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Did all these suppose to come from one or two locations?
>> Yes, so these, these, this particular batch of fish comes from one breeder.
He produces about 18 different varieties.
>> Oh, yeah, that's a lot.
>> Yeah.
So so, and he, he.
It's great, because they're all sort of similar size and for my business it's great,
because it produces really good quality fish.
And 18 varieties of them, right?
>> Right.
>> Things to think about when you're looking at small fish is, this fish is gonna grow.
And so it might have a very cute pattern right now, but when it gets bigger,
like when its body flies out like this.
That pattern's gonna kinda shrink.
And dwarf when, as the fish gets larger.
So we have this Goshiki here.
And it's a very cute fish, but as she gets bigger that pattern is gonna,
kind of, sort of rise up to the top and not really be enough to enjoy, in my opinion.
This little Showa has the same sort of thing going on, a really cute pattern on the top,
but as she gets bigger, or he gets bigger, who knows.
It's gonna be sort of dwarfed, peasant fish is a foot long.
>> So this is a nice second batch we pulled up.
>> Yeah definitely.
>> A couple really pretty ones in there.
>> A lot of really cool.
There's a lot of variety in here.
Customers, I think, have a tendency or, or
new hobbyists to really focus in on one type of fish.
Like, they're really into Kujaku, for example.
>> Right.
>> And they end up buying ten Kujaku, right?
What I really encourage customers to do is, to pick out lots of different varieties.
So, yeah, I know you like the Kujaku, but you also might be interested in a Showa.
So try a, four or five different varieties and
you can sort of refine your taste, and see what you really enjoy.
Because you might start off liking Kujaku, but end up liking Showa.
>> For sure.
I personally could do a whole pond just Shiro Utsuri.
>> I know you could.
>> And be absolutely, you know, mesmerized.
You know, this is, this is part of the hobby and I want to touch on this,
because you said, hey, if someone got ten Kujaku, and
they could watch the differences over a year or two, and see how they change and stuff.
That's part of the hobby and that's part of the fun, in understanding that fish.
>> Absolutely. >> Or Shiro Utsuri.
The, the trick is a lot of people, I, I find, they build a pond,
they have kids, the kids get attached to them, and then they, they bought ten Kujaku,
they can't get rid of them all-
>> Sure. >> Because they have them all named.
So that's, there's different customers, of course.
You know, there's that person that can trade in a koi,
or give one to his friend as a gift or something.
Get new fish and
then watch the development as opposed to the consumer that has, you know?
>> Yeah, who's, who's buying a fish named Steve.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
Or five kids, and each one picks out two fish or something.
>> Exactly.
>> So this is, this is a pretty neat batch.
So we're looking for, once again, all the fins.
>> Right. >> Looking for big blocks of color.
>> Exactly.
Customers will come and ask me to pick them fish.
And sometimes I think they're disappointed in my choices.
Cuz I tend to pick what what I would call,
like, ugly ducklings, cuz fish, they do change so much.
I'm looking for
a fish that's going to mature into a fish that looks nicer later than today.
>> Right. >> And and the novice guy,
he says why would you pick such a goofy looking fish?
And I tried to tell him, just wait man, just wait.
Be patient. >> I wanna run through an exercise,
if you will, to where, let's say I'm a new customer, and
I want to pick out some fish, because this pond is very distracting, there's, you know?
>> Yeah, there's a couple 100 fish here.
>> Yeah. At least.
>> And it is, it is intimidating just looking at this pond, and
not being able to see which, you can't see individual fish, you just see color.
>> Well, let's do an experiment or an exercise, so
we can show people what they might want to do when they have a new pond and
they might want to add some fish to the pond.
>> Yeah. Sounds cool.
>> Okay, let's put these away.
>> Yeah, sure.
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