai. There is finally some good color at an early age. I appreciate Brady's point of view but here in Canada there are few breeders and none of Brady's caliber. It is not easy to get koi of any quality. I guess if you special order them you can get better ones. My hope is to get some better quality from one of my spawnings but it definitely does take your attention away from growing out the others. It is quite a quandry and of course like many things we do it without clearly defining our objectives but then again that is who were are.
Philosophical indeed!