Kodoma Koi Farm on eBay/merged threads

[KoiCop]

Water Gardening News? Kodama? Heartland?

Inquiring minds want to know! Not!

[KoiCop]

Just a guess: Male, with unresolved teen angst, a passion for tatts and piercings, black clothes, bizarre hair styles and very, very poor personal hygiene.

Am I close?

[dizzyfish]

http://kodamakoifarm.com/wholesale/springcatalog/

[aquitori]

As watergardening gets bigger and bigger, the demand gets too for koi and even more for Japanese Koi. Be it I spent time in the midwest, there isnt much as koi dealers goes, so people have to look out of state. Would I buy koi from a picture? No.

[CarolinaGirl]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Would I buy koi from a picture? No.

I would....but it would be from someone I trust like Mat or Brady. In fact I just bought a goshiki from looking at a picture. Here on the east coast, there are not many high-end importers. You almost have to go by pictures unless you are willing to travel a long way.

[PapaBear]

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCop Just a guess: Male, with unresolved teen angst, a passion for tats and piercings, black clothes, bizarre hair styles and very, very poor personal hygiene. Am I close?

This is one of the FEW times I wish we had animated little rolypoly lmao smilies

[mojo]

Quote: Originally Posted by HEADACHE6 Mitch , I PM'ed koiczar and asked the same question last week , it's not him . The "Other" koiczar bids on half the koi on the site . I have seen them sell koi with bad fins , scares , etc. but not koi that are sick at the time of the auction . I see them post that a kohaku may have a small black dot . I would be interested in hearing about problems that some may have had ? I do look over there from time to time .

i do have problem with JKO (kodama 3 years ago) 4 showa go down the drain. in his website, he teach us how to quaranteene his koi (just read his method of quaranteene). Turn out he do not know that old medecine (salt) do not work no more with koi. the man sell koi like crazy, but not a knowledgable, good honest koi dealer.

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarolinaGirl I would....but it would be from someone I trust like Mat or Brady. In fact I just bought a goshiki from looking at a picture. Here on the east coast, there are not many high-end importers. You almost have to go by pictures unless you are willing to travel a long way.

Number one thing for any new hobbyist is to pair yourself with a good dealer, not just any kinda of dealer a knowledgable dealer one with a good rep. Good suggestion is to ask others who they are buying from. Since some hobbyist's only outlet is to buy through pics the "trust worthy" dealer comes into play.

[dizzyfish]

I think this Kodama wholesale is sort of seperate from the auction site. I think they will be mostly trying to sell the 5-6" and 7-8" to a wide variety of koi outlets. (water gardens, pet stores, koi dealers, etc.) So people all around the country will have the opportunity to pick over Japanese koi in person. It should be good for the Japanese breeders.
Mitch

[HEADACHE6]

[quote=mojo;75588]i do have problem with JKO (kodama 3 years ago) 4 showa go down the drain.

It's been a long day , I don't understand this ?