01/02/2012 - All Japan Show and Niigata bound !

This friday the third , i leave with and Tom and Kevin to visit the All Japan Show and then onto Niigata to purchase koi . I will as usual be doing the blog , and as an added bonus ( i hope ) Kevin Ellis will be making a video so ill add details of where that can be found as well . Thank you for all your well wishes on our new venture , the building is a little behind but we are certainly getting there .This will take us to over twenty ponds in three differant locations , bio security at its hieght ! If you wish to purchase koi that we are picking , or exisiting fish at the shop , there is now no keeping fee as q/tine will end by around April . Also please email if there is anything you require while im out in Japan , or if you see anything you like on my blog .

17/01/2012 - 17/01/12 Happy new year all !

Sorry about the lack of news , but as most of you know by now we are building a new facilty at the farm . If you experiance any delay in the phone being answered , please keep trying as we may be running between buildings , otherwise its buisness as usual .

22/12/2011 - Christmas opening hours

We will close for the Christmas break on the 24th December at 12.00 , if you are coming down and running late , please call and we can stay on for you . We will the reopen 9.30 Wednesday 28th December and close 12 on saturday 31st December for new year and reopen on Tuesday 3rd of Jan at 9.30 .We would like to wish all of our customers a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year ! I apologise to everyone for the lack of news but by now you will have heard that we have a massive new project which we will roll out in the new year . From the 28th of Decemeber all koi start to finish quartantine so any outstanding balances will need to be paid , please call for an up date on q/tine finishing and current temperatures .................Gary

29/11/2011 - All Japan Show and koi buying trip .

The All Japan show is on the weekend of the 4th and 5th February 2012 , i have booked my flight today and if you would like to join me for the show , and a weeks koi buying in Niigata the koi capital of the world then contact me on here , or call the shop .

29/11/2011 - New koi .....Bring your coats and Jumpers !!

All the koi have settled down very well , they are nearly half way through the q/tine and are now being chillled slowly for thier last heat cycle .You are welcome to see and purchase the koi but please rememeber although most people will tell you how warm the shop is when we are in quarantine , the next week or so will not be the case so wrap up warm if you are planning to visit !

21/11/2011 - New facility

I guess buy now you will have heard of our plans to obtain another building for q/tine . I am happy to annouce that all the paper work is finally done and tomorrow work starts on the new facility . Its a very old building and will need alot of work making it better insulated , at first calculations we estimate that it will have 8/9 ponds with a total of water volume simlier to the shop and help us buy bigger volumes of koi and help fight the rising cost of koi . This really is excieting times for us and id like to thank all customers old and new for thier support over the last 20 years , we couldnt do it with out you !!!!!

19/11/2011 - Koi 2 kichi , special offer !!!!

If you are intereasted in a Christmas present for the koi keeper , or just want to treat yourself , then please look at our special offers page for details on our half price offer !

13/11/2011 - New koi from the Autumn harvest !!

All koi have now arrived and are very well settled after only two days of being in the country . From Tuesday 15th November the koi can be bowled and purchased .Please remember that koi can be left with us over the winter for a further cost of £50 . Dont forget that all the koi are not in the shop so if travelling a long way please call to check if any particuler koi you are intereasted in is available for viewing .There are around 200 new nisai , sansai and yonsai in the shop already to view now .

10/11/2011 - Off to the airport ................

As i write this we are preparing to leave for Heathrow to pick up the koi selected in the Autumn Harvest .Im really excited , and nervous for this one , its the biggest and most valuable shipment we have ever had ! With over 250 Koi including over 60 sansai and yonsai .The fish can be viewed and sold after arrvival , but please note that we will only net and bowl koi when we are happy that they have settled well enough to do so . Just a little taster , a sansai and yonsai Asagi from Masaki , definatley show quality ..........

