Overall 2nd Prize Winner(47cm) NissaiOn the 28th May 2006, ZNA Koi Club Malaysia has organized the 4th koi raring competition and each koi was priced at RM550.00. I have purchased 3 pieces for this competition in order to support the ZNA koi club after being encouraged by some committees and also mainly due to my personal enthusiasm and challenge. There were tank A and tank B to select from and each tank consists of 50 pieces of Sakai Kohaku. The three steps kohaku shown above was from tank A and I got the number A21. I was the 21st person to pick from tank A. As for the other two pieces of kohaku I purchased, I could not remember which tank I picked from.
After growing these three pieces for a few months, the first piece died due to my own mistake after putting too much salt in the pond. Then weeks later, another piece got crooked due to unknown reasons and I almost gave that koi away. But on the other hand, I was hoping that the koi will recover someday but to no avail and soon after that it died. So my only hope left with this three steps(sandan) male kohaku. I transferred this kohaku to my bigger pond of about 30 tons and started heavy feeding the fishes to build the body. Since it is a male fish, it can be much harder to increase the girth but somehow this kohaku is a good eater and I can slowly see significant growth in this fish. Regular and consistent water change is vital in order to maintain its eating habit as well as removal/reduction of ammonia,nitrite,and nitrate that comes from heavy feeding. After maintaining such feeding condition and stable water parameters, the colour begins improve and I can see shashi is tightening up as well as sharper and more prominent kiwa. White based has also improved together with its girth.
A few days before the competition, I started starving the fish to further improve the white and slight drop in body girth was observed but for a male fish, I personally think that it is still acceptable. I was quite confident that this fish would win a prize in the competition that was held on 23rd September 2007 and another experience koi hobbyist friend of mine said the same thing too. I was complacent and just hope for the best. True enough, it was voted the 2nd best fish by four local koi dealers as Judges out of approximately 20 pieces of fishes that came back for the competition . A total of 50 pieces were sold but only 40%(20 pieces) came back for the competition. This just goes to show the success rate to keep the koi alive and in good shape can be a difficult and challenging task.It is also an uphill task to improve the girth, colour, and quality besides keeping the fish alive.
As a 2nd prize winner I was awarded RM2000.00 and 50,000 yen voucher from Sakai Koi Farm, Japan. The first prize winner is a kohaku measuring 57cm owns by Mr. Soon Hui Cheong and he has got the number A26. Based on the result, it seems like koi from tank A is more promising than koi in tank B. In short, regardless of which number you pick during the selection of the koi raring competition, luck as well as koi keeping skill play an important role in winning. I hope more koi lovers would participate in the next koi raring competition and make it more fun if more participants are involved.
Happy Koi Keeping!!!
After growing these three pieces for a few months, the first piece died due to my own mistake after putting too much salt in the pond. Then weeks later, another piece got crooked due to unknown reasons and I almost gave that koi away. But on the other hand, I was hoping that the koi will recover someday but to no avail and soon after that it died. So my only hope left with this three steps(sandan) male kohaku. I transferred this kohaku to my bigger pond of about 30 tons and started heavy feeding the fishes to build the body. Since it is a male fish, it can be much harder to increase the girth but somehow this kohaku is a good eater and I can slowly see significant growth in this fish. Regular and consistent water change is vital in order to maintain its eating habit as well as removal/reduction of ammonia,nitrite,and nitrate that comes from heavy feeding. After maintaining such feeding condition and stable water parameters, the colour begins improve and I can see shashi is tightening up as well as sharper and more prominent kiwa. White based has also improved together with its girth.
A few days before the competition, I started starving the fish to further improve the white and slight drop in body girth was observed but for a male fish, I personally think that it is still acceptable. I was quite confident that this fish would win a prize in the competition that was held on 23rd September 2007 and another experience koi hobbyist friend of mine said the same thing too. I was complacent and just hope for the best. True enough, it was voted the 2nd best fish by four local koi dealers as Judges out of approximately 20 pieces of fishes that came back for the competition . A total of 50 pieces were sold but only 40%(20 pieces) came back for the competition. This just goes to show the success rate to keep the koi alive and in good shape can be a difficult and challenging task.It is also an uphill task to improve the girth, colour, and quality besides keeping the fish alive.
As a 2nd prize winner I was awarded RM2000.00 and 50,000 yen voucher from Sakai Koi Farm, Japan. The first prize winner is a kohaku measuring 57cm owns by Mr. Soon Hui Cheong and he has got the number A26. Based on the result, it seems like koi from tank A is more promising than koi in tank B. In short, regardless of which number you pick during the selection of the koi raring competition, luck as well as koi keeping skill play an important role in winning. I hope more koi lovers would participate in the next koi raring competition and make it more fun if more participants are involved.
Happy Koi Keeping!!!
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