Yep Russ, I know what you're saying. I'm speaking of someone looking at a Koi who doesn't have a history of that Koi. Sakai knows his own fish like nobody else does. He knows which parents the Koi are from he was talking to you about, the ponds they were raised in,... from birth, and so on. Not the same for hobbyists at all.
If I were to step up to a bowl of Sakai's Kohakus though, not having ever seen them before,... knowing the age and the size at that age would help me in evaluating what I'm looking at. A fish's size is a very important factor,... not just for price. How the beni looks, the shape of the body, the look of the white,... so many factors play on the size and the age at that size.
You know I have no problem with people disagreeing.
Best Wishes,
Brady Brandwood
10-31-2007
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Toshio Sakai has shown me Koi that are 70cm at four that were 30cm at two, because he grew them until they were two in his concrete ponds. He says that there are koi he will grow more slowly, because of their quality, at first and then he will put them out in mud ponds to finish growing. He says that it doesn't matter if his koi are 25cm or 45cm at Nisai, they can still achieve their full potential for growth and that 25cm koi should ultimately achieve the same size as the 45cm koi. Maybe this is unique to Mr. Sakai, I don't know, but it is what I now beleive to be true.
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