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2/18/11 - 26” Kujaku
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Yesterday I was reminded of ‘time’ and the journey of Koi,... the long journey of koi, as I packed up a Kujaku that was born, or hatched here nearly 5 years ago in 2006. In 5 years time I see a Koi hatch from an egg,... swim freely at the size of a mosquito larvae,... see the body grow in length and girth, and s...
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2/3/11 - 'On The Farm In Carolina' video segment
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A segment from my video series 'On The Farm In Carolina',... part of the 18 issue DVD series KOI FIXX. ideo=]
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1/14/11 - 2nd snow in 2 weeks
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Lotus Land Koi Farm is covered in cold white snow for the 2nd time in 2 weeks. It’s a beautiful sight, but I prefer the sight of green leaves, and the feel of my bare feet on warm grass. The Koi are all doing very well, and Spring comes in about 60 days! I’ll be posting some new pics of individual Koi soon,.....
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10/6/10 - Lotus Land Koi In Florida!
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If you will be in the area of Jacksonville, Florida on the weekend of 11/12 - 11/14, I can deliver Koi to you at the Jacksonville Koi Show. Browse the ‘Koi For Sale’ section of this web site, and let me know what you’d like me to bring down for you. E-mail me at lotusland1@carolina.rr.com [img]http://...
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Baby Grand Champ in Greenville!
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Congratulations to Marie Loftis for being awarded Baby Grand Champion for the 2nd year in a row at the Greenville Koi Show with her Lotus Land Koi Farm Kohaku!
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2010 Fall Harvest Video
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Click the link below to view video coverage and highlights of my Fall Harvest. Click the two opposing arrows at the lower right to view in full-screen. http://www.fototime.com/7DAA02EE4173D7E/orig.mp4 -- Edited by Lotus Land Koi Farm on Saturday 2nd of October 2010 01:26:23 PM
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9/25/10 - The Lotus Land Koi Farm Fall Harvest Sale is happening now.
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The Lotus Land Fall Harvest Sale began today. Thank you to all the visitors that came out for the Koi fun today! I enjoyed the great conversation and Koi netting. With net in hand all day i didn’t get many pics,... but here are a couple of snapshots. Looking over a few tosai Showas,... [img]http://ww...
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9/22/10 - More very serious Nisai harvested today.
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Today was another long and physically demanding day, but also an amazing day! Tosai Showas and tosai Goshiki came up today,... and another absolutely incredible group of 16 month old Kohaku, Showa, and Goshiki. I’ll be producing a video of my whole harvest soon. Here are some snapshots from toda...
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Heavy harvesting begins - 9/20/10
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Heavy duty harvesting is in full-swing here at Lotus Land Koi Farm. Many incredible Koi came up today. The Nisai and older Kohakus, Nisai Kujakus, and Nisai Hariwake were particularly stunning! Here are a few snapshots from the day. [img]http://www.fototime.com/{485E222D-7B65-4E8B-A76...
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9/12/10 - The filtered ponds are filling up with new harvests,...
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The in-ground filtered tanks here are filling up with exciting newly harvested Koi. Over the next 2 weeks more of this years tosai and older Koi will be coming up from the mud. Make plans to attend my Fall Harvest Sale on the 25th & 26th to get the first look at these fresh new Koi. If you can’t possi...
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More Kohaku and Sanke tosai pics - 9/8/10
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Here are a few snapshots of a few of the tosai that went back into the grow-out ponds to continue growing for the rest of the summer, and likely next summer also. These are among the elite that were produced here this year. Included in this group were 6 absolutely massive Benigoi with beni to the fin tip...
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Harvesting 2010 Kohaku tosai - 9/7/10
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Today was a typical sorting/harvest day,... it started early, and it was a hot, sweaty, physically demanding day,... but the payoff was incredible,... a huge Kohaku crop that I’m very pleased with. The numbers this year are just phenomenal! When I began seining today the green pond water in front...
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Fall,... and harvesting - 9/5/10
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Here it is the 1st week in September. This morning the temperature was noticeably cooler,... and though I’m sad summer will soon be coming to an end,... it’s also a very exciting time, with harvests coming up soon. Though I’ve had glimpses throughout the summer of the fry produced this past spring, i...
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The Lotus Land Koi Farm 2010 Sanke - 8/1/10
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This is a sample of my 2010 Sanke crop,... an elegant, clean, and refined look. I’ll snap more pics as this group matures.
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2010 Fall Harvest Sale
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Make travel plans for my Fall Harvest Sale coming up Sept. 25 & 26! This years crop is looking like my best ever for quality and quantity of high-end Koi,... which will include some exceptional tosai Bekkos and Shiro Utsuri,... as well as very high quality tosai Kohakus, and Sanke, Showa, Goshik...
