I love watching the column of air bubbles in your pond - if you made a video of just that view into your pond, I d watch it all the time. Also, thank you for the information. I admire the animals and am learning as much as I can about them.
Really great video,I have about 60 fry at roughly 14 weeks old this video has helped identify a couple of varieties I wasn't sure of,I have several mainly scaleless kohacku except they have thr mirror carp type scales going down the middle along the lateral line, This also does this with the yamabuki and the orange goons but black has started to show up in them as well, I also have several light blue fish with lots of black overlaid with yellow on the head, Also dark blues with platinum fins,These fish probably don't fall into those categories but I'm enjoying the process of there development anyway, In terms of the knowledge you drop in your videos I think your channel is head and shoulders above most if not all, Thanks for the these great videos all the best
Thanks Dean, I really appreciate that. It sounds like you have a great mix of koi there. Its really interesting seeing how they change and which fry turn in to which varieties as adults. You can learn loads by tracking them as they progress.
Fantastic video. Probably the best and easiest to understand explanation of koi varieties I’ve ever seen. Great structure and explanations and accompanying pictures of the koi types really served to support your descriptions. History was also a nice touch. I look forward to your next one. Don’t suppose you could recommend where to get a poster of all the koi varieties from?👍😊
Hi mate, how's the build going? Thanks very much for your kind words, I appreciate that 🍻 The only ones I've seen are on ebay but they don't tend tp be very big so check the size. I think the biggest I've seen is A3. I'll have another look around and let you know if I have any joy.
Hi there and thank you 👍👍 Butterfly, or longfins as they are also called, fall in to the same categories. They are basically koi that have been crossed with something else to give the long fins. So in theory you could have a long finned version of any koi variety although that's not the case yet.
@@DazzleKoi oh my. So they’re hybrids then. Been on this planet for quite awhile now (won’t say how many years), had koi for many of those years….never woulda clued into that one lol. Interesting. Thank you very much for the amazing info.
Your welcome, and thank you for your kind words. Yes I guess they are hybrids, I haven't really thought about it to much, they aren't really common in the UK. Are you in America?, they are more popular over there. Now I think about it though, I wonder what other traits they inherit from the process. They could be more/less hardy depending on what other fish are involved. I do know they don't tend to grow as big.
@@DazzleKoi I’m in Canada, so fairly similar to the US. They are quite common/popular here. They’ve been around and popular for at least 30 years. I think they’re mostly bred in the states and shipped around but we definitely have domestic breeders. Although koi in general are a bit more hard to find here these days. They don’t get as big and are more slender, but they do seem to be a bit hardier. My short research on it just now suggests they are hardier, but I’m sure that depends on the quality in lines being bred. I’m sure not all the breeders have the highest of standards for them unfortunately. They’re stunning to look at though.
I'm just starting out on keeping Koi and loved your video. Not only by you showing us the pictures but also on how to pronounce the word properly. I am also wondering on when folk Advertise them as Graded how do they know which Grade it falls under? And again what does this mean. If you have a video on this can you share the link so I can watch this also. Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge ☺️
Hi Sonja and thank you very much 🍻🍻 Koi are valued based on many different things. A young koi will have a value in its potential. So it may be expensive because it has the potential to be a very high quality fish when it grows. However, if you don't go on to realise that potential then that value is lost. Value comes from a koi having the body shape and signs that it will grow big, good skin quality, good colour and lustre, proportions, confirmation, good balance to the pattern, size at a given age etc etc etc , so many things. When it comes to graded koi, these tend to be lower quality fish such as from garden centres or low end koi outlets and to be very honest with you, they don't mean a lot. There is no standard, no rules for it. Its just down to the people selling them and their interpretation. They may use good quality parents and so grade the offspring as high grade but in effect this is no indication at all of the quality of an individual fish. When you are starting out I wouldn't place any emphasis on anything other than what you are comfortable to spend on a koi and picking something that you like. If the hobby grabs you and you become obsessed (like most do 😁) you will learn from these first koi and by the time you are ready to invest in better quality you will know what to look for 👍👍👍
@@DazzleKoi Thank you very much for one getting back to me and two for letting me know. I would love to show you my koi that I currently have. I'm really interested in doing the photo shows and have looked into buying a measuring tub. I currently have a Blagdon Half moon pond with Common Goldfish and a large pond in the front with my Koi I However, I have also now decided on getting a large standing pond built up similar to your one that you had In the back of your video, Digging is out the question as we have underground pipework as I sadly found out when trying to build the pond there two years ago. 🙈 Do you have any tips on how to maintain this type of pond? I'm curious you drain the pond and just stand in it as this is what I do with my large pond at the front. I will be using insulation and carpet to protect the pond liner and help keep the heat in for during the winter.
Hi Sonja, my pond does go down in to the ground as well. Its not really possible to go deep enough with it all out of the ground as it starts to look odd if you go higher than say 3ft and koi really need 4ft+ to be comfortable, particularly over winter. Have you looked in to re-routing the underground pipes? Its often not as difficult as you might think. In terms of maintenance, I have a bottom drain in which feeds to my filter by gravity so there is no maintenance. The pond is fibreglassed and the drain keeps the bottom spotless. The air helps to push any waste straight to the drain in the middle and out to the filter. I flush the filter out every night which involves turning a couple of valves and takes about 3 minutes. But it could be done once a week, its just that I like to get the waste out of my filter every day rather than leave it in there longer.
