[Sangreaal]

Quote: Originally Posted by Richard Rombold ....With feeders you see millions of fish every year, and if you look closely enough you will see all the common mutations that eventually would lead to Ryukin, Pearlscale, Oranda, Telescope... The same is true with koi. You breed enough fish and you will see the threads of possible directions you may want to take your fish. Even in a common domestic koi which you might find in a chain store, you could see something special if you are looking and see the fish for what it is. That's my point.

I think that is why the Japanese breeders, when asked how they choose their breeder pairings often give the shortest, sweetest answer: Pretty fish to pretty fish.

In the last analysis, it really does boil down to this haiku-esque simplicity once the long answer is done and over....

Marie