Your comments on tosai

[farne230]

[A couple of questions for you: are these guaranteed females by the breeder? Also, will you leave these koi in Japan or will you bring them back now?[/quote]

No these were not presented to me as guaranteed females and no I will raise them in my pond.
Bob

[farne230]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lam Nguyen Hi Tony, I do have to agree with you that most tosai that are in the selling tanks are males. The exceptions to this would be the high-end tosai auctions where these koi are guaranteed females and are kept in the breeder's mud ponds for another year or two. That's why I asked Bob if they were guaranteed females. Similar to the 555 event, I wouldn't mind paying extra just to guarantee that they are females. It sucks to have a good quality koi only to find that it's a male and have to find a home for it in a year or two.

Very true, my thought too. I enjoy watching them grow and mature, but I too can only have a select number of females in my pond. I already must find homes for a few koi I suspect are males now.
Bob

[farne230]

I appreciate you honesty and opinions. Much to think about. Up until now I have been paying more and securing nisai or older koi. Nisai had taken most of the guess work out of predicting the future, but not all at a higher price.
Bob

[farne230]

Here are two more photo's.
Bob