Ochiba koi

[DoDad]

These are related to the chagoi and Soragoi. The Soragoi are a solid grey Koi.
The first one is mine and the next one is a hog owned by a friend.

 

[koikeepr]

I love yours. That banding across forehead is just perfect. Where do you get him? Gorgeous!

 

[DoDad]

Genki Nishikigoi in San jose CA.

 

[koikeepr]

would you be willing to fess up to how much $. I will respect your privacy if you say no. Tell us how big he was when you got him, how big he is now, how old he is, etc.

He is a marvel. Lucky you!

 

[DoDad]

sending pm

 

[koikeepr]

man, i would kill for a fish of that caliber come spring! Breed that sucker! send me babies!

 

[DoDad]

I try to stay away from breeding. Unless you want to cull a lot of young fish and use them for fertilizer. Their hard to give away.

 

[DoDad]

Besides that I probably use a chagoi and a soragoi to get the best Ochiba.
That would mean I would need to buy a soragoi.

 

[koikeepr]

Well then buy a soragoi and send me the babies! I bet they'd be beautiful!

But, seriously, I know what you're saying. I've avoided breeding all these years....it's lots of work and responsibility....

 

[DoDad]

The last time I bred anything were Wakins. There were 125, I didn't have to cull them the tobies did. I ended up with 7 big tobies.

 

[koikeepr]

I'm hoping to breed my watonai this spring. Do you still have wakins?

 

[DoDad]

Yes I do!:banghead3::frown:

I'm hoping to breed my watonai this spring. Do you still have wakins?

 

[koikeepr]

LOL! I think they're great fish...why the head banging? If you're going to have goldfish in a pond, you've gotta have wakin or watonai. There's nothing like 'em when seen from above.

 

[DoDad]

All they do is breed.

 

[koikeepr]

LOL! So sell 'em! Wakin go like hotcakes!