05/11/2011 - Koi arrival

All the koi we selected in the Autumn harvest will arrive in the uk next Thursday . Please note that due to the size of the shipment we will be using the shop and the q/tine centre for quarantine period .This means two things ,1 : once the koi have arrived in the shop NO KOI WHAT SO EVER wil be able to leave the shop untill ALL koi have finished thier q/tine period which is around 6 weeks , so if you have a koi with us already , or you are intereasted in one of the ones left in the shop you will need to pick it up by wednesday or it will have tp stay untill all q/tine is finished .2 : If you are intereasted in any koi and are travelling a long way please call the shop as some koi may not be at the shop as we have so many larger koi we will have to spread the koi around our two facilitys , and the other facility can only be visited by appointment as we need cover for the shop . Thanks in advance for your understanding .....................Gary

29/10/2011 - Back !

As you will have seen from the blog im back from Japan , ill be in the shop toda (saturday) with hopefully all the pics and videos if you wish to discuss anything , All the fish pruchased will be shipped in the next two weeks , dont forget that if you wish to purchase any koi and you are not heated , then we can look after koi over the winter for you at  charge of £50 . During this time they will be kept in warm water and fed well so they will be bigger than when purchased .

14/10/2011 - Off to Japan

This will be my last post for two weeks as i am now packing , ready to go to Japan tomorrow . From tomorrow you can follow my trip by clicking on the Japan blog button on the main page , or clicking here

12/10/2011 - Worthing Closed Show

On the 2nd October Worthing BKKS held a small friendly section show at thier Sunday meeting for smaller koi . Congratulations to Steve and Angie Watson for winning overall champion with a two step Kohaku from Yamamatsu supplied by us .

07/10/2011 - Probites Arrived

Our shipment of probites food has now arrived , all five varietys are now in stock .3kg bags sell at £44.95 and can be delivered free , 10kg bags are £124.95 , these again can be delivered free of charge .

23/09/2011 - Probites on the way !!!

Our first shipment of Probites are on the way ! This will include 3kg bags of , Summer , Summer mix , Colour Boost , Sping and Autumn , Winter care . Also 10 kg of Summer , Summer mix and Spring and Autumn . We will order 10kg of the winter and colour if demand is high enough . We are pleased to announce that Cold Water collection will  continue to stock probites , and Koi Polloi are now the new distributers for the Doncaster area .

20/09/2011 - Keeping the fish cool

Over the last weekend and from now on we are continuing to run cool water in the ponds so fish can still be taken from the shop .We are also going to put the chiller on one system so we can continue reduce the temperatures untill most of the koi are sold .There is still one third of all koi , and some ponds have even further reductions on as the ponds are nearly empty !!

14/09/2011 - Special offer

Please look at our special offers page , if ordering any koi or dry goods you could get a free DVD !!!

13/09/2011 - Japan

Dont forget we still have a few places left on the second week of our trip in October , please feel free to contact the shop for full details . It is also possible that  we can source any koi any budget for you whilst we are still out in Japan , these will be q/tined for 6 weeks included in the price , and for an additional fee , can be over wintered .

10/09/2011 - Pro Bites UK Distribution

I am very proud to announce , that from today we are now the official uk distributor of Pro Bites food . It is  very high end quality food in 5 ranges in 3kg bags and 10kg bags . We are now looking for distributers looking to stock this food on thier shelves . Please contact us for more details , please note no internet only buisnesses will be considered , and we only intend to supply one dealer within a certain boundry .So first come first served !!!We would also like to thank Peter Waddington in his help securing this for Gatwick koi , thanks , a true friend as ever !

08/09/2011 - Gatwick Koi success at Kennet Valley .

Last weekend saw the Kennet Valley koi club open  show take place with great results for customers of Gatwick Koi . Congratulations to all those who showed including the following all supplied by us .

Steve and Angie watson

Baby champion -Miya Showa

1st size two showa

1st size 3 Tancho ( Yamamatsu )

1st size 4 Hikari mono ( Matsuba Oofuchi )

Mark ( Bullet )

1st size 3 showa ( Miya )

1st size 4 Hikari Moyo ( Satoshi Kujaku )

1st size 2 Sanke ( Tanaka Makoto )

2nd size 2 kohaku ( Marabushi koi farm )

Andy ( Kennet Valley )

1st  size 2 Kohaku ( Yamamatsu )

Roger and Heather Payne

1st size 4 Tancho ( Torazo )

2nd size 5 Sanke  ( Torazo )

Paul ( Kennet valley )

Mature champion ( Nagashima Tancho Showa 72cm)

1st size 3 Sanke ( Yamamatsu )

1st size 3 Kohaku ( Torazo )

1st size 6 showa ( Nagashima )

2nd size 2 Kohaku (Torazo )

Please note that there were no size only at this show , only size and variety .

