Koi Fish Information Centre

IF YOU ARE A JAPANESE you call it KOI which is probably short for KUO (national) YEE (fish). IF YOU ARE A FILIPINO you call it KARPA. IF YOU ARE AMERICAN you call it CARP. IF YOU ARE CHINESE you call it LI YI which is what the Chinese restaurant LI YI MIN (Gate of Carp) in Banawe st. means.
jtlee
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM, johnny B. wrote:
> Wow really!? didnt know that. i bet Ramil has a lot of big different > Kois and has a big pond! > > The one that told me about my black Koi was rare is another seller not the > one who sold it to me. The one who sold me my black koi is not an expert on > Koi thats why she sells her big Kois really cheap… she calls it Karpa. > …who cares, i got it cheap. > > — On Wed, 6/11/08, Jose Lee <jtlee0611@gmail.com> > wrote: > From: Jose Lee <jtlee0611@gmail.com > > Subject: Re: [Philippines Internet Koi Society] Black Koi > To: philippinesinternetkoisociety@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 6:15 PM > > MOST KOI SELLERS WILL TELL YOU GREAT STORIES SUCH AS “RARE & EXPENSIVE” > JUST > > > TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR KOIS TO YOU AT A HIGH PRICE. SO DON’T BELIEVE IN > > THEM AGAD. TO BE SURE, COME TO THIS SITE AND ASK FOR ADVICE FROM EXPERTS > > TULAD NILA RAMIL. > > BLACK KOIS > > 1) THEY ARE EXPENSIVE IF RARE - 5 years ago, I got a black one. My friend > > want one also but we could not find it anywhere else. So if he found one > and > > even if expensive, biblihin niya, But maraming BLACK na ngayun. So you can > > make tawad. > > 2) BUY BLACK KOI ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING ONE - you are right. Di naman > > makikita siya sa pond. So just have one for the sake of saying, “mayron din > > akong black”. Other than that, it is useless. NEVER KEEP MORE THAN ONE > > BLACK. Pangdagdag poopoo lang. Mas gaganda ang pond mo if you have other > > colors or varieties. > > 3) CAREFUL ALSO WHEN YOU BUY BLACK KOIS WHEN THEY ARE SMALL - many KOIS are > > black when they are small but will change colors as they grow. I agree 100% > > with RAMIL. If you are not an expert, buy a big black koi to be sure it > will > > no longer change to other colors. > > jtlee > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Superman <body_rock917@ yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Is it true that a totally Black Koi is hard to find and expensive daw? > > > A seller told me that in Pampangga and i said i saw one in Cartimar > > > and i did’nt buy it coz why should i if i can not see it in my pond? > > > Bihira daw kasi meron nun and i should have bought it coz its > > > expensive kapag me nagbenta. > > > > > > I didnt realize that, so i went back and surprised it was still there, > > > i think people who went to that store in cartimar didnt notice it coz > > > its difficult to see bcoz its black as well as its background, its > > > like shadow. So i bought it. Nice to see it in my pond its like a > > > shadow swimming all the time. hehe! > > > > > > > > > > > — > > ybiCHRIST, > > lee > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >

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