brian
yes that is sadly the case they banned it 30yrs ago as they were destroying the natural water ways with their feeding habits. They would devour all the vegetation in the water and also stir up mud to find food this made the water ways very murky. there are only seven states in Australia and only WA and NSW are allowed to keep koi (mind you the love of the hobby has no geographical boundary and lets leave it at that) That is why I am so sad, but hopefully with using soft water and the best filtration and food possible we can encourage others to be able to breed better quality kois. Most hobbyis ponds here are very hard in the region of 1000 ppm TDS and more. that is why I believe that the full potential of the koi can't be seen. We will never be able to catch up with the japanese as our gene pool has not improved over the thirty years (no new introduction) but lets start by providing the right environment that way we are seeing their proper potential and from here we can do some serious culling and improve the genes/bloodlines
Aquitori
That is why I am so sad
, I don't mind fedex it to you and if you can't get a hold of any let me know but do you know carl fross of keirin koi he is the momotrao agent in US he may or may not have the white part and colour up left or the new all season but please check with him, I respect carl and do not want to disrespect him by starting to sell into his region. I do not want any misunderstanding with carl. So let me know, his website is
www.keirinkoi.com
There is a chance that customs will not let the package in? so please find out what your requirements are my email is
tewa@tewakoi.com if you need more info (be glad to help) and want to go into it further