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2nd sorting of Kohaku - 7/14/10
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A few photos from the 2nd look at Kohakus today - these are only 63 days old, and have a long journey of development ahead of them. Everything is there,... skin quality, body shape, color development, and patterning,... the last ingredient needed is ‘time’. Up to this point my 2007 Kohaku spawn was my...
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6/28/10 - Culling continues here at Lotus Land,...
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Last week I completed the 2nd cull on one of my Showa sets, and 1st cull on Goshiki. The 2010 season here continues to look excellent! Today I did my 1st culling on Sanke. Sankes are incredibly difficult,... difficult to produce,... and difficult to see in the culling. There’s a certain ‘look’ that...
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6/14/10 - Beach, Carp, and King Snakes
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With breeding complete, and the farm up and running fairly solidly we took a couple of days off and drove 3 hours east to Myrtle Beach,... a place I have enjoyed for family vacations since I was a kid. Even there I wasn’t able to get away from Carp,... I actually enjoyed seeing them there. These Doitsu a...
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6/10/10 - 1st Kohaku cull of 2010
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Today was a very long, hot, sweaty, muddy day,... but the results were incredible! The 1st culling of Kohakus for 2010 happened today, and I’m very pleased with what I saw. The 1st cull tells me so much about how my season will go. Either its there,... or it isn’t. Today’s 1st look at Kohaku for 2010 w...
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6/8/10 - The Beginning Of Summer,...
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Spring is such a busy time here on the farm. Many details have to be taken care of in a short period of time,... and they have to be taken care of with thought and precision to get quality results. Mission accomplished! My spawning is done for the season, and the farm is up and running at full speed for th...
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Tosai Kohakus,...
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A few snapshots of tosai Kohakus that went out to grow-out ponds this past week. These will all be available for purchase the 3rd week in September, and my Fall Harvest Sale. [img]htt...
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5/12/10 - more Spring Koi moving,...
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Tosai Goshiki 24 month old female Kohaku 24 month old female Sh...
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5/9/10 - A few views of Spring around here.
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A few snapshots from the past 2 weeks as the farm gets cranked up with Spring! A view of the moon on my 1st long night of spawning. A noisy amphibian freeloader! [img]http://www.fototime.co...
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3/26/10 - Harvesting tosai
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Today’s harvest of 2 tosai ponds started early, with the draining beginning before sunrise. Colorado Koi Pal Rich Hirsch came out to help me with the seining. The 1st pond we tackled contained Kohaku tosai, which were from a late spawn in mid July. The 2nd pond contained some Sanke, Showa, Ki Utsur...
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1/5/09 - Koi Faces
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One of the more distinct and obvious features of a Koi’s lineage is the shape and ‘look’ of the face,... the bone structure,... length of the snout,... width of the head,... and overall shape of the face tends to be consistent among lineages, or bloodlines,... even with all of the blending that’s goin...
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12/12/09 - Winter piddlings,...
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Obviously there is more 'free' time, or down time in the Winter months around here,... a little more,... which gives me an opportunity to look closely and absorb the previous years' work. Most of the Koi are up out of the mud now and in clean filtered water, and I spend hours looking at the details,... b...
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11/09 - Visiting the 2009 Charlotte Koi Show
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The Charlotte Koi Show is a particularly special show for me. A Koi nut named Jim Beasley and I, and the Piedmont Koi & Water Garden Society began that show several years ago, with the generous help of the Atlanta Koi Club who provided us with show tanks for the first 2 years, and with the help of many...
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11/11/09 - Video compilation of the 2009 harvests here.
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Lotus Land Koi Farm 2009 Fall Harvest video. (Video link for PC) http://www.fototime.com/C4CDD59E0461134/conv.wmv (Video link for Mac) http://www.fototime.com/C4CDD59E0461134/orig.mp4 -- Edited by Lotus Land Koi Farm on Wednesday 11th of November 2009 06:4...
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10/30/09 - Harvesting More Nisai,...
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Pond #8 was harvested today. This pond contained Koi born in the early summer of 2008,... so they went in as 12 month olds, and are 17 months old now. Most of my harvests have happened in the rain this Fall, and todays was too,... but wet and muddy is wet and muddy, and the harvests must go on. Here are som...
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10/24/09 - Another Harvest Day at Lotus Land Koi Farm
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Harvest 10/24/09 - Today was a rainy day,... but not too cool,... and I was destined to get wet anyway. Here are some pics of a few of the Koi that came out of Pond #7 today. Overall the harvest went smoothly, and I was very pleased with how the Koi looked. [img]http://www.fototime.com/{B32D2CEF-90...
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