Thankyou really helpful we are just starting out in the koi world and picking up 8 koi for our new pond tomorrow ( all roughly 10 cm long ) cant wait too see them grow and flourish !!!
@@DazzleKoi Hello from Ireland yes we got our koi home only 6 of them as the dealer was afraid of the filtration system was not matured enough but we are allowed too add two more in October there all doing really well eating like horses twice a day !!!!
Thanks very much Rob, I really appreciate that. To be honest I just really enjoy making the videos but you're right, it would be nice to reach more people with them. Glad you found it useful 🍻🍻👍👍🍻🍻
I’m a total novice so if it wasn’t for people like you taking the time to make the videos I would have a lot of dead fish swimming around or should I say floating 🤦🏻♂️so appreciate it
Hi Rob, I'm currently using the Colombo kit and I'm really happy with it. Once I generate enough ad revenue I'm going to buy the big 4 test kits and do a back to back test and review on them all but it will be some time off yet I think.
You have 100% earned a new subscriber!! thank you so much for all your videos! Very informative for a newbie like myself and look forward to your future lessons 😁
Thank you very much mate, I really appreciate that. If there is ever anything in particular you'd like to see a video on just give me a shout. I don't pretend to know everything by a long way but if its something I'm not knowledgeable about I usually know someone who is or I can research myself as I'm always keen to learn 🍻🍻👍👍🍻🍻
Hi mate, and thank you. I haven't owned one before so I don't really know what to expect. I don't know how they develop so its all a learning curve. All I really know is you want a very light coloured fish at tosai, which I went for, but it went very dark in my water almost overnight. Interesting to see them change though
Very enjoyable informative video mate. Can you do a vid on how to try and select young Tosai or Nisai koi in terms of quality and explain in more detail the quality of sashi and kiwa in older koi?
Hi Jason, absolutely, I'll add that to the list. I've got quite a long list of requests now but I'm working through them. I'm hoping to do some videos with a koi dealer in the new year so that might be one I can do with him as he would have plenty of different koi to look at as examples 👍👍
Hi rex, now the varieties vid is done I'm turning my attention to the shower. I'm just waiting on some bits arriving but they should be here tomorrow. I just hope its worth the wait 😁
haha, I knew someone would mention the robin. I kid you not, it sat on top of the camera for half of that video. It put me right off and i had to redo the 'doitsu' section (you can see the light is different) because I kept looking at the robin instead of the camera and forgetting what I was saying 😁😁
Really enjoyed your informative video, learned a lot it simplified things a lot. I am new to keeping Koi and often puzzled by un-named fish shown by online koi farms. At least now I'll have an idea of what I'm buying and not taking pot-luck. Many thanks.
@@DazzleKoi I'm enjoying all your videos. I'm on a steep learning curve. Currently enlarging my small 500L goldfish pond to a 4500L Koi pond. So all your information is really helpful. Keep posting and I'll keep watching. Thanks.
Cheers Jeremy. My top tip would be to try and keep it simple. Its easy to get overcomplicated and then all the fun is replaced by stress. It doesn't have to be complicated or expensive, especially at first. Thanks again 👍👍
Hi John, I'm in a little town called St Helens, its in the North West of England, right in the middle between Liverpool and Manchester. Cornwall is lovely, much nicer than up here 😁
Indeed, when culling for showa only the black fry are kept. Unlike other varieties you can confidently use this to cull out none showa towards the end of the first week.
Came into koi when a small pond was left by the former tenant at an apartment i lived at. They survived my learning curve in pond maintenance and moved them into a large stock tank where they continue to grow .Had a Kohaku which lost all it's orange/ red and became a pearly white . What's the probable cause for this ?
Hi mate, the new white koi you have is a shiro muji. Unfortunately this just happens sometimes. It is in the genetics and was destined to happen all along but there are certain water conditions or even stress etc that can trigger it at different times. It is a sign that the koi is what people deem 'low quality' in that the red is weak and unstable. The koi experts will have been able to pick up on signs that this would happen from a very young age
Hi there, sorry for the delay in replying to you. Matsuba come under the Hikari Muji group, so metallic and single coloured. This is because the dark scalation that they have is not actually a second colour, but instead is a scale pattern.
Hi mate, yes they are really cool. You don't see many big ones but when you do they are amazing. Yes I'd classify it is hikarimoyo. Metallic koi with a pattern
New subscriber and although I had a few koi in my pond for a few years bought as a present from a well known National company have now started taking up more interest and have just ordered some Japanese koi from a specialised dealer which are currently in quarantine. This video was brilliant for me as found it all confusing and posters just don’t do it. This was superb. Thanks and I shall be watching many more of your videos. One question re testing water, what is the best way of testing for chlorine (after the water has been through my three stage filter) is there any particular kit? Thanks
Hi !Daz!! I admire your enthusiasm and studiousness. Do me one favor. Would you agree with my campaign for not being able to call my GOROMO by itself, because GOROMO only changes when it's in the second of the word KOROMO. When you guys visit Japan, I don't want you to call GOROMO and get laughed at.