07/09/2011 - Website and sale

From today we will be deleting all the sold koi from the website , this will means that the numbers of the koi will not match up to the numbers on top of page .We are only doing this as people say that there are too many sold koi to look through to find the koi that are still for sale ,the koi will still be in number order and so will be easy to find .( This also helps us prepare the site for our upcoming trip to Japan ) Dont forget that there is still one third of all advertised prices on ALL koi , and we are still bringing new koi in from the q/tine centre every week and these are included in the sale . 

06/09/2011 - Kennet valley show-congratualtions

Congratulations to all our customers who showed at the Kennet valley open this weekend .Just waiting for a full list of the results of fish supplied by us ,  but just a quick congratulations to  Steve and Angie Watson for thier baby champion win once again with a Miya showa , and Paul from Kennet valley on winning Mature champion with a Nagashima Tancho Showa .

02/09/2011 - Sale continues..................

Due to the success of our sale last weekend , we have decieded to carry on with the sale from now untill i go to Japan .This means that there is one third off the price of ALL  koi from the website prices , or any marked price in the shop which ever is lower !!!! At the moment we have male and female chagois from Marudo and Maruhiro which are nearly 50cm for £295 , this will all be now £196 , another example is the Torazo kohaku , around 35-43cm with the discount these come in around £150 - £260 .So if you have  never been down to see us before , it might well be a good time to visit !!!!

28/08/2011 - Bank holiday Monday /Website

Had a few calls and emails so just to confirm that we will be open 10-4 on bank holiday Monday , also that the fish pages are all up to date with the fish sold so far .

23/08/2011 - SALE SALE SALE -BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND !

Over this bank holiday  weekend all koi in the shop will be reduced by one third of the internet or shop price (which ever is lower !!) This will include all koi including anything we will bring into the shop over the next few days !!!!!! Opening times are Saturday 9am-4pm , Sunday 10am-4pm and Monday 10am -4 . Sale starts at 9am on the Saturday , also there will be many bargains to be had on all dry goods , especially filter set ups , ring for details .

18/08/2011 - Thanks -----Buisness as usual !!!!!

Id like to thank everyone for thier best wishes and offers of help , the news of what happened over the weekend has spread quite quickley and im overwhelmed by every ones concern . Although the situation was serious the operation was fairly routine and im back in the shop , but the only thing im lifting is money , credit cards and cups of tea ! Carl and Sue have managed to get in the quarantine and so we are again bringing in new koi to the shop .Today we have brought some new nisai in , including one platinum ogon which i apologise for as i thought we had sold them all and i knew a few of you are chasing one .

17/08/2011 - Autumn harvest Japan trip .

Please note that the first week of our trip that leaves on the 15th October is now full . The following week already has people booked in , so if you are intereatsed then please call the shop for details . Please note that we can cater for long /short trips , groups or individuals on a one to one basis .

16/08/2011 - If Travelling ..........Please read !!!

If you are travelling along way to visit the shop , please ring us before hand if you need to speak to me personally . The reason is i have to take it a bit easy this week as i was rushed into hospital on saturday night for an operation to repair a trapped hernia .This is not a problem at all as i am only a few miles from the shop but cant drive for a while so have to rely on Sue for transport . Carl is doing a first class job running the shop so please give him a chance , but if you feel that you need to speak to me it really isnt a problem as i will be popping in every day but ill just need to know when to be at the shop to see you . Thanks for all the get well messages and im already back on my feet , but obviously have to be very carefull so i may take up the offers of help as we still have fish to be moved into the shop from quarantine ................Gary

06/08/2011 - More tosai added

The last of the koi brought in yesterday are now priced and measured and on the website .

