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Living Jewels
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| 2003/9/28.VOL.006.HTML |
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Dear valued members,
Here is another newsletter from
Japan Koi Online. Sorry it tooks us a while on this one since my
father has already been in Niigata for early Koi hunting of this
season and he finally completed his Niigata diary a few days ago. We
believe we are the very first to come to Niigata this
season. I will join him in a week. I will find a lot of high
quality for you.
This month, we have the
journal on the last culling of Isa Showa. I hope you enjoy
it.
Also please do not forget our Koi
auction. We have such a beautiful Kin Showa. Make sure you
at least check it out!
Here is May newsletter. Please enjoy. |
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<<Contents>>
- Koi Auction Updates
- Products of this month-Tiny Might Pump / Koi Family
- Kodama's Niigata Diary-Last Sorting at Isa Koi Farm
- News
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| Koi Auction Updates |
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| Products of this
month |
| Tiny Might Pump
is small, but powerful and economical. |
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TINY MIGHT PUMP
Tiny Might Pump is
small but very strong and economical. It circulates 1180
gallon per hour. If you have a project to have a quarantine
tank or tank where you are going to move the Koi for winter,
this works perfect.
More
details & Order |
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| Koi
Family |
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KOI FAMILY -Wheat
Germ-
As water temperature goes down,
please lower the volume of high protein food or color
enhancing food. At lower temperature, they are getting
hard to digest. At 65F, you should cut those food.
Instead, you should increase digestable wheat germ Koi
food.
Koi Family is a long selling wheat germ
Koi food in Japan. I am sure your Koi will love it.
Made in Japan
More
details &
Order | |
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iRefresh o Factor
VL makes water where your Koi can grow strong and big.
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Refresh Rock &
Powder
Refresh uses natural montmorillonite clay
mined only from a limited mountain of Yasawagi, Akita
prefecture in Japan. In this area, the clay has been passed
down the ages from mouth to mouth as "mysterious soil" which
worked for diarrhea, wound, toothache well.
Refresh
makes water in a concrete pond as nutritious as water in an
excellent mud pond. In addition, effective minerals and soil
bacteria in Refresh keep the fine water quality and promote
the treatment on sick Koi. More and more hobbyists use Refresh
with salt to cure Koi diseases such as gill disease.
Made
in Japan
More
details & Order | |
| Order at Japankoionline.com |
| Kodama's Niigata
Diary |
| Mr.Isa(left)&his
son(right) |
 Mamoru
Kodama
Founder CEO of Miyoshiike
Author of
Kokugyo, considered as a bible for Koi lovers.
Also
contributes an article on breeder's profile every KOI
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The last sorting of Tosai
On
September 18, I went to the last sorting at Isa Koi Farm, who
is one of the famouse Japanese Showa breeder.
This
pond that they pulled on the day is about as big as 0.2 acres.
Usually, they do the first culling as immediate as fry
hatch. And then, they cull them 3-4 times unitl Autumn. On the day,
they were going to do the last sorting on this pond. There were
only 1100 of them that has been culled from 50,000 fry. .
I
was very excited what kind of Koi were going to be scooped and what
they are going to cull.
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As
you can see form the pictures above and the left, they drained pond
water almost 80%. Then, with the big catching net, they chased the
fry from one end to the other gradually. With one
attempt, they could take about 90% of the fry in the pond,
they said.
It is very important to do this slowly but surelyl
because this could hurt the fry.
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| Mitsunori at
work |
After they pulled them into
the small area, they scooped Koi with a big net. This is more
difficult than it looks. You have to do it very quickly as well as
gently. Again, it is because we do not want to hurt the
Koi. |
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| 6 months old
fry |
6 months old Isa Showa
They were all
plumply and healthy. Of course, they were beautiful. It was
unbelievable that they are the same fry that I saw in Spring. 6
months ago, they were simply eggs and tiny fry.
Eventually,
they go everywhere not only in Japan but also over the world.
Hi* is still thin, but it will be beautiful red by
Spring when they are available |
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Sorting of the fry
Look at this Showa. It is now about 12cm (5").
Note the pattern on the side.
There is Hi
pattern on its trunk. And Sumi on the trunk appears in dense
black with growth.
It has not shown much Sumi but
will appear as it grows.
Mr. Isa said " This
year's Koi are growing very well." I agree. I can not wait to
introduce those beautiful Isa Showa to you. |
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| News |
- October Schedule
Taro will fly to
Japan from 10/2 through 10/27 for Koi hunting. But everyhing will
remain the same.
We have Koi auction as
usuall with my well-trained staff. I am also in touch
with our staff and customers very close. If you have
any question to me, please feel free to e-mail me at info@japankoionline.com
It may take a few days to reply you, but I will get back to you as
soon as possible.
Business hours of JKO
Tuesday -
Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (not open to the public).
Saturday:
10:00 AM- 4:00 PM
Sunday - Monday:
Closed.
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