New Shiro and Showa

[KoiCop]

Quote: Originally Posted by koikid my bad....I was told that most koi with yellow heads are male.

jonathan . . .

A word of advice: This is not a board on which to post stupid and learn by being corrected. Having done that several thousand times on two other boards, you don't want to repeat your mistakes here, too.

So please:

* don't use the empty-vessel, fill-me-up method of learning; this is a self-serve board; fill yourself up
* spend your time studying, not talking
* study the best books in the hobby; you've seen the list
* subscribe to KOI USA magazine; read it
* spend hours each day reading Koi-Bito's posts; go back a year or two
* start a file; c&p the learning posts; organize them by topic for future reference; review them periodically
* then and only then should you occasionally ask the intelligent question or two
* keep your 13 year old opinions to yourself
* and finally, if you don't care enough to compose an intelligent, articulate post then we won't care enough to give you an intelligent, articulate answer

The ball is in your court, kid . . .

[KoiCop]

Erns . . .

Very nice. I like them both.

Keep us posted as they grow, OK?

[Erns]

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCop Erns . . . Very nice. I like them both. Keep us posted as they grow, OK?

Ok!

The shiro with the deep sumi reminds me of the Omosako shiro that made recent history by becomming the first non-go sanke to win the Mature Champion Seigyo Prize at the All Japan combined show (page 12 of the latest Koi USA mag). Do you agree?

[KoiCop]

LOL Wouldn't that be something?

That Omosako AJCNS MC shiro is a very, very special koi.

[jnorth]

Quote: Originally Posted by Erns . Hey, I still want to start a thread called 'show me your pond' to get a better idea of what members ponds look like and what the filtration looks like, do you think it's a good idea or will I be the only one posting pics of my setup?!

Go ahead. I'm sure others will post. The thing is....posts on this board take longer to get alot of replies then some other boards. Be patient, the replies may take longer but they are usually worth it .

[An Ly]

count me in Erns, great idea to get idea of different sytle of ponds, what works and what don't, a great ways to get idea about pond set up and design.

[mojo]

incredible black indeed Erns, and beautiful showa too, good pick, Nice, nice fish Jnorth, I like the most is the Kohaku, not too much red, snow white and red red.That my project hunting next year. You are right at Showa, last year 9 keep 3, this year 7 hopefully keep 5 this time. Thanks for posting.

[Erns]

Where is JR? Ned your opinion!