Forum: Breeders Bloodlines, Pattern & More ~ Library

I had an idea to try to breed the "elusive ki-shusui" in my new mud pond. I purchased my brood stock and after eight and a half months of quarantine in the basement for the winter, i liberated them in July into the freshly dug mud pond, spring-fed, about 400,000 gallons in full sun. The...

Pattern...Step Symmetry is the final thread in the Pattern... series. This group of threads started out with great gusto and has wound up with a whimper. Perhaps the subject matter is getting tedious or old to those that have followed since it's start. If you wish to return to other threads, you...

In another thread, in another Parish, the idea of a koi with no identifiable pattern (collector fish) would lose to an equally high grade koi which was smaller yet had a good pattern. Can someone elaborate on this for us? Are the patterns the same for all Gosanke? Are there a fixed number of...

kin matsuba... who's got them...I need one

I am considering the one on the far left, as long as my contact still has it in stock. Nisai, 13-14" long. Any thoughts are appreciated. Name of breeder is Mano. He thinks it may be male, but that really doesn't matter to me right now. Thanks, Ethan

So I've heard a lot of the basic rules for picking out a lot of types of koi for development and future prospects. But what are some for kujaku? I don't know much about metallic fish development other than even scalation, good hikari, and good fukurin are all important. So after good body...

Let's crank up another in our pattern series. What defines a shoulder stop or a tail stop? Are they important to the overall quality of the pattern? Are there fish that lack these that will be GC? What is pleasing visually or not about these items? Who wants to start us off? EDIT: While we...

We will be starting a new pattern thread in our series on Monday October 25. This thread will give us some illumination of the subject of kiwa and sashi as it pertains to pattern. Dr J I Phillips has graciously agreed to host this thread. As always, we welcome questions, answers and...

According to Mamoru Kodma, Kanoko means fawn. "Hi dotting the center of the Shiroji scales, which makes the Koi appear dappled like fawn. All Koi with this characteristic are called Kanoko, and it can apply to any non-metallic variety with Hi." The question is, is this something that people...

The original pattern thread is going nicely. Can we have some thoughts on head pattern/insertion? Dr. Phillips has mentioned Katsuberra. Can we build on what we wish to see in the head as far as pattern but also perhaps in conformation? Again, Thank You all for your kind assistance, Jeff R.

It is time to start another thread in our Pattern.. series. This one will be Pattern...Hi on Face or Fins. Your host will be Steve Childers. Is Hi on the face or fins a good thing or a bad thing? What is the difference between Hi and Beni and Hiban? Please do a search of Pattern... and be...

Let's kick off another in our Pattern... series. What is to be known about body wrap? Is body wrap below the lateral line preferable or a hindrance. Does body wrap of the pattern have anything to do with the future development of our koi? What would we look for in a Kohaku Tosai in terms of...

The pattern thread series seems to be going very well. I thought that we might start another in this series per Ray Jordan's advice. This particular thread will be concerned with "Maruten vs. larger 1st step that continues onto the shoulder". Apparently this is a very busy time for those who...