05/08/2011 - Even more jumbo tosai

This afternoon we finished off bringing the Sakai Yamamatsu tateshita jumbo tosai into the shop from the quarantine centre , also other koi as well which we will place on the website later tonight /tomorrow .These koi have all been quarantined and are ready to go !

05/08/2011 - On the website

The koi  brought into the shop from the q/tine centre this morning are now measured and priced on the website . All are in the jumbo tosai sales from JT 186 onwards .

05/08/2011 - More new koi to the shop

Due to the incredable sales over the last ten days , we have brought in more of the Jumbo tateshita tosai . Another 8 of the Torazo kohaku and sanke , more of the gin rin kohaku and goshiki , and ten more of the larger Sakai tateshita as well . These koi are now photographed and measured and i will do my upmost to get them on the site today or tonight .( JT 186 onwards on the website ) In a short while we will return to the q/tine centre to bring in the rest of Sakai tateshita and may be some more nisai from breeders  as Satoshi Tanaka and Yamazaki . PS also forget that we are bringing some more of the Shintaro sanke that arer around the 40cm mark today as well ! Below are some of the pictures of koi brought in today from the q/tine .

30/07/2011 - Jumbo Tosai - Sexing

We have had quite a few phone calls asking if the majority of the jumbo tosai are male , please note that when we put unsexed or nothing on the website this doesnt mean its male , it just means we are not sure at this time .Jumbo tosai are very hard to sex so unless we are fairly sure we wont say . As for the breeders that we have bought from , Sakai said they were a mix of female and male ,ie 50/50 ! Torazo is fairly sure of the tateshita that 90 percent are female ! Shintaro are also 50/50 mix , but the larger ones soon to come in are all female .

29/07/2011 - Torazo tateshita in the shop !

Today we have started bringing in the Jumbo Tateshita from Torazo . These were the final selection from which the remaining tategoi went straight to the mudpond . Some are already on the website measured and priced and ready to go ! The quality is from good to excellant , some are already being sold from the website so if your looking for a nice Kohaku please feel free to come in and look them over .( There are a couple of Sankes and one Tancho ) Below are a few examples of the new koi in the shop .

27/07/2011 - Sakais measured and priced

All the new koi brought in from the q/tine today can be found on the jumbo tosai page numbers  JT 141  onwards , and two new ones on the tategoi section . Just a selection of the new koi .....

27/07/2011 - More Jumbo Tosai !

Today we brought some more of the Sakai tateshita jumbo tosai into the shop , again gin rin kohaku , kohaku , ginrin showa , sanke and some showa from Sekiguchi . We have also brought some more koi into the shop from another pond of Sakai tateshita  at the q/tine centre , these are  mostly Gin rin Kohaku and Goshiki , with two very nice tategoi Sanke and some higher quality tateshita including a stunning Gin rin Tancho  . These have been measured and photographed and will appear on the website tonight .( hopefully, as its 7pm and im still at the shop !!!!  ) . I have had many emails saying that we havnt put anything on the special offers page , i am sorry but it has been very busy , but no excuses i will start tonight and make sure there is always somthing on the special offers page from now on !

20/07/2011 - Website changes

Over the next few weeks  there will be a few changes to improve the way we add things on the website ourselves .To start with the links for pages and videos will be clicked instead of cut and pasted , for example the next lot of koi out of q/tine will be the Torazo Kohaku , these can be seen here  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hmUg9Yb9k8&feature=related

19/07/2011 - Strange Rumours???

Today i had phone calls from a supplier and a couple of customers asking if we were closing down . I dont know where this rumour has started , and to be honest i dont really care as its buisness as usual for us , shops full of koi , q/tine is full of koi and we are all booked up ready to go to Japan . I find it strange that some one would say things like this when we are having one of the best years we have ever had ! ..............Gary

15/07/2011 - More Sakai Yamamatsu

Yesterday we have brought another 14 Sakai Jumbo tosai from the q/tine to the shop .Varietys include , Tancho , Tancho sanke , Kohaku , Gin rin kohaku ,Gin Rin Showa , Sanke and a few showa from Sekiguchi . Also all the other ponds except one are now out of quarantine , but we have to wait for space to be available in the shop . These include the rest of the 30 go snake sakai jumbo tateshita , 30 more jumbo tosai from Sakai mainly goshiki and gin rin kohaku , 10 larger 40cm plus Shintaro sanke , around another 25 nisai non go sanke , and a very nice sansai sanke from Takahashi . Also some very high quality go sanke (10 only ) from Sakai including 2 sanke from his tategoi pond . The last pond to be out of quarantine will be the Torazo tateshita kohaku in around 2 weeks today , very pleased with these and more news about them to follow . Ill post on here as when things come into the shop .Photos below are of some of the Sakai Jumbo tosai new to the shop .

