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Hello Dick, your idea is technically good but very hard to implement. The bottleneck is how to find a dealer who has access to tategoi rank #201 (assuming breeder has room for only 200 tategoi). Then breeders prefer not to keep the, now tateshita tosai 201 for you. The available nisai/sansai tategoi are accepted and worthy (to the mind and economic sense of breeder) to keep in their limited mud ponds.
With Momotato's different bussiness model, real tategoi are sold through a dealer auction and raised for a fee. Buying tategoi tosai from Momotaro is most likely cheaper than buying tategoi nisai elsewhere. The risk is low because their Jumbo tosai is quite well developed! So one can only pick two among the three factors: TIME/COST/QUALITY-SIZE. Among the gosanke, the safetiest buy is the kohaku! I think Brian discovered this strategy but he, as yet, discloses his! Brian, could you share your thought?
Mike, the first several years (3 ~ 5) are the most important for development. The mud pond environment is the best, even for a "tune up" for an older koi. I would like to collect big, quality first with a minimum cost first ..... then experiment with tosai later .... like you! Donald
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