Featured Koi of The Week

Sanke (Taisho Sanshoku)

Sanke are defined by a white shiroji base with well-balanced beni and sumi. Ideal specimens show clean, unbroken white, orderly beni plates with sharp kiwa, and sumi limited to the body (minimal or none on the head). Quality Sanke develop deep, lacquered sumi over time and maintain strong body conformation with good growth potential.

Key Points:

  • White base with red and black pattern
  • Sumi on body only
  • Clean shiroji, sharp kiwa
  • Balanced pattern and frame

No Shortcuts. No Surprises.

QUALITY & QUARANTINE PROCEDURE

(Yes, they’re imported. No, we don’t just toss them in a tank.)

These koi are carefully sourced from established partner farms and facilities. And no, that does not mean they arrive ready to wreak havoc on your pond—unless someone skips quarantine. We don’t.

Every koi is hand-selected, never bulk-ordered, panic-shipped, or stamped “healthy” simply because it’s still swimming. Each fish completes a minimum four-week quarantine. Not a weekend. Not “they look fine.” Four actual weeks of observation, stress recovery, and testing.

During quarantine, we perform slime coat swabs, gill checks, and comprehensive health screenings to identify parasites and diseases that love surprise pond introductions. If something shows up, we treat it properly—because hoping is not a treatment plan.

After quarantine, we continue ongoing health checks. Moving fish is stressful, and stress exposes problems. Anyone who says otherwise is selling optimism, not koi.

Our goal is simple:
To provide properly quarantined, healthy koi that can be added to your pond with confidence, without turning it into a biosecurity lesson you didn’t ask for.

PACKING

(No, we don’t just “add water and hope.”)

We pack koi to balance fish safety and customer cost, not to see how many we can squeeze into a bag without consequences. If you request special packing, we’re happy to accommodate, because sometimes peace of mind is worth a few extra bags.

Packing densities are adjusted based on travel time and weather conditions, not vibes, optimism, or “it should be fine.” A short local delivery is not the same as an all-day shipment in summer heat, and we pack accordingly.

The densities we use are intentional, tested, and conservative, designed to ensure koi arrive alive, stable, and unstressed, not merely “technically alive.”