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Old 01-29-2005   #9 (permalink)
dick benbow
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Dan,
Hope i didn't get you in too much trouble! Thanks for clarifying it! I showed Jo Ann your and Mark's posts but I'll not show her anything else. Want her to be surprised when one shows up at the airport! (lol) I wish you had gotten that little red shusui!
Kiky, will look forward to seeing your Asagi photo. thanks for the offer!
Mike: Over the years I have seen some spectacular koi that appealed to me but because they didn't meet criteria I ignored them. I wish I had them today.
I think if you find a koi that speaks to you, you should get it. I let an all blue
douitsu shusui with perfect bekko spots get away from me and i shouldn't have.
Also a kohaku that had perfect motoaka on the pecs. Both were very pretty koi and quite striking.I know your quite the student on koi varieties. The interesting thing about shusui is that they do lose their blue quickly. But the red does not
dramaticaly change. With Asagi the blue stays permanent, it may get darker with the hardness (GH) of the water and usually the red continues to grow.
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