Koi-bito and Mystic Koi present the Omosako Grow-out Challenge

[jnorth]

Quote: Originally Posted by Seefdro Tvneik I'm thinking about doing this........How many S.U. left? Do have a date in which payment will be due by through Mystic?

141 gone so there are 9 left. Payments will be due in early Jan. Get in soon .

[jnorth]

We'll go in waves of 20 and have 24 hours to choose. I figure that everyone will have a chance to see them so it would be a good idea for everyone to have a pick list as we get going to speed up the pick. To speed it up even more we'll go something like this.

1st picker of the batch of 20= picks one
2nd picker of the batch of 20= picks two (in case the 1st picker picked one of them)
3rd picker of the batch of 20= picks three (in case the 1st and 2nd picker picked two of them)
4th= 4
5th= 5
6th= 6
7th= 7
8th= 8
9th= 9
10th-20th= 10 picks

Then we update the photos with who got what and we start over for 21-40.

We'll try that for the first 20 and see how it does. We might need to adjust but I think it will be pretty easy. When we start I will pm the first 20 and let them know how many to put on the list and when their pick is due. I will then tabulate the results in order and give them to Mystic and post them. Then I will notify the next 20 via pm etc.

[Steve Nguyen]

who else want to ship together? Mike Perret and I will have our fish ship together. Drop me a PM with your email address and phone # if you want to join to share the cost. We live near Blossom Hill and 101 freeway.

Steve

Quote: Originally Posted by wayneng Put me down for 1 . Thanks . Who's live in San Jose Area . Let ship together

[Ronin-Koi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ronin-Koi Man, this sounds like such a great opportunity to learn, and it sounds like a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I think I will have to pass. Out of my 13 koi (that I either have, have at a dealers, or have on order), 4 are already shiro utsuri, and over 30% shiro is more than I think I want.

Okay, I change my mind. I am weak and am going to cave in. This is too good of an opportunity to get in on a great learning experience with a lot of seasoned koi folks using koi from Omosako. I just watched "Hiroshima Dreaming" DVD again and very much enjoyed the parts about Omosako and his seas of black and white.

Also, I have to say that I while I have never done business with Bill D. of Mystic Koi before, I like that he always tries to respond and provide answers on this and other boards, so I welcome the opportunity to do business with him.

So here is to hoping I am able to pick the two female Musashi's.

Please Reserve 2 Shiro Utsuri tosai for me. Thanks!

This is what Bill D and Shawn are going to have to face to pick out our Omosako tosai.

- Wayne, glad that he likes black and white.

[koiczar]

Actually Wayne, I think Omosako will be selecting from that collage. Bill and Shawn will have to take the pictures of EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE 200 THEY RECEIVE!! I don't know which is a more daunting task!

Yes, as Steve mentioned, we will be sharing shipping and depending on how many Bill will put in a box, we can add to our three fish. I will be glad to allow others to share my 1250 gal Q tank in case they can't pick the fish up for a day or three. I have plenty of room as there are only four other grow out fish in the system at this time.

Mike

[Luis Teixeira]

id like to enter in the omosako shiro utsuri contest. thanks

[Flounder]

Quote: Originally Posted by Luis Teixeira id like to enter in the omosako shiro utsuri contest. thanks

Help Jim out on this, how many you want?

[CarolinaGirl]

I am assuming that there will not be individual pictures of each fish? That's fine...maybe 20 to a tub. Then instead of us having to look at itty bitty pictures posted, maybe the 10 high-resolution pictures could be Emailed to all participants so we can really zoom in on each fish and look them over carefully. maybe assign a letter to each tub, and a number to each fish....so you would have fish A01 to A20 in the first tub, B01 to B20 in the second, etc. I think having to look at 10 tub of 20 would actually be much easier than looking at 200 individual fish. this is going to be confusing....but a great deal of fun!! I am looking forward to it.

[kntry]

Do you have a time frame yet for beginning the picking process?

[Ronin-Koi]

Quote: Originally Posted by CarolinaGirl I am assuming that there will not be individual pictures of each fish? That's fine...maybe 20 to a tub.

It boils down to what is reasonable to expect from the Mystic guys. But I think one difficulty with picking koi out of a tub of 5 (not to mention 20) is that invariable, some of the koi will be at different angles, and some might have their bodies bent, and some might be covered by other koi, and some will appear bigger or stouter depending on angle. This makes picking that perfect one for some of us more difficult, particularly on a baby shiro utsuri where I think (?) we will be looking for any minor hints of pattern or motoguro to come or too much sumi or not enough sumi, etc. At least if they are somewhat in a typical glamor shot, the entire body and both fins can usually be seen. Regardless, it won't be easy to photograph and keep score, or to decide. On the other hand, we can do what I think SuperKindai suggested, which is throw darts at the fish... err..

Koiczar, yeah, I understand. I don't know, would Omosako have some of the tosai sorted into grades (?). So it might be a matter of scooping the net into the vat with the proper grade, then giving them a once over to ensure nothing too poor (or too good) slipped by.

- Wayne, wants the tosai pictured that is at 1:00, second one to the left of the third largest one with the mouth open and the tail turning right.