@@DazzleKoi Thanks for your understanding. NISHIKIGOI read but you guys never call KOI a GOI, right? Take a look at this American teacher's video! th-cam.com/video/XtpZzbvh5pY/w-d-xo.html よろしくお願いいたします！！
Great explanation of the many varieties available, helped me identify my six koi in the pond at the moment. Thank you. The Robin in your garden is a joy to see also. Take care 🙂
Hi Daz just a Quicky my pond is setting at 7 Degrees it is covered but I do lift the tops of in the day weather permitted the koi are still coming up for food is this ok and can l still feed cheers Pete
Hi Peter, yes its absolutely fine to give them some wheatgerm if they are looking for food. Just take out any food they haven't eaten after 5 minutes. I did a winter feeding video if it is any help to you th-cam.com/video/ZUmfHiKRlWE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Daz yes seen your video on feeding in the colder months just that my koi are eating well for the time of year just thought I ask you thanks cheers 👍
No problem mate, mine are a bit colder than that and they are still eating once a day. It seems like a lot of people are finding their koi eating better in colder water this year. Still, spring cant come soon enough 🍻
I am both a new viewer and subscriber to your channel and so far have enjoyed what I have seen. This was a very informative and well done video which provided a clear explanation of the various koi groupings with excellent examples of the koi varieties. Much better than many other koi variety videos out there. My koi collection consists of 11 koi, all imported from Japan a number of years ago, ranging in size from 69 cm for my gin rin chagoi to 48 cm for my gin rin matsukawabake, all of which are housed in my 20,000 ltr pond. My oldest koi will be 20 years old this year and was purchased when she was 2 years old. My favourite variety of koi is kumonryu however one I would love to obtain for my pond is a sumi goromo. My search continues as I have yet to find one for sale anywhere here in Canada and import restrictions introduced a few years back make importation difficult and expensive. Maybe one day I'll find the one I am looking for. Keep up the great work on your videos.
Hello there mate and welcome. Sounds like a great pond and some good size koi to 👍👍 I dint realise there where restrictions in Canada like that, it must be very frustrating. Sumi Goromo are not particularly common here, especially not a good quality one, so I can imagine how difficult it is to find one where you are. good luck with the search, it will be all the more special when you eventually find one 🍻🍻🍻
Hi Daz Great video (as usual), very informative, we always learn something new or get a better understanding of something with every video you do. I am struggling to identify some of my fish and wondered if you are able to help..... I think I have Sanke, Showa, Utsuri, Kin Matsuba, Kujaku, Karasugoi but just not sure Many Thanks Paul
Wow so many different koi. I find myself more attracted to solid color fish with dark netting . i have 2 each kin, gin, and aka matsuba ofc chagoi and yamabuki. The only fish i have with pattern are ochiba and a tancho hoping to add an asagi next year. Everything else looks messy with color for no reason I'll probably get alot of flack for that lol.
Hi Juanito, we are all different in our preferences. I only ever had Go sanke in my previous pond (plus a Chag of course) but now I'm starting to appreciate the other varieties to. I really like Goshiki at the moment 👍👍
I caught a koi out of a public pond.. and until I googled the difference between a koi and a goldfish I had no idea.. so in my search to identify what kinda fish I brought home and threw in my tank I came across this video.. and tho I don't quite have the mystery breed figured out I do feel very much more informed on koi breeds! I do trust you know what your talking about and I will take a peak at your other videos! Thank you so much.. oh and if you wanted to help me identify my mystery fish I can describe her . Along with her were some of her sibling fish.. so the fish were mostly grey with splashes of color on them. Very flowy like fins.. some Orange some yellow.. the one I caught.. (which I might add, was very difficult to catch) was grey with the yellow markings.. I'm not sure if that's enough information for you to tell me what kinda fish I got .. but if it is I do look forward to your reply!
Hi Hi, sorry, I only just noticed your comment. I've been on holiday and I'm so far behind with comments its not funny. I'm struggling a bit from your description to be honest. Grey koi are probably soragoi and a soragoi with brown markings is an ochiba shigura but I don't know of a grey koi with yellow markings.
Thanks very much indeed. It can be an absolute minefield trying to remember what every variety is called. I struggle like mad, particularly with all the new ones that seem to be coming along in recent years 🍺🍻🍻🍺
Cheers mate, I appreciate that Sir 🍻🍻 It still amazes me that I film myself with my phone and someone thousands of miles away can watch me. We take youtube for granted now but its only a few years ago that would be the stuff of sci fi 😮
Hi Paul, you honestly can't have to much air. Its vital for all aspects of koi and pond health and function. I have an EA 70 on my spindrifter bottom drain. I would never recommend throttling back an air pump as the back pressure just reduces the life of the pump. Air does so many things, it creates vital water movement and circulation, in the case of a bottom drain it pushes waste to the drain, it provides oxygen for koi, bacteria etc, it disrupts the surface so that predators can't see your koi so easily, it speeds up gassing off etc etc etc.
Another very informative video Professor! Where does the Matsuba come? I have a Kin Matsuba, Gin Matsuba and AKA Matsuba. I was told that the definitive way to tell the difference between a Sanke and a Showa is to look inside the mouth. The Sanke is white and the Showa is black inside the mouth.
