Ga 004 - Ranchu Options

[yamato38gunkei]

What do you all think of this Nisai Ranchu ? Thai ? Japanese ?

[Frankie]

I'm so confused.  If breeders such as Kashino keep the best for themselves, then is there any value to those ranchus that they put up for sale to the general public? 

I assume such breeders have special skills in culling. And with this skill, the young fish that they put up for sale to the general public are the lousier ones?  Afterall, even an amatuer breeder knows how to cull fries with obvious defects, keeping less obviously defective one longer and cull them again when the defects are more obvious.  So the worse kind to buy are really the black babies, isn't it?  Afterall, I can't think of any reason why Kashino would put up babies with potential for sale to the general public!  Heck, if you don't belong to his group, even the tosai/nisai he sells you are probably not that great.  So I imagine a few diehards here are realizing they have been taken for a ride with those "Japanese" ranchus they paid good money for. You've been buying craps! 

Well these Jap breeders are actually culling out fishes without potential not defects. They have a reputation to protect, they will not sell you fishes with physical defects such as no anal fins.. hehehehe....... Defective fishes are discarded.

If you are able to get your hands on a mature tosai or nisai, chances are you will be getting good fish as they would have recognised it is a potential fish in the beginning to keep till this age. Prices will be steep as well.

So for those people that buys black babies hoping that the breeders might have a day off in his culling, I would say it is unlikely cos the japs never miss !

You just have to accept the fact that you will be not buying their best fishes. What we are playing here are 2nd or 3rd tier fishes in jap high standards. At this level, the fishes that are available is consider good already. Like Geert point out, unless you breed your own. Now the question is, is breeding as simple as putting 2 males and 1 female of the same line ? I think, the thais will know better since they are still buying form the Japs.