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Originally Posted by
Richard Rombold 
No worries Russ. I am analogous to the cockroach of the koi world. I survived what I call "black Friday" in '93 when no less than 25 cormorants, 30 blue herons, 50 great egrets, and uncounted night herons and green herons wiped out a Summer's work in a single morning. I survived the fushusho or spring death in '95. I survived having the farm go three feet under water in '99. Interesting night spent on the banks of the San Joaquin while my brood stock floated in a pen out in the flood waters. The river usually runs around 150 cfs. That night it was running at 63,000 cfs. There has been poaching, vandalism and the regular burglary from time to time. Many other odd calamities uncatalogued and conveniently forgotten. All interesting and character building events. Through it all we have managed to always be profitable and even make a decent living. Not off koi. There is no money in koi. That's a life's work which is it's own reward. Thank God I've always had a plan B to smooth out the rough patches.