Hi Peter, Matsuba was one of the varieties on my list that didn't quite make it in to the video. I had to decide which to drop as there are so many and it wasn't easy. Matsuba translates as 'Pine cone' so the reticulation effect on the scales is said to resemble the needles on a pine cone. Matsubas are metallic and single coloured (not counting the dark colour in the reticulation). And come in 4 colours. Kin, Gin, Ki, and Aka (golden, white/silver, yellow and red) They also come in doitsu varities of the same 4 colours. They come under Kawarimono. Thats interesting, I've never heard that about the mouth before. I'll have to have a look at my sanke 👍👍
I love watching the column of air bubbles in your pond - if you made a video of just that view into your pond, I d watch it all the time.
Also, thank you for the information. I admire the animals and am learning as much as I can about them.
haha , hi Melissa, it is definitely very relaxing and a little therapeutic. Maybe I should look in to a live feed cctv camera 😁
@@DazzleKoi Very therapeutic! Thank you, as well, for the great information. I am learning all I can and really appreciate your style.
I've been keping koi for a while and learned a ton here. This is the best one-stop-shop koi taxonomy/terminology overview video on youtube!
Thanks Josh, I really appreciate that 👍👍
Great breakdown of the names and background info as well! Very clear and uncomplicated presentation! Top marks!
Very interesting thanks for your time again 👍👍👍👍
No problem mate, thank you for watching 👍👍
Excellent! Enjoyed this video immensely 🙂
Cheers Paul, I appreciate that, all the best Sir 🍻
Loved this one, as a beginner it made everything much simpler.
Thanks Suzy 👍👍👍
Excellent video. Difficult to group many koi nowadays, especially with so many new varieties.
Thanks Gary, yes its a minefield. And its not going to get any easier unfortunately.
All the best mate 🎅👍
Thanks for sharing your knowledge of this hobby with the rest of the world really appreciate it!!!
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your comments and taking the time to watch and reply 👍👍
Hi Darren
Excellent video just don't know how you remember all this information
Thanks Harry
Thanks Harry, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🍻🍻
great information mate, very well explained
Thank you Dean, much appreciated 🍻
Really great video,I have about 60 fry at roughly 14 weeks old this video has helped identify a couple of varieties I wasn't sure of,I have several mainly scaleless kohacku except they have thr mirror carp type scales going down the middle along the lateral line,
This also does this with the yamabuki and the orange goons but black has started to show up in them as well, I also have several light blue fish with lots of black overlaid with yellow on the head,
Also dark blues with platinum fins,These fish probably don't fall into those categories but I'm enjoying the process of there development anyway,
In terms of the knowledge you drop in your videos I think your channel is head and shoulders above most if not all,
Thanks for the these great videos all the best
Thanks Dean, I really appreciate that.
It sounds like you have a great mix of koi there. Its really interesting seeing how they change and which fry turn in to which varieties as adults. You can learn loads by tracking them as they progress.
very well explained thanks for your time well done
Cheers Andy, I appreciate that 👍
Great vid mate learnt things i never knew !
Thanks a lot Mitch 🍻
Fantastic video. Probably the best and easiest to understand explanation of koi varieties I’ve ever seen. Great structure and explanations and accompanying pictures of the koi types really served to support your descriptions. History was also a nice touch. I look forward to your next one. Don’t suppose you could recommend where to get a poster of all the koi varieties from?👍😊
Hi mate, how's the build going?
Thanks very much for your kind words, I appreciate that 🍻
The only ones I've seen are on ebay but they don't tend tp be very big so check the size. I think the biggest I've seen is A3. I'll have another look around and let you know if I have any joy.
Good video, thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thank you mate, much appreciated 🍻🍻
This was the most clear and understandable video on types I’ve seen yet. Curious how butterflies fall into this all and how you determine their types?
Hi there and thank you 👍👍
Butterfly, or longfins as they are also called, fall in to the same categories. They are basically koi that have been crossed with something else to give the long fins. So in theory you could have a long finned version of any koi variety although that's not the case yet.
@@DazzleKoi oh my. So they’re hybrids then. Been on this planet for quite awhile now (won’t say how many years), had koi for many of those years….never woulda clued into that one lol. Interesting. Thank you very much for the amazing info.
Your welcome, and thank you for your kind words. Yes I guess they are hybrids, I haven't really thought about it to much, they aren't really common in the UK. Are you in America?, they are more popular over there. Now I think about it though, I wonder what other traits they inherit from the process. They could be more/less hardy depending on what other fish are involved. I do know they don't tend to grow as big.
@@DazzleKoi I’m in Canada, so fairly similar to the US. They are quite common/popular here. They’ve been around and popular for at least 30 years. I think they’re mostly bred in the states and shipped around but we definitely have domestic breeders. Although koi in general are a bit more hard to find here these days. They don’t get as big and are more slender, but they do seem to be a bit hardier. My short research on it just now suggests they are hardier, but I’m sure that depends on the quality in lines being bred. I’m sure not all the breeders have the highest of standards for them unfortunately. They’re stunning to look at though.
Thank you for your comprehensive education!
Thank you, much appreciated 🍻🍻
Best explanation i found so far.
Thx
Thanks Brian, I appreciate that Sir, good to hear it was useful to you 👍🍻👍🍻👍
Really enjoyable video, very informative.
