Please post pictures of USA grown koi over 26 inches

[Ethan25]

I would love to see them. Anyone have one that is over 8 years old?

[rainblood]

I assume by grown you mean bred right here in the good ol' US of A?

[Ethan25]

Yes, I would like to see pictures of USA BORN koi, fish bred here that someone has purchased or that a breeder still owns, that is in this range....

[Carl]

73cm Showa Purdin Koi Farm (born April 2005)

2009 Grand Champion San Diego American Koi Breeders Show




http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CiSm5s7-Wg4/SZn-m28XIII/AAAAAAAAARA/a63C5UWd-iA/s320/San%2520Diego%2520GC%25202009.jpg

http://nikoimag.blogspot.com/2009/02/2009-grand-champion-san-diego-american.html

[stephen]

This BradyGoi that I purchased 5 or so years ago was measured at 33" before we put it in the mud a year or so ago (pic1) The other pics are recent ones taken from the mud.

[rainblood]

73cm Showa Purdin Koi Farm (born April 2005)


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CiSm5s7-Wg4/SZn-m28XIII/AAAAAAAAARA/a63C5UWd-iA/s320/San%2520Diego%2520GC%25202009.jpg

http://nikoimag.blogspot.com/2009/02/2009-grand-champion-san-diego-american.html

For those mathematically challenged - that is 28.7 inches :D:

[Ethan25]

Thank you both! Anything else?

[Brady Brandwood]

Here are a few.

Best Wishes,
Brady Brandwood

(credit to whoever snapped this pic)
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[Ethan25]

thanks, Brady!

[lukef]

here's a ****** from my backyard (pond spawn during the Hurricanes a few years aback). She win best Bekko at CFKS for the last 3 years..not this year however....KHV victim.
She was at least 30 inches before she got a dirt nap.
this pic was from almost two years ago...she didn't change much...just got bigger.

[lukef]

here's a pic from the funeral.

[MaBird]

Not a spectacular fish, but one I'm very fond of, bred by our friend, Bruce Cheney of Prineville, think he's about 28 inches long

[dick benbow]

they'd be five and some now... the teri on the top koi is amazing. Both these koi are not for sale, but are back ups to hang on to retain genetics in case something happens to the main parents.

[Paulie]

My deformed mutant, 31+" at last measurement, purchased in 1989 (and still going strong) from the exclusive selection available at WalMart.

http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp235/DizzyDean99/DSC01026.jpg

[dick benbow]

The purdin Showa that took the american breeders cup and is pictured earlier in this thread, I caught a glimpse of last fall and while i couldn't get a picture out of the mud the shoulder area had really gathered girth.

The kohaku I posted earlier here are the kind of koi you will see in the river that i had mentioned earlier so you can see growth and progression. The first year I went to purdin, I was amazed at the tosai
Kohaku....harvested at 6 months and already many were at 15 inches. So growth potential is quite great.

Here is a showa from Nisei Koi farm that took GC at the Puget Sound Young Fish show. It was nisei. I think we all need to realize that there are capable american breeders, who breed them big and competitive.

[BillJ]

Not technically a koi,but certainly over 26". Breeder: Wally World.

Bill

[Super Kindai]

[QUOTE=Carl;1769670]73cm Showa Purdin Koi Farm (born April 2005)

2009 Grand Champion San Diego American Koi Breeders Show

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CiSm5s7-Wg4/SZn-m28XIII/AAAAAAAAARA/a63C5UWd-iA/s320/San%2520Diego%2520GC%25202009.jpg
I saw this showa in person. it was nice fish.:yes:

[Super Kindai]

This BradyGoi that I purchased 5 or so years ago was measured at 33" before we put it in the mud a year or so ago (pic1) The other pics are recent ones taken from the mud.
Ohhhh !! :yahoo:

[Super Kindai]

here's a ****** from my backyard (pond spawn during the Hurricanes a few years aback). She win best Bekko at CFKS for the last 3 years..not this year however....KHV victim.
She was at least 30 inches before she got a dirt nap.
this pic was from almost two years ago...she didn't change much...just got bigger.
Ummm, this is a good bekko.:cool3:

[Rudy]

2005 Lotus Land Koi Farm (Brady Koi) grow out showa. 30"+

[stephen]

How Big Stephen :confused:

I don't know but big. Here is a couple other of my homegrowns. Lil' Shammy the Soragoi is about 27" and MiniMo is in the mud and huge. She is the eldest of Mojos babies.

[lomaponder]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k216/mbshot/ki_bekko.jpg

Texas -bred
32 inches

[MikeM]

Ethan, here is a Kohaku bred by Nisei Koi Farm when she was 26 inches.

[gjs63]

This sanke is from NKF=Quality Koi.

[Dennis]

Here's a few thats over that mark now..