Live From The ZNA NorCal Show!

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lam Nguyen Wow Anthony, I am very impressed with your knowledge of these koi and who the breeders and dealers/suppliers are! It must take a very serious hobbyist to do this and I am glad that he posts on koi-bito.

When you hang around these guys as much as I do you see everything...Plus I am studying my competition for ZNA Gardena Next year...

[dcny]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Hey Dan, how is the quality of fish compared to ABAKS in your eyes so far?

Hey Antonio,

Thanks for supplying the breeder and dealer info for the fish. I'm pretty sure you nailed everything so far. The only one I wasn't sure about is the sanke in tank 20 but the shiro is Omosako. It's Don's tank.

In my opinion, ABAKS was the best show I've ever been to. But it's still early with only half the tanks benched. There was definitely some stress on a few fish. Pretty easy to see in the shiros. Smart to bring them in early. They should be better by the time they're judged.

[dcny]

Sorry these pictures are blurry but I was in a hurry. Benching was just about to begin but I wanted to snap a few pictures of Tank 9 first. Two size 6 and one size 7 kohaku. The maruten kohaku is outstanding. She's smaller than alot of her competitors but she's got great quality.

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Any updates on fish counts, etc?

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The title does state "Live From"

[dcny]

Ok we're live again...

Here come the judges....

Head Judge Mr. Hayamasa Ikeda, Certified Judge, ZNA Japan



Assistant Judge Dr. Don Kobashigawa, Certified Judge, So-Cal ZNA




Assistant Judge Mr. Grant Fujita, President, ZNA Nor-Cal




Apprentice Judge Mr. Junichi Kayano, So-Cal ZNA

[dcny]

Tank 1 has a trio of very high quality fish. Two size 7 fish - kohaku and shiro utsuri and a size 5 sanke.

[dcny]

Tank 2 was a no show. Tank 3 had that nice sanke that I posted earlier. It was size 5. Here are another couple more pictures.

[dcny]

Tank 4 had 4 fish. It was one of the few tanks that had some hikari and ginrin b fish in it. The sanke was size 4.

[dcny]

Tank 5 also had four fish including a pair of doitsu. The kohaku is size 5. The showa is size 4.