Cheers Gary 👍🍻🍻🍻👍
Excellent mate very interesting on how they are all grouped and put together and where from 👍🏻
Cheers mate, thanks for watching 🍻🍻
Another great video Darren and a good explanation for those who struggle to identify koi 👍
Thank you very much Graham 🍻
New subscriber here! Been looking for this kind of content.This was very interesting.Thank you for detailed information.👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks mate, good to have you onboard 🍻🍻
Just started in the Koi hobby this year and found this video and all your other ones very interesting many thanks Roland
Thanks Roland, I appreciate that 🍻
Brilliant info mate 👍 knew only about 40% of what you said so it was an interesting koi class. Everydays a school day lol 👍🐟
Thanks Ric, glad it was helpful 🍻
Loved that video! Thank you for all the information you are providing. Very interesting
Thanks mate, all the best 🍻
Very informative video mate. Can tell you done ur research.. thank you was very helpful
Cheers Michael, its a really interesting subject when you look at how names came about etc. Its a lot to remember though 😲
Great video, very informative and “easy” to understand!
Thanks mate, I appreciate that 🍻🍻
I'm just starting out on keeping Koi and loved your video. Not only by you showing us the pictures but also on how to pronounce the word properly. I am also wondering on when folk Advertise them as Graded how do they know which Grade it falls under? And again what does this mean. If you have a video on this can you share the link so I can watch this also. Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge ☺️
Hi Sonja and thank you very much 🍻🍻
Koi are valued based on many different things. A young koi will have a value in its potential. So it may be expensive because it has the potential to be a very high quality fish when it grows. However, if you don't go on to realise that potential then that value is lost.
Value comes from a koi having the body shape and signs that it will grow big, good skin quality, good colour and lustre, proportions, confirmation, good balance to the pattern, size at a given age etc etc etc , so many things.
When it comes to graded koi, these tend to be lower quality fish such as from garden centres or low end koi outlets and to be very honest with you, they don't mean a lot. There is no standard, no rules for it. Its just down to the people selling them and their interpretation. They may use good quality parents and so grade the offspring as high grade but in effect this is no indication at all of the quality of an individual fish.
When you are starting out I wouldn't place any emphasis on anything other than what you are comfortable to spend on a koi and picking something that you like. If the hobby grabs you and you become obsessed (like most do 😁) you will learn from these first koi and by the time you are ready to invest in better quality you will know what to look for 👍👍👍
@@DazzleKoi Thank you very much for one getting back to me and two for letting me know. I would love to show you my koi that I currently have. I'm really interested in doing the photo shows and have looked into buying a measuring tub. I currently have a Blagdon Half moon pond with Common Goldfish and a large pond in the front with my Koi I However, I have also now decided on getting a large standing pond built up similar to your one that you had In the back of your video, Digging is out the question as we have underground pipework as I sadly found out when trying to build the pond there two years ago. 🙈 Do you have any tips on how to maintain this type of pond? I'm curious you drain the pond and just stand in it as this is what I do with my large pond at the front. I will be using insulation and carpet to protect the pond liner and help keep the heat in for during the winter.
Hi Sonja, my pond does go down in to the ground as well. Its not really possible to go deep enough with it all out of the ground as it starts to look odd if you go higher than say 3ft and koi really need 4ft+ to be comfortable, particularly over winter.
Have you looked in to re-routing the underground pipes? Its often not as difficult as you might think.
In terms of maintenance, I have a bottom drain in which feeds to my filter by gravity so there is no maintenance. The pond is fibreglassed and the drain keeps the bottom spotless. The air helps to push any waste straight to the drain in the middle and out to the filter. I flush the filter out every night which involves turning a couple of valves and takes about 3 minutes. But it could be done once a week, its just that I like to get the waste out of my filter every day rather than leave it in there longer.
@@DazzleKoi Ok Thank you for your reply. ☺️
You're welcome 🥂👍🥂
Good info, just getting into KOI so its a lot to learn! Thanks for your content mate
Thank you mate, I appreciate that. Expect to get hooked and never have any money ever again 🍻🍺🍻😁
Awesome video mate.
New subscriber an looking forward to the rest of your content.
Thanks Brendan, much appreciated. Welcome aboard 👍👍🍻🍻👍👍
Happy Christmas Darren. Thank you for taking the time to produce the videos this year.
Thanks Adam, all the best to you 🍻🍻
Thanks for this video really helpful to a newbe. The Gin Rin effect blows my mind 😊
Thanks mate 👍
Gin rin is very cool. Because its a numbers game you dont seen many BIG gin rin but when you do its even more special.
Just getting into this game..very useful info ...i now know what ones im after...much appriciated.
Thanks mate 🍻
Thankyou really helpful we are just starting out in the koi world and picking up 8 koi for our new pond tomorrow ( all roughly 10 cm long ) cant wait too see them grow and flourish !!!
Hi there, apologies, I missed this comment.
Did you get them home? How are things going?
@@DazzleKoi Hello from Ireland yes we got our koi home only 6 of them as the dealer was afraid of the filtration system was not matured enough but we are allowed too add two more in October there all doing really well eating like horses twice a day !!!!
You are very knowledgeable and thank you for your content I hope you get the subscribers you deserve this year as your knowledge needs to be shared
Thanks very much Rob, I really appreciate that. To be honest I just really enjoy making the videos but you're right, it would be nice to reach more people with them. Glad you found it useful 🍻🍻👍👍🍻🍻
I’m a total novice so if it wasn’t for people like you taking the time to make the videos I would have a lot of dead fish swimming around or should I say floating 🤦🏻♂️so appreciate it
Also I’m just starting my build I’m looking around at testing kits what’s the best one that is easy to use please in your opinion
Hi Rob, I'm currently using the Colombo kit and I'm really happy with it. Once I generate enough ad revenue I'm going to buy the big 4 test kits and do a back to back test and review on them all but it will be some time off yet I think.
love your videos found this one very informative thank you
Thanks Jayne, much appreciated 👍🥂👍
Great video my friend.
