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Quote: Originally Posted by woodyaht I don't know if this has been brought up before, other than, "can a US breeder come up with show quality koi". While I was working yesterday, I was thinking that if our parents are of the same descent, i.e. German, Italian, Phillipino, Mexican, we all end up with the same traits as the people from our home land. Our human "conformation" depends on our parent stock. So if you choose the correct bloodline in a fish, why can't the same quality be had here? There has to be somewhere in the US that has similar water quality, and mud for the ponds to be the equivilant of Japan.

Me I am filipino, but dont look filipino and if you saw me you would think I am Samoan...I make Joe look tiny... The funny thing about it is I have more Spanish Bloodline than most filipino and I am hella darker... Well anyways, it's the environment, in which koi are raised that makes them different from country to country. Can US breeder grow show quality koi? Dunno...to be honest, I have never seen a US breeder advertise he has show quality koi...why is that? Maybe because they haven't yet...A good person to ask this question is Brett Rowley, he is probably one of the most respected breeders in the US.