Friday, November 30, 2012

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.



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




Monday, November 26, 2012

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



Ginrin Shiro Bekko



Shiro Bekko