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Old 10-27-2004   #5 (permalink)
tewa
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hi aquitori

unfortunately i can't tell you the exact bloodline, no one in Australia can tell you the exact bloodline of their kois because we stop importing about thirty years ago. Some do claim that they have brought kois in to the country in the recent years and claim to be off dainichi and matsunosuke lines. How true it is no one knows.

These two kois were actually bred by backyard hobbyist. A lot of kois that are sold to keen hobbyist are from backyard breeders/hobbyist (big credit goes to all of them for the love of their hobby they go to extremes to try and improve their own collection. Unfortunately we don't have a scale of operation like momotaro and the kois will never be as good as theirs. I am astounded at the growth rate as it is only the start of the growing season where we have water temperatures constantly above 20 degrees.


Dear Dick

Yes these are very troubled times and I hope the koi industry will bounce back from it. And yes these kois were bred in Australia by backyard hobbyist.
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