13/07/2011 - Japan trips for Autumn 2011

For any body that is intereasted in joining us on our Autumn harvest trip to Niigata , we will be flying out around 14/15th October for one week and then hopefully having another trip the week after . At the moment the flights are around £500 or £900 for premium economy( please note that these prices will change the later you leave it to book up ) .On top of this allow 60-90 pounds a day for food , drink and hotels .Please call the shop for further details on 01293 851444 .

12/07/2011

This weekend we mangaed to get some more Sakai Yamamatsu jumbo tosai from the q/tine centre like this 2 step below , they are all on the website measured and priced .We also now have 4 Sakai jumbo tosai tanchos in the shop which we will try to photograph tomorrow .We are also now bringing in some more non go sanke nisai koi such as Shusui , Gin Matsuba , Platinum Ogon , Kin ki Utsuri and Gin Rin Hi Utsuri , these are also now measured and priced and can be found at the end of the Nisai A and B pages .

05/07/2011 - Tancho Sanke

Just put some more Jumbo Tosai on the website , this time its Sakai Tancho Sanke !

03/07/2011 - Sakai Jumbo Tosai Tateshita in the shop

This week has been fairly busy in the shop , so fortunately we have been able to make space for some more koi .We have brought in all the Tancho and Tancho sanke from Sakai Yamamatsu , along with some Kohaku , Gin Rin Kohkau , Sanke and Gin Rin showa. Also some Showa from Sekiguchi .These are hopefully being photographed today and we hope to start getting them on to the jumbo tosai page asap .These koi can be found on JT 106 onwards . Below is an example of the quality of some of these koi .

30/06/2011 - Shintaro Jumbo Tosai

All of the Shintaro jumbo tosai have now been measured and priced . Prices vary from £99 - £595 .

30/06/2011 - Delay in new koi

Although we are bringing in new koi every week from the q/tine centre , we are struggling to find room due to many sold koi still being on the premises. If you have a koi with us , please call to arrange pick up or delivery .Many koi are being picked up this week so we are hoping to get the Sakai tateshita jumbo tosai into the shop , these are around 30-40cm and looking very good .Varietys include , Tancho , Tancho sanke , Sanke , Kohaku , Gin rin Kohaku , Gin rin showa and also some showa from Sekuguchi . We have also now brought into the shop this stunning 58cm Female Shiro utsuri from Masaki .

24/06/2011 - Last nights shipment ..........Torazo Tateshita

Last night a shipment arrived at the q/tine centre from Torazo Koi Farm in Niigata . This consisted of 46 jumbo tosai tateshita from Kawakami Sans final selection before returning the rest to the mud pond . Very pleased with these koi and very glad that i bought them all .Mainly kohaku and thought to be around 90 percent female these koi were about 30-40cm on arrival , but we are hoping they will be 35-45cm after q/tine . As usual we took a few very quick photos and ill re size them and try to putr some on tomorrow .

24/06/2011 - Yamazaki koi out of q/tine

Today we released some Yamazaki nisai and sansai from q/tine .The nisai are shiro utsuri and goshiki which are on nisai B section , and various Sansai including the stunning Ochiba below . Also one more Shintaro Maruten sanke jumbo tosai of very good quality and measuring in at 41cm !

22/06/2011 - More koi released from quarantine .