You did a fabulous job.
Thanks Chris, all the best Sir 🍻
You have 100% earned a new subscriber!! thank you so much for all your videos! Very informative for a newbie like myself and look forward to your future lessons 😁
Thank you very much mate, I really appreciate that. If there is ever anything in particular you'd like to see a video on just give me a shout. I don't pretend to know everything by a long way but if its something I'm not knowledgeable about I usually know someone who is or I can research myself as I'm always keen to learn 🍻🍻👍👍🍻🍻
@@DazzleKoi thanks so much man! If you’re part of the UK koi owners Facebook group I’m sure you’ll see me with many questions there!
No problem, and yes I certainly am. I'll look out for them 👍👍👍
Your knowledge is amazing daz!
Thank you very much mate, I'm just a koi nerd thats all 😁
cracking vid. thankyou. i love the goshki's but don't have much luck with them.
Hi mate, and thank you. I haven't owned one before so I don't really know what to expect. I don't know how they develop so its all a learning curve. All I really know is you want a very light coloured fish at tosai, which I went for, but it went very dark in my water almost overnight. Interesting to see them change though
Amazing contect. Thank you!
Thank you mate, much appreciated 🍻👍🍻👍🍻
Very enjoyable informative video mate. Can you do a vid on how to try and select young Tosai or Nisai koi in terms of quality and explain in more detail the quality of sashi and kiwa in older koi?
Hi Jason, absolutely, I'll add that to the list. I've got quite a long list of requests now but I'm working through them. I'm hoping to do some videos with a koi dealer in the new year so that might be one I can do with him as he would have plenty of different koi to look at as examples 👍👍
Another great video Darren, full of information and nice to know the reasoning behind the names.
Any news on the bakki shower ?
Thanks Rex
Hi rex, now the varieties vid is done I'm turning my attention to the shower. I'm just waiting on some bits arriving but they should be here tomorrow. I just hope its worth the wait 😁
@@DazzleKoi very nice, looking forward to the build.
Hi Daz great video once again lots of info l like your little mate in it🐦
haha, I knew someone would mention the robin. I kid you not, it sat on top of the camera for half of that video. It put me right off and i had to redo the 'doitsu' section (you can see the light is different) because I kept looking at the robin instead of the camera and forgetting what I was saying 😁😁
Brilliant 😁😁
Thank you for this. I learnt a lot🙏🙏🙏
Cheers Cameron, nice to here you found it helpful 👍🍻🍻👍
Excellent video mate.. great idea so we can identify the fish in our ponds. Remembering what you said will be another thing though!!😉
haha, indeed, its a bit of a minefield 👍👍
Really enjoyed your informative video, learned a lot it simplified things a lot.
I am new to keeping Koi and often puzzled by un-named fish shown by online koi farms. At least now I'll have an idea of what I'm buying and not taking pot-luck.
Many thanks.
Thanks very much, good to hear it was useful mate 👍🍻👍
@@DazzleKoi
I'm enjoying all your videos.
I'm on a steep learning curve. Currently enlarging my small 500L goldfish pond to a 4500L Koi pond. So all your information is really helpful.
Keep posting and I'll keep watching. Thanks.
Cheers Jeremy. My top tip would be to try and keep it simple. Its easy to get overcomplicated and then all the fun is replaced by stress. It doesn't have to be complicated or expensive, especially at first. Thanks again 👍👍
Thank you! Great information.
Thanks John, much appreciated 🍻🍻
@@DazzleKoi Where do you live if you don't mind me asking? I'm in Wisconsin in America, my wife is from Cornwall.👍
Hi John, I'm in a little town called St Helens, its in the North West of England, right in the middle between Liverpool and Manchester. Cornwall is lovely, much nicer than up here 😁
Excellent video sir!
Thank you very much Stephan, all the best to you 🍻🍻
Class video. What’s will my no scale blue and white koi be ?
Hi Graeme, there is a chance it could be a shusui, does it have any red on it anywhere?
great 👍👍
Thank you Tiroshan 👍
For clarity, Showas start off black and gain colour. Sankes start off white and colour is immediate or almost immediate.
Indeed, when culling for showa only the black fry are kept. Unlike other varieties you can confidently use this to cull out none showa towards the end of the first week.
Nice job sire
Thank you very much Jen, much appreciated 🥂🥂👍👍🥂🥂
Came into koi when a small pond was left by the former tenant at an apartment i lived at. They survived my learning curve in pond maintenance and moved them into a large stock tank where they continue to grow .Had a Kohaku which lost all it's orange/ red and became a pearly white . What's the probable cause for this ?
Hi mate, the new white koi you have is a shiro muji. Unfortunately this just happens sometimes. It is in the genetics and was destined to happen all along but there are certain water conditions or even stress etc that can trigger it at different times. It is a sign that the koi is what people deem 'low quality' in that the red is weak and unstable.
The koi experts will have been able to pick up on signs that this would happen from a very young age
What group are Matsuba in? They are my favourites but I know they're quite rare to get good ones with decent colour balance
Hi there, sorry for the delay in replying to you.
