OK. I have not stopped thinking about the post about a blue koi. Yesterday,
I was tossing some dog food into the pond as an experiment, and one of my
more dominant fish came up to gulp some down. When I bought him/her, he/she
was a pale yellow. Now he/she is an oppalecnt golden yellow. AMAZING
COLOR!!!

I want a blue one!!! What variety are they? Are they expensive?



--
BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

Still working on a picture. He/She is still small, about 5 inchs, but the
blue is still the same. I bought it as an import, I beleive belgian (sp?)
or some b name close to that for only $7.95. It also has some shiny scales
on its head. I bought another one with it, and it has the same shiny
scales, but is an orange/yellow color. I'll post pictures as soon as I get
them.

Bob

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...
OK. I have not stopped thinking about the post about a blue koi.
Yesterday,
I was tossing some dog food into the pond as an experiment, and one of my
more dominant fish came up to gulp some down. When I bought him/her,
he/she
was a pale yellow. Now he/she is an oppalecnt golden yellow. AMAZING
COLOR!!!

I want a blue one!!! What variety are they? Are they expensive?



--
BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

Still working on a picture. He/She is still small, about 5 inchs, but the
blue is still the same. I bought it as an import, I beleive belgian (sp?)
or some b name close to that for only $7.95. It also has some shiny scales
on its head. I bought another one with it, and it has the same shiny
scales, but is an orange/yellow color. I'll post pictures as soon as I get
them.

Bob

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...
OK. I have not stopped thinking about the post about a blue koi.
Yesterday,
I was tossing some dog food into the pond as an experiment, and one of my
more dominant fish came up to gulp some down. When I bought him/her,
he/she
was a pale yellow. Now he/she is an oppalecnt golden yellow. AMAZING
COLOR!!!

I want a blue one!!! What variety are they? Are they expensive?



--
BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

"BenignVanilla" sez:
OK. I have not stopped thinking about the post about a blue koi. Yesterday,
I was tossing some dog food into the pond as an experiment, and one of my
more dominant fish came up to gulp some down. When I bought him/her, he/she
was a pale yellow. Now he/she is an oppalecnt golden yellow. AMAZING
COLOR!!!

I want a blue one!!! What variety are they? Are they expensive?

Ironically, we have a koi we named "blue". Blue is very very yellow. He's
called "blue" because he's so much bigger than the other fish that he's
like a blue whale in comparison. It took someone else to point out how
silly it was to call an all-yellow fish "blue" to us, as I hadn't even
connected "blue whale" to a color.

"Bob in PA" wrote in message
...
Still working on a picture. He/She is still small, about 5 inchs, but the
blue is still the same. I bought it as an import, I beleive belgian (sp?)
or some b name close to that for only $7.95. It also has some shiny
scales
on its head. I bought another one with it, and it has the same shiny
scales, but is an orange/yellow color. I'll post pictures as soon as I
get
them.
snip

THAT is definitely within the realm of budget.

Can anyone recommend a good e-place for Koi in this price range?

BV.

I have seen koi that people had said are blue, when they're really just a
light gray. It wasn't till I saw one at a koi convention did I see a true
blue (pardon the pun) koi. It was an asagi simlar to this:
http://www.koi.com/encyclo/asagi.html
but without the netting and the blue was true sky blue, the fish was a
scaleless (leather skin) variety of asagi... and no, I didn't bother to ask
the price, the old if you gotta ask.... ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
I have seen koi that people had said are blue, when they're really just a
light gray. It wasn't till I saw one at a koi convention did I see a true
blue (pardon the pun) koi. It was an asagi simlar to this:
http://www.koi.com/encyclo/asagi.html
but without the netting and the blue was true sky blue, the fish was a
scaleless (leather skin) variety of asagi... and no, I didn't bother to ask
the price, the old if you gotta ask.... ~ jan

I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color. He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends to
fade with time?

garyr

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color. He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the red and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back, but has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's "Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2 inch fry.
--
Zk

zookeeper wrote:
Gary Rich wrote:

I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color.
He's now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe
cornflower blue (in the Crayola color scale) ...

Keirin Koi has a good page on shusui koi:
http://www.keirinponds.com/shusui.html

I have yet to see a blue koi picture that registers BLUE in my eye
balls!