Today and yesterday we have brought another 20 jumbo tosai into the shop from the quarantine centre .These koi are all from Shintaro , and although the some of the Sanke are not of a high grade we think the prices starting at £99 represents very good value for money . As most of you know for some time we have started growing on koi in the uk in our showered ponds and are very pleased with the results , below are some of the shiros from Kaneco which have been grown on from around 20cm to 27-30cm in around 8 weeks , and the skin quality and sumi are very good .These koi are on the jumbo tosai koi JT 84 onwards , and the new Shintaro koi follow on from that .Please note that sizes and prices will hopefully follow on tomorrow .

18/06/2011 - Onwards and forwards ...........

After the arrival of the last shipment of koi from Sakai ( Yamamatsu ) , i was so pleased with the quality of the whole shipment including the two tategoi sanke that he sent , we have decieded to move up a further gear in quality . We have now also purchased another three tategoi from Sakai , these three were picked out for us by Sakai himself , unfortuantley due to the price , we have decieded to leave these koi in Japan untill October , the idea of this would be to give us Nisai Sanke at a level that we would not be able to buy normally due to budget restrictions . These koi will be placed on the website later today on the tatgoi page and koi in Japan page .First pictures are the Tategoi Maruten and four step Sanke that have about three weeks left in quarantine , the next three are the Tategoi we have left in Japan .

12/06/2011 - Stop Press !!!!!!!!!!!

Great news from Japan , Torazo Koi Farm has just done its final selection of tategoi to return to the mudpond .This left around 50 high class tateshita which we have now purchased . Thought to contain 90 percent female , mainly kohaku and a few sanke , here is a link to the video of the actual fish purchased and a photos of some of them . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sesmCHGF5hA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hmUg9Yb9k8

10/06/2011 - Jumbo Tosai to the shop !

Today we have started bringing in jumbo tosai from the quarantine centre .These fish are 28cm to over 40 cm and are from Shintaro Koi Farm .We have started putting them on the website and are JT 73 onwards .Prices start from £125 , koi will be measured and priced this afternoon . There are still alot more to bring in , and next week the Sakai Yamamtsu leave q/tine and amoung these are some of the best jumbo tosai we have ever had ! Some examples of the Shintaro koi .

05/06/2011 - Worthing show Congratulations and winners !!!!

This weekend was the 20th Worthing section BKKS open show . Id like to congratulate the section on its first class show and for listening to its critics and improving the show dramatically ! Rumour has it that the gate was DOUBLE what it was last year , so much for a hobby in decline !!!! Also id like to thank and congratulate all customers of Gatwick koi who showed thier koi this weekend .It was by far the best showing of prizes to koi sold by us and im very pleased as the standard was very high again this year .Amoung the prize winners , Steve and Angie Watson Baby champion with a stunning size 2 showa from Miya , Steve and Angie Watson again this time Young Adult champion with the 2 step Kohaku from Torazo that so many people admired but only one bought ! ( he who dares wins Steve !!! ) , Mark Bullit with another stunning Miya Showa that we all tipped to win baby champion but went just through 35cm at benching and then went on to win best size 3 overall .On top of that many many firsts which ill list in no particuler order .........1st size 4 hikari muji , best size 4 , best kohaku size 4 , 1st size 5 hikari moyo , 1st size 5 utsuri mono ( beautiful shiro from yamamatsu ) , 1st size 4 showa same fish 2nd size 4 , 1st size 3 hikari moyo (wonderfull 6 step kujaku ), 1st size 3 overall and 1st size 4 showa , 1st kin gin rin size 1 , best novice vat , best worthing vat ( well done Diane ) , 1st size 2 kin gin rin , 1st size 3 tancho , 1st size 1 tancho .There where also many many 2nd and 3rd places as well so im very happy for all our customers .Below a few pics of the winners , best size three showa from Miya , baby champion showa again from Miya , young adult 2 steop kohaku from Torazo , 6 step kujaku from Satoshi Tanaka best size 3 hikari moyo .

01/06/2011 - PKDA virtual show -baby champion

Congratulations to Mark from Basingstoke who won baby champion with this stunning showa from Miya that was selected on our last trip to Niigata .The first picture is the one that was submitted to the PKDA show , the second when it was purchased in february ( courtesy of Mark Gardener http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/ )

29/05/2011 - PKDA Virtual Show.

