[Fishbreeder]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasPR Once again-- how bizaare! Amateurs should train professionals? Where on earth has professionalism gone?? Professionals should rise out of the ranks of the amateur. Should we have classes designed by AKCA to help dealers identify the varieties or to seek advise on how to choose koi in Japan?? This is getting too weird, Gotta go make some money, JR

Howdy JR,

You kinda hit the nail on the head, again.

Folks like yourself might not wander into too many low end koi dealerships. Maybe you ought to seek some of them out and take a gander.

See if you can find one that knows the difference between a sanke and a showa, let alone be able to tell a fish with KHV symptoms from a perfectly healthy one.

They ain't choosin' no koi in Japan, they take the cheapest fish sold over the net from distributors in China, SE Asia, and elsewhere, I'm surprised nobody in India is exporting koi to the US, yet.

Proffessionalism in koi? Now THAT (unlike many fish sold on E-Bay) is a rarity!!!

There are some out there, folks on this and other boards know who they are, but they are not the discounters, and cheap koi sources the mass market seems to demand.

Brett