On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:53:54 -0700, zookeeper
wrote:

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color. He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the red and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back, but has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's "Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2 inch fry.

Hi

Id like to share my Photos of my Blue Koi

You can reach them under pond 2003 at
http://community.webshots.com/user/todpin33


"Nedra" wrote in message
hlink.net...
You mean you can't see the blue in # A-0175?
If you can't - I think you may be color blind?

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"jammer" wrote in message
...

I have yet to see a blue koi picture that registers BLUE in my eye
balls!



On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:53:54 -0700, zookeeper
wrote:

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color.
He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower
blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to link
to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends
to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the red
and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the
baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back, but
has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's
"Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2 inch
fry.

Hey Todd love those rocks around pond...where did ya
get'em....looking all over for something like those....Claude


"Todd P" wrote in message
.. .
Hi

Id like to share my Photos of my Blue Koi

You can reach them under pond 2003 at
http://community.webshots.com/user/todpin33


"Nedra" wrote in message
hlink.net...
You mean you can't see the blue in # A-0175?
If you can't - I think you may be color blind?

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"jammer" wrote in message
...

I have yet to see a blue koi picture that registers BLUE in my eye
balls!



On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:53:54 -0700, zookeeper
wrote:

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at
the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice color.
He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe cornflower
blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to
link
to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring
than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or tends
to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show
so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the red
and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the
baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back, but
has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's
"Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2 inch
fry.

You can get them at Home Depot Or any home center, They are a large type
paver stone..

"claude rogers" wrote in message
...
Hey Todd love those rocks around pond...where did ya
get'em....looking all over for something like those....Claude


"Todd P" wrote in message
.. .
Hi

Id like to share my Photos of my Blue Koi

You can reach them under pond 2003 at
http://community.webshots.com/user/todpin33


"Nedra" wrote in message
hlink.net...
You mean you can't see the blue in # A-0175?
If you can't - I think you may be color blind?

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"jammer" wrote in message
...

I have yet to see a blue koi picture that registers BLUE in my eye
balls!



On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:53:54 -0700, zookeeper
wrote:

Gary Rich wrote:
I picked up a nice little shusui (scaleless asagi) this spring at
the
Young Koi Show in SoCal. He was only $18 at 2" with a nice
color.
He's
now ~6" and the blue upper section is sky blue or maybe
cornflower
blue
(in the Crayola color scale).

I did a quick images.google.com search for a good pic of one to
link
to,
but didn't really see one. They all had much less blue coloring
than
this little guy has. Maybe the blue is hard to photograph or
tends
to
fade with time?

These sites have a couple of good shusui photographs; many pictures
looked washed out and I think that's why the pale blue doesn't show
so
well. I also ran across a site that mentioned qualities for judging
a
shusui koi (sorry, can't find it again now) and it said that the
red
and
dark blue should be separated by "pure white," which I think is the
baby
blue in the younger koi.

http://www.thompsonaquaticgardens.com/hobbyist.htm
http://www.koiextreme.com/koisales/shusui.htm
http://www.asianarowana.com.my/koi/koi8.shtml
http://www.koi-schmid.de/spezial/shu...dy_shusui.html
http://www.auskoi.com/shusui_class_champion_.html

We have a small hi shusui: it has more red on its head and back,
but
has
the pale blue around the dorsal fin and the dark blue scales. He's
"Baby
Blue" as that is the color we could see first when he was a 1/2
inch
fry.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:19:18 GMT, "Nedra"
wrote:

You mean you can't see the blue in # A-0175?
If you can't - I think you may be color blind?

Nedra

Well, i guess anything is possible.....I see gray and black everytime
someone posts their blue koi pictures. I know that different shaded of
army green socks give me fits, but i have a lot of blue in here, so ?

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:38:15 -0400, "claude rogers"
wrote:


"jammer" wrote in message
.. .

I have yet to see a blue koi picture that registers BLUE in my eye
balls!

Ok jammer tell me if this is blue

http://home.fuse.net/ace883/bluekoi1
http://home.fuse.net/ace883/bluekoi2
http://home.fuse.net/ace883/bluekoi3

They are all the same fish, but he looks awful blue to me........I did a
crop and zoom on iphoto to get the closeups

Yes! I do see blue, thank you for that.