[Akai-San]

Are the mud pond fees, monthly fees or is it a lump sum for the mud pond season? Why would Momotaro require a fish to stay in their care if someone already purchases the koi. Wouldn't they want to maintain the space for thier own koi stocks to grow out? If they put fish out for sale, didn't that fish already get culled from the group? Unless the fish was a borderline fish that they wanted to watch...but in that case...why sell the tosai? Hmmmmm...it then can only be taking pride in ones art. What else could it be?

I have another question. For seasoned hobbiest (show hobbiest), at what age are koi most often purchased. It seems to me that for show quality, an individual may be better off buying nisai rather than taking a chance on a couple of tosai that obviously did not make the grade to move on...What a vicious cycle.