Matsuba come under the Hikari Muji group, so metallic and single coloured. This is because the dark scalation that they have is not actually a second colour, but instead is a scale pattern.
Very interesting video today on koi information you did a fab job. Looking forward to shower making stay safe Thanks 🐟 card 🐟
Thank you Carol, I'm turning my attention to the next shower video now. Hopefully not to far away 🤞
Beni Kikokuryu are my favourite Koi by far and they're metallic so I'm guessing Group 4?
Hi mate, yes they are really cool. You don't see many big ones but when you do they are amazing.
Yes I'd classify it is hikarimoyo. Metallic koi with a pattern
@@DazzleKoi brilliant info thanks for that 😁
Thanks for the video it's so hard to find one with someone saying the names of the koi being someone how finds it hard to read the names
Hi Danielle, yeah I hate trying to pronounce names in front of people, its a minefield 😁😁
Thank you very informative 👍🌞
Thanks Peter 🍻👍🍻
found out today my fish are sanke
Good to know it was helpful Sir 👍👍
Did you see the robin
Hi Tony, yes mate, he actually landed on top of my camera at one point 😁
New subscriber and although I had a few koi in my pond for a few years bought as a present from a well known National company have now started taking up more interest and have just ordered some Japanese koi from a specialised dealer which are currently in quarantine. This video was brilliant for me as found it all confusing and posters just don’t do it.
This was superb. Thanks and I shall be watching many more of your videos.
One question re testing water, what is the best way of testing for chlorine (after the water has been through my three stage filter) is there any particular kit?
Thanks
Hi Ian and welcome 🍻🍻
Good to hear it was useful to you. If you have any questions just give me a shout mate 👍👍
Excellent video and very informative thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks Glynne , much appreciated 👍👍
Very good video and great knowledge and really helpful 👍 you’ve done your research
Thanks Julie, I appreciate that 👍👍
Thank you great video
Cheers Terence, much appreciated 👍
Hi !Daz!! I admire your enthusiasm and studiousness. Do me one favor. Would you agree with my campaign for not being able to call my GOROMO by itself, because GOROMO only changes when it's in the second of the word KOROMO. When you guys visit Japan, I don't want you to call GOROMO and get laughed at.
Thank you my friend, I have noted that 👍👍
@@DazzleKoi
Thanks for your understanding.
NISHIKIGOI read but you guys never call KOI a GOI, right?
Take a look at this American teacher's video!
th-cam.com/video/XtpZzbvh5pY/w-d-xo.html
よろしくお願いいたします！！
Thats great mate, really interesting, thanks very much 🍻
@@DazzleKoi Ｙｅｓ！！ あいai＋ころもkoromo＝あいごろもaigoromo
ｎｏｔ あいころもaikoromo こko⇒ごgo
Your a credit to the hobby Daz
Top man 👏👏👏
Cheers Simon, thank you very much 🍻🍻
Great explanation of the many varieties available, helped me identify my six koi in the pond at the moment. Thank you. The Robin in your garden is a joy to see also. Take care 🙂
Cheers Aidan, good to hear it was useful for you 🍻🍻
Very good show but one question do they really have blue koi fish
Hi Carlos, yes there are a couple of varieties that have a slight blue hue on them 👍👍
Hi Daz just a Quicky my pond is setting at 7 Degrees it is covered but I do lift the tops of in the day weather permitted the koi are still coming up for food is this ok and can l still feed cheers Pete
Hi Peter, yes its absolutely fine to give them some wheatgerm if they are looking for food. Just take out any food they haven't eaten after 5 minutes. I did a winter feeding video if it is any help to you th-cam.com/video/ZUmfHiKRlWE/w-d-xo.html
Hi Daz yes seen your video on feeding in the colder months just that my koi are eating well for the time of year just thought I ask you thanks cheers 👍
No problem mate, mine are a bit colder than that and they are still eating once a day. It seems like a lot of people are finding their koi eating better in colder water this year. Still, spring cant come soon enough 🍻
Very Nice
Cheers Fred 🍺🍻🍻🍺
@@DazzleKoi Thanks
I am both a new viewer and subscriber to your channel and so far have enjoyed what I have seen. This was a very informative and well done video which provided a clear explanation of the various koi groupings with excellent examples of the koi varieties. Much better than many other koi variety videos out there. My koi collection consists of 11 koi, all imported from Japan a number of years ago, ranging in size from 69 cm for my gin rin chagoi to 48 cm for my gin rin matsukawabake, all of which are housed in my 20,000 ltr pond. My oldest koi will be 20 years old this year and was purchased when she was 2 years old. My favourite variety of koi is kumonryu however one I would love to obtain for my pond is a sumi goromo. My search continues as I have yet to find one for sale anywhere here in Canada and import restrictions introduced a few years back make importation difficult and expensive. Maybe one day I'll find the one I am looking for. Keep up the great work on your videos.
Hello there mate and welcome. Sounds like a great pond and some good size koi to 👍👍
I dint realise there where restrictions in Canada like that, it must be very frustrating. Sumi Goromo are not particularly common here, especially not a good quality one, so I can imagine how difficult it is to find one where you are.
good luck with the search, it will be all the more special when you eventually find one 🍻🍻🍻
Hi Daz
Great video (as usual), very informative, we always learn something new or get a better understanding of something with every video you do.
