| Japan koi thought
A selfish koi thought:
The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that I CAN have my own nishikigoi in Japan. Going back to one of my earlier posts. Purchasing Sansai Gosanke and paying the annual fee to the breeder(s) to grow out is far cheaper than me keeping my own local pond. In fact, after doing the math for my pond systems design, it will cost me $400/month ($300 water & $100 elect.) no food or meds yet and that doesn’t include the cost for building my planned 12K gal. pond.
That would be $4800 per year systems bare costs, for three years, that equals $14K (bare costs). In Japan, that amounts to approximately 28 fishcare years, or 7 gosanke for 4 care years, or 9 gosanke for 3 care years. Or 4 gosanke for 3-4 care years with money to spend for better gosanke.
Does any of this seem reasonable to anybody?
Of course I won’t learn anything about caring for koi right away. But I will be able to watch the koi grow and change with the best care giver the koi can have (the breeder). It will also give me more reason to travel on up to Niigata area and maybe get my hands dirty helping the breeders with their maintenance program.
Does anyone know if for some reason the purchased koi dies or is lost in the breeders care. Is that the purchasers risk? Just a simple question. Any simple answer? |