Koi History.
The origins of the modern carp , as we know them , is somewhere in Persia. Reportedly, the carp were spread due to the expansionism of the Roman Empire. The Romans discovered that carp fish are strong , which could perfectly serve as a food fish and could reproduce easily. During their many trips through Europe, Africa and Asia, the Romans also took regular carp, which hey then also put into large breeding ponds. During one of those distant travels carp has also arrived in China .
In China, the carp, especially the colored ones, were seen as a sacred fish. Carp stood for strength, wisdom, perseverance and luck. The myth goes that fact behind a towering waterfall, lived a large black dragon at the source of a river . This black dragon terrorized the world. Despite numerous attempts anyone managed to destroy it. 's In the dragon At one time they caught a big carp in the river , which proved unable to swim . Against the waterfall Once at the top , changed the carp in a white dragon . The white dragon was able , after a fierce battle , defeat . The black dragon From that moment , so the story goes , the carp for both the Chinese and the Japanese have a sacred fish.
Inbreeding arose colored varieties of carp . The Chinese rulers declared protected mutated variants , and demanded of the people that the colored carp were plotted . Their private ponds In this manner, the current golden carp , but also the goldfish occur.
In recent years there has been increasing interest in keeping color carp in ponds . The color carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) , better known under the name of Japanese koi, is a brilliantly colored fish , which under favorable conditions, can grow to 110 cm long and 40 years old. The carp is quickly tame and even eat out of your hand .
The wildest stories go around about there prices. As with everything, a premium one is always expensive. It is price and demand for the best quility koi, and there are not many really good koi and prices go up for these well over 50.000 euro. A European koi can be bought for about 5 euros, Japanese koi for 10 euros . However, quality fish are much more expensive. Koi that all, even people not in the hobby will appreciate can be bought for 100 euro or more. plus, a good fish of 25 cm can cost tens of thousands of dollars, while a 50 cm long fish of lesser quality may "only" cost 500 euros. The highest price ever paid was a quarter of a million dollars . That was for the Grand Champion of the All Japan Show in Japan , which was considered at that time as the most beautiful koi in the world.
To separate a good one of a lesser one please follow courses that are organized on behalf of the overarching global organization ZNA ( Zen Nippon Arinkai ) . By the Dutch Association for Nishikigoi, and talking to experienced hobbyists course also helps , but remember that it always comes down to your personal taste.
In China, the carp, especially the colored ones, were seen as a sacred fish. Carp stood for strength, wisdom, perseverance and luck. The myth goes that fact behind a towering waterfall, lived a large black dragon at the source of a river . This black dragon terrorized the world. Despite numerous attempts anyone managed to destroy it. 's In the dragon At one time they caught a big carp in the river , which proved unable to swim . Against the waterfall Once at the top , changed the carp in a white dragon . The white dragon was able , after a fierce battle , defeat . The black dragon From that moment , so the story goes , the carp for both the Chinese and the Japanese have a sacred fish.
Inbreeding arose colored varieties of carp . The Chinese rulers declared protected mutated variants , and demanded of the people that the colored carp were plotted . Their private ponds In this manner, the current golden carp , but also the goldfish occur.
In recent years there has been increasing interest in keeping color carp in ponds . The color carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) , better known under the name of Japanese koi, is a brilliantly colored fish , which under favorable conditions, can grow to 110 cm long and 40 years old. The carp is quickly tame and even eat out of your hand .
The wildest stories go around about there prices. As with everything, a premium one is always expensive. It is price and demand for the best quility koi, and there are not many really good koi and prices go up for these well over 50.000 euro. A European koi can be bought for about 5 euros, Japanese koi for 10 euros . However, quality fish are much more expensive. Koi that all, even people not in the hobby will appreciate can be bought for 100 euro or more. plus, a good fish of 25 cm can cost tens of thousands of dollars, while a 50 cm long fish of lesser quality may "only" cost 500 euros. The highest price ever paid was a quarter of a million dollars . That was for the Grand Champion of the All Japan Show in Japan , which was considered at that time as the most beautiful koi in the world.
To separate a good one of a lesser one please follow courses that are organized on behalf of the overarching global organization ZNA ( Zen Nippon Arinkai ) . By the Dutch Association for Nishikigoi, and talking to experienced hobbyists course also helps , but remember that it always comes down to your personal taste.