I am struggling to identify some of my fish and wondered if you are able to help.....
I think I have Sanke, Showa, Utsuri, Kin Matsuba, Kujaku, Karasugoi but just not sure
Many Thanks
Paul
Hi Paul, you can send me pictures if you like and I can have a look?
Darren-fitzgerald@sky.com
Great video as always, enjoy learning about about all these aspects you cover, great knowledge. Cheers 👍
Thanks Richard, your very welcome 🍻
Wow so many different koi. I find myself more attracted to solid color fish with dark netting . i have 2 each kin, gin, and aka matsuba ofc chagoi and yamabuki. The only fish i have with pattern are ochiba and a tancho hoping to add an asagi next year. Everything else looks messy with color for no reason I'll probably get alot of flack for that lol.
Hi Juanito, we are all different in our preferences. I only ever had Go sanke in my previous pond (plus a Chag of course) but now I'm starting to appreciate the other varieties to. I really like Goshiki at the moment 👍👍
Great video. Just build a pond and purchased 8 koi’s. Your videos are very interesting . Thank you. Now I know I have 3 Ogon.
Hi mate, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. That's good to hear, glad it was helpful 👍👍🍻👍👍
Man, you are a walking encyclopaedia, great insight into these wonderful fish, very educational to a beginner like me, thank you. 👍
Thanks a lot Anthony, I really appreciate that 🍻🍻
I caught a koi out of a public pond.. and until I googled the difference between a koi and a goldfish I had no idea.. so in my search to identify what kinda fish I brought home and threw in my tank I came across this video.. and tho I don't quite have the mystery breed figured out I do feel very much more informed on koi breeds! I do trust you know what your talking about and I will take a peak at your other videos! Thank you so much.. oh and if you wanted to help me identify my mystery fish I can describe her . Along with her were some of her sibling fish.. so the fish were mostly grey with splashes of color on them. Very flowy like fins.. some Orange some yellow.. the one I caught.. (which I might add, was very difficult to catch) was grey with the yellow markings.. I'm not sure if that's enough information for you to tell me what kinda fish I got .. but if it is I do look forward to your reply!
Hi Hi, sorry, I only just noticed your comment. I've been on holiday and I'm so far behind with comments its not funny.
I'm struggling a bit from your description to be honest. Grey koi are probably soragoi and a soragoi with brown markings is an ochiba shigura but I don't know of a grey koi with yellow markings.
I might stop naming my fish after football kits now.
Great vid, keep them coming.
To be honest mate, that would be a lot simpler and easier to remember 😁😁
Thanks so much, now I know exactly what koi I currently own love the pond in the background!almost looks a bit like mine 😂 great video!!
Thanks very much indeed. It can be an absolute minefield trying to remember what every variety is called. I struggle like mad, particularly with all the new ones that seem to be coming along in recent years 🍺🍻🍻🍺
One of the best video breakdowns of variants that I have found. Many thanks from the other side of the pond.
Cheers mate, I appreciate that Sir 🍻🍻
It still amazes me that I film myself with my phone and someone thousands of miles away can watch me. We take youtube for granted now but its only a few years ago that would be the stuff of sci fi 😮
Good info, thanks!
Thank you much, glad to hear you found it useful 👍👍🍻🍻👍👍
Great vid. Thanks for posting.
Thanks Al, all the best to you and yours 🎅🎅🍻🎅🎅
Thanks Daz for this Koi videos mate
You're welcome Graham 🍻🍻🍻
Brilliant video mate ...well done 👍
Cheers Rob 🍻🍻👍🍻🍻
My fav is kikokuryu has everything
Hi mate, I've never owned one but they are cool. I like the fact they can change so much.
Awesome video thanks
Cheers Alex, much appreciated 🍻🍻
Hi , can I just ask is there a reason why you have your air on your bottom drain turned up quite fierce?
Many thanks Paul
Hi Paul, you honestly can't have to much air. Its vital for all aspects of koi and pond health and function. I have an EA 70 on my spindrifter bottom drain. I would never recommend throttling back an air pump as the back pressure just reduces the life of the pump.
Air does so many things, it creates vital water movement and circulation, in the case of a bottom drain it pushes waste to the drain, it provides oxygen for koi, bacteria etc, it disrupts the surface so that predators can't see your koi so easily, it speeds up gassing off etc etc etc.
@@DazzleKoi many thanks Paul 🙏
Another very informative video Professor! Where does the Matsuba come? I have a Kin Matsuba, Gin Matsuba and AKA Matsuba. I was told that the definitive way to tell the difference between a Sanke and a Showa is to look inside the mouth. The Sanke is white and the Showa is black inside the mouth.
Hi Peter, Matsuba was one of the varieties on my list that didn't quite make it in to the video. I had to decide which to drop as there are so many and it wasn't easy.
Matsuba translates as 'Pine cone' so the reticulation effect on the scales is said to resemble the needles on a pine cone. Matsubas are metallic and single coloured (not counting the dark colour in the reticulation). And come in 4 colours. Kin, Gin, Ki, and Aka (golden, white/silver, yellow and red)
They also come in doitsu varities of the same 4 colours.
They come under Kawarimono.
Thats interesting, I've never heard that about the mouth before. I'll have to have a look at my sanke 👍👍
Great overview for a novice like me - thanks!
Cheers mate 🍻🍻👍🍻🍻