Blackwater Koi Farm Visit

Last Month I took a trip down to the KOI farm to hand pick Koi for next year’s sales. The quality and variety was better than ever this year! From unique Kikokuryu varieties to Gosanke that would knock your socks off, the fish far exceeded my expectations. I spent 3 days looking through many tanks and ponds of fish. There were literally hundreds of thousands of fish to look through!! The farm is also a great place to learn from the breeders about what it takes to produce a Premium Koi. So in addition to selecting Koi for my own sales I helped select the best of the best of each variety to be grown out further. Overall the trip was a great success and as always a great learning experience. I selected about 3,500 new fish which will be held at the farm until next spring when they will be shipped up to Pennsylvania.

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A Beautiful Day On The Koi Farm

Feeding Time!!

Culling The Growouts

Trying to Stay Cool

Assorted Big Koi

Kohaku

Ginrin Matsukawabake

Ginrin Platinum Ogon

Very Unique Kikokuryu

Kohaku Mix

Gosanke Mix

Hi Utsuri Mix

Ki Utsuri Mix

Premium Growouts

Some Koi In One Of The Mud Ponds

Some Of My Selections

Metallic Mix

Growouts That Were Harvested

More Growouts

Butterfly Mix

Showa Mix

A Very Unique Kikokuryu 

Shusui

Shiro Bekko KOI

Shiro Bekko are solid white koi with Black spotted markings. The Black should appear only above the lateral line. The white base color should be thick, solid, and blemish free. The black should be thick, and solid such as lacquer.

Shiro Bekko are generally not as popular as most other KOI varieties so they are usually not intentionally bred for. Shiro Bekko can be produced from several different spawning combinations but the best ones often will come from Sanke. Shiro Bekko are basically the same as Sanke, just without the Hi Markings.

Old style bekko contain a lot of smaller spots, where as the modern day bekko have a sparser distribution of larger Markings.

Terms To Know
Shiro - White
Sumi - Black
Hi - Red or Orange

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Ginrin Shiro Bekko

Shiro Bekko

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Hariwake KOI

Hariwake

Hariwake are a platinum white koi with a Red, Yellow or Orange pattern overlaying.  Hariwake are a metallic koi and are part of the Hikarimoyo class.  Ideally Hariwake should have a bright white platinum base with no hint of yellow and a clear white head.  The color pattern should balanced with clear defined edges.  Variations of Hariwake may also include doitsu or Ginrin.  A doitsu Hariwake with an orange or red pattern is also refered to as Kikusui.

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Lemon Hariwake

Lemon Hariwake

Doitsu Lemon Hariwake

Ginrin Lemon Hariwake

Hariwake

Hariwake Butterfly

Kikusui

Lemon Hariwake

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Ginrin Hi Utsuri

Ginrin Hi Utsuri KOI

Here is an example of a great Hi Utsuri with an excellent Ginrin Sheen.  Hi Utsuri have a black base with Hi (Red or Orange) markings overlaying .  The Black appears as a Banded pattern as opposed to the spotted pattern of a Bekko.  A deep Sumi (Black) color is most desirable with no dull spots or black speckles.   

Closed For Winter

Our Retail Store is Closed for the season as of October 1, 2012. Koi and Supplies are still available for purchase by appointment. Please call us at 717-856-0843 to schedule a time. We will be reopening Early Spring 2013 with a HUGE Selection of KOI & Butterfly KOI Thank you to all of our customers for a Great Year!! Dean Deimler Koi To The World

Hand Feeding KOI at the Retail Store

Kikokuryu

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Lemon Kikokuryu

Beautiful "Lemon" color that will certainly stand out in your pond!