November/December 2008, Volume 33, Issue 3
Setting the Standard for 33 Years
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Hobbyist Spotlight - Derek Bye
Ben Soedjono begins his quest near home to find koi hobbyists with interesting backgrounds and experiences. This time the spotlight is on Derek Bye of the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. Ben says that Derek l...
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Sun, Surf, & Koi
Galen Hansen writes, "San Diego is a lovely picturesque city, if you have never been there. Old Town is where the first settlement in California occurred, rating as the most visited site. Point Loma h...
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Dainichi Koi Seminar
Ever wonder what it is like to attend one of the special seminars brought to koi hobbyists by dealers and breeders? Read Don Chandler's article in this issue of KOI USA. Don attended and recorded in...
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 | New Subscriber Log-In
To the right of our home page is a new Subscriber's Only login area for readers who have a current subscription to KOI USA magazine. This area will open a special index and library of past magazine articles that we feel will be a helpful additional service to our subscribers. More s...
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 | Pond of the Year - Photo Contest
Each year at the Associated Koi Clubs of America (AKCA) Seminar numerous recognition awards are presented such as each club’s AKCA Koi Person of the Year, the AKCA Koi of the Year and the Champion of Champions for the best Grand Champion koi from the previous year. KOI USA and Hikari are...
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 | News Flash! KHV terrorists plan to blow up the BHP!
This "news flash" is a whimsical script between the secret reporter, Common Tater, and General Nuisance, leader of the KHV underground. The content of the script is a clever, yet humorous, account of the many objects and hurdles out there that might be perceived as challenges to the enac...
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 | Pacific Koi and Goldfish
Nancy Morales shares this historical story about one of the earliest Japanese California koi breeders, Henry K. Akiyama, who came to America in 1907. Henry started out as farm worker making 15 cents an hour. After several years he started to crop share and after several more years wa...
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 | Varieties
Bryan Bateman writes: We generally consider most koi varieties to have derived from two early versions of the wild-type magoi. One of these was light (Asagi Magoi) and one was dark (Tetsu Magoi). The history of how these came about and what happened in the years following is mostly hea...
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 | Trip to South African Koi Keepers Society
Ray Jordan takes us on the international koi show circuit with this article about his journey to judge for the South African Koi Keepers Society National Show in Johannesburg. Ray begins by writing "Martha and I started showing our koi and traveling to koi events within Texas and after...
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 | The KHA Mission - August 2008
Spike Cover, founder of AKCA's Koi Health Advisor program, writes that "there has been some confusion, even controversy, over the mission..." of the KHA program and the role of the advisors in this mission. Whereas the Misson Statement is reviewed, Spike writes that "First and foremost,...
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