Dont forget to pop in to the PKDA virtual show that takes place over the three days of thi bank holiday weekend . The address is www.pkda.co.uk and follow links to "virtual show " Visit a koi show from the comfort of your armchair !

28/05/2011 - Bank holiday weekend

Just to let you all know that we are open all weekend including monday . Hours are as normal except on Monday we are 10-4, thanks .

26/05/2011 - Last weeks shipment .

Last weeks shipment travelled very well again and is well into the start of q/tine . The two tategoi sanke were very good , along with the goshiki , gin rin kohkau and shintaro female sankes . Below are the pics of the koi , please remember that these pics were taken in the dark very quickley as we needed to get the koi in to thier new homes.Fish will be re photographed and measured after q/tine . First photo is of the two sakai tategoi sanke , next two higher qualityu goshiki , next two high grade sanke ,next four pictures are 12 gin rin kohaku and 12 goshiki which will be very resonably priced .

19/05/2011 - New tosai and nisai in the shop , and shipment tonight !

Over the last two days we have brought in nearly two hundred and fifty new small tosai into the shop . These are around 12-20cm of every variety imaginable and have settled down well and are now for sale .There are three ponds priced at £19.95 , £29.95 and £44.95 . We have also some new nisai in the shop and prices now start for the nisai at £125 for around 25-40cm koi Tonight we have another shipment from Sakai Yamamatsu so hopefully tomorrow ill post some pictures including two genuine tategoi sanke jumbo tosai .

12/05/2011 - Jumbo Tosai

By now you will have gathered that this year will be the largest amout of Jumbo Tosai ever seen at the shop . In the shop we already have 40 sanke and showa already out of quarantine from Makoto Tanaka and Oomo starting from £145 , also in the same pond we have around 15 Torazo kohkau . In two weeks time nearly 40 Jumbo tosai Showa and Sanke from Shintaro will finish q/tine .Two weeks after that we have 60 Sakai ( YAMAMATSU ) Gin rin showa , kohaku , gin rin kohaku , Tancho , tancho sanke and sanke finsihing q/tine along with 16 sekiguchi showa . This week we will have another shipment arrive from Yamamatsu of around another 40 jumbo tosai including Goshiki and four or five very high grade female sanke which are way above the level normally seen at the shop , and also another 10 female jumbo tosai from Shintaro . So if you are looking for some nice to high grade jumbo tosai then give us a call .

08/05/2011 - Monday Closure and Tosai

From immediate effect we will now be closed on Mondays , we have tried to avoid this decision but with the shop so busy and so many koi coming through the q/tine centre we have no other choice . Very sorry if this is a inconveniance to any one but its just impossible to keep the shop open 7 days a week now . For the next two mondays ( 9th and 16th May ) although closed i will be in the shop untill we get the message out to our customers.If you need anything urgently , feel free to email as this will still be checked during the day . We now have the 300 hundred tosai out of q/tine and the first 100 have been taken into the shop , there are many many varietys so if looking for some smaller koi these are now available to purchase .

29/04/2011 - Bank holiday specials ............

We have some sekiguchi and sakai horishima nisai go sanke in the shop between 35-45cm , these are the tosai which have been left over from last year and we will be selling any of them this weened for £150 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This offer will start saturday morning and finish on the bank holiday monday .Below is an example of one of the showa included in this offer .

29/04/2011 - Latest shipment

Last night (Thursday ) we had another shipment from Japan .This time it was jumbo tosai tateshita from Sakai Yamamatsu , some of these are shown in the first six pictures below and sizes range from 27-35cm . Also some sekiguchi showa (next two pictures ). Nisai koi on this shipment include 8 gin matsuba , Marudo yamabuki ogons and kin kaboto ( which look like ghost koi but are supposed to grow faster than chagoi so i thought id give it a go ! ) , some nice budget priced koi from Yamazaki and Satoshi Tanaka and last but not least a sansai Sanke from Takahashi . These are not at the shop and should clear q/tine in 6 weeks time . Once again these pictures were taken very quickly as they came out of the box late last night .

27/04/2011 - Royal wedding and bank holiday opening ,and new fish coming to the shop .

Just to let everyone know that we will be open as usual all over the bank holiday weekend .Friday ( royal wedding ) 10-4 , saturday 9-4 , sunday 10-4 , bank holiday monday 10-4 . For those awaiting new koi , we have the last of the Torazo , Makoto Tanaka and Oomo jumbo tosai now in the shop and we are putting them on the website later today and tomorrow . Also the larger nisai from Hiroi will be in the shop from tomorrow afternoon .

21/04/2011 - Makoto Tanaka and Oomo on website

All the jumbo tosai from Makoto Tanaka ( sanke ) and showa from Oomo are now on the website on individual pictures .These fish from Makoto are known for thier large growth rates , he has nisai now over 60 cm !! The body shapes on these are already loooking very good for small koi .

20/04/2011 - Easter Hours

We will be open all over Easter . Bank holiday Friday 10-4 , saturday 9-4 , Easter Sunday 10-4 , Bank holiday Monday 10-4 .

19/04/2011 - Koi for the bank holiday

This week we will be moving the rest of the Satoshi Tanaka nisai koi into the shop , the Kujaku have nearly all sold out and have proved very populer so be quick if you are still looking at them !. Also the rest of the Kase doitsu and metalic mix will be moved in the next day or two . We are short of space for the larger hiroi nisai , but we are trying our best to the point of using chillers to cool two ponds down so people can take thier koi , then we can move these in as well . The Marabushi Kohaku jumbo tosai can be seen on indiviual pictures now , and the Tanaka and Oomo sanke and showa are next to go in the bowl .

17/04/2011 - All arrived !

Fridays shipment has all travelled very well .The Masaki shiro has certainly attracted a lot of intereast , it came out of the box as though it hadnt even travelled from Japan ! The gin rin 58cm Kohaku from the Niigata auction also looks superb , even to the point of us trying to get the customer it was purchased for to sell us back the koi while its still in q/tine , but to no avail ! The Shintaro koi where as good as normal , the showa looking very impressive for very reasonable priced koi . The jumbo tosai will be priced between £195 and £295 , and are between 25cm -35cm . We also asked Yamazaki to pick some fish and the nisai goshiki and shiros were very nice , some included below . Please remember that the photos were taken in the dark as the fish were being taken out of the boxes . First 4 pics are the Shintaro better quality females , also the next ones with 4 on a picture are also Shintaro .Other pics are from Yamazaki . Lots more but the photos are even worse , so ill retake when they finish q/tine .

15/04/2011 - More koi !

Tonight we have a small shipment of selected koi arrive from Niigata Japan . This will include 8 nisai goshiki and shiro utsuri , 4 Sansai ( sanke , hi utsuri , ochiba and kujaku ) from Yamazaki . The awesome sansai shiro utsuri from Masaki .The sansai gin rin kohaku that we won at the Niigata auction . 12 jumbo tosai sanke , 12 jumbo tosai showa and 5 very high grade jumbo tosai sanke all from Shintaro koi farm . The level of quality of the five sanke should be some of the best ever seen at Gatwick koi , for a long time we have slowley raised the level of quality of koi here , and once yet again we try to move forwards again . These koi again will not be going to the shop , but to our seperate q/tine facility away from the site .

11/04/2011 - Time for Tosai !

Today we have finished moving the koi around and are just doing the final water changes ready to bring in new koi from the q/tine centre tomorrow ( Tuesday ) . This will include larger tosai ( 25-30cm ) from Torazo , Tanaka and Oomo . Also shiro utsuri from Kaneco 16-25cm . All these koi are the ones we had picked back in February . We will also be bringing in some Marudo showa that he picked for us ( 18-22cm ) and the first batch of Marudo Yamabuki ogons .

03/04/2011 - Cooling the koi .

Last week we started cooling down the two large ponds in the long room with the chilling unit in the shop . They are at 17 degrees today and will be cooled own 0.5 degrees every day untill they are at 14 . We will then repeat the proces on the other fish .

03/04/2011 - Thursday Shipment

Last thursday we had a delivery of many of hundreds of tosai , all were a fairly nice quality and will be q/tined away from the shop