V46 29/11/09 1st Asia Grow Out Carnival Day

[TupacDaDon]

wow, I noticed some nice koi came out of the growout competition... they come from normal grade tosai right? not bad at all :D

greetz

[hooinc]

Hi Steven, some didn't turn out so well. I guess I videod the better looking ones. :-) Also, don't confuse the showcased koi with the Grow Out koi.

[TupacDaDon]

hi paul, I didn't confuse em with the showcased showkoi, or there would be a problem with the eye of the breeders than lol  but I was talking about the matsunosuke sankes in the beginning, pretty decent fish considering the fact that they are grown from "normal" tosai :D (but maybe they were the better ones :D)

cheerz

[TupacDaDon]

ps I think the Nishikigoi House of Asia is a magnificent project :o I hope something similar can happen in europe as well some day, but it won't be for the near future I"m afraid... Asia has a great koi community, my respects :D

cheerz

[sigmanagato]

hoooooo awesome my frend beatifull koi fish thank you berry much

[10kpondguy]

these are class six koi, right?

[hooinc]

We don't use the Western system here. We follow the Japanese BU system. In any case, these size classifications don't apply in the case of Grow Out competitions. The Grow Out koi were mostly 40-50cm, in some cases even bigger.

[10kpondguy]

im sorry, i didnt realize. learn something new everyday. 50cm, is pretty big, what 19 in? wow. huge fish, so they judge more on color and girth then? anyway, awesome vid.

[hooinc]

50cm is about 20" and isn't very big at all for koi. In fact one year old koi only. They can get up to a metre long. Not all the koi in the video were Grow Out koi. Some were show case koi, as I mentioned in the video. The Grow Out koi were judged based on finish.