Nishikigoi For Hobbyist

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Is there any physical Clue to be a Jumbo Koi? (English-Bahasa Version)

It's a debate-able question ? Marking, Color and the Body Shape of your koi will be naturally changed from time to time as your koi growing up. If you are keen on your koi, and you are supposed to take a periodic picture of your koi every year, so you can observe and comparing the differences as your koi growing up.

Courtesy Photo - Showa

Courtesy Photo - Sanke

Above photo : You can see the physical changes of the body as your koi is growing up and it is usually hard to find smaller koi with good body shape.

<Pada photo diatas anda dapat melihat contoh perubahan phisik dari koi yang sama dari waktu ke waktu. Biasanya sangat sulit melihat bentuk badan yang bagus pada saat koi berukuran masih kecil>

Some clues that people think your koi will be potentially able to grow as a jumbo koi (?):

a. "Genetic", is the main important thing to determine whether your koi will be potentially a jumbo koi when they are becoming adult koi. Many people believe if the parents koi is a jumbo blood line, so the fry will be potentially growing up to be a jumbo koi.

<Faktor genetika koi dianggap yang paling penting untuk menentukan apakah koi anda mempunyai potensi untuk tumbuh sebagai jumbo koi. Banyak orang mempercayai bahwa kalau parents koi keturunan jumbo maka tendensi anakan koi kelak menjadi jumbo koi sangat memungkinkan>

b. "Tail join (ozutsu)", the thicker the better. Many people said it is a promising koi and potentially to be a jumbo koi.

<Batas antara ekor dan badan yang tebal juga dipercaya sebagai acuan bahwa koi anda mempunyai potensi untuk menjadi jumbo koi>

The Thicker the better

Left is better than right

c. "Back bone shape" on the shoulder area (KATA area) while your koi is still young. Many people also believe that the back bone after head area is one of the clues to potentially determine becoming a jumbo koi. Back bone is slightly higher than the head area (HATCHI area), but overall the body shape must be proportionally well balance.

<Tulang punggung yang agak menonjol, tetapi tetap proporsional - tidak bongkok, juga dianggap sebagai acuan bahwa koi anda mempunyai potensi akan menjadi jumbo koi>

Courtesy Photo

to be continued <koitutor.blogspot.com>

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Unique Koi (English - Bahasa Version)

There are more than one hundred types of unique koi (non basic varieties) with hundreds of name. For the convenience in appreciation, "unique koi" is classified into the following groups:

<Lebih dari seratus jenis Unique Koi yang tidak bisa dikelompokan kedalam group Basic Varieties, dan untuk memudahkan akan dibagi kedalam 3 group>, yaitu:

Group 1 - Non Hikarimono
(a) Kohaku
(b) Taisho Sanshoku
(c) Showa Sanshoku
(d) Utsurimono
(e) Bekko
(f) Asagi, Shusui
(g) Koromo
(h) Goshiki
(i) Karasu
(j) Others

Group 2 - Hikarimono
(k) Hikari Moyomono
(l) Hikari Utsurimono

Group 3 - Kinginrin
(m) Non Hikarimono
(n) Hikarimono

(source: Modern Nishikigoi - Basis Varieties and Unique Koi - by Takeo Kuroki San, 3rd edition 31 Aug. 1991, page 154 - 240))

Personally I do not like unique koi unless it is very attractive, but the attractive one is hard to find.

<Secara pribadi saya selaku hobbyist kurang suka dengan unique koi, kecuali yang bentuk tubuh bagus, pola dan warnanya benar-benar bagus, tetapi itupun sulit didapat>

I try to show you visually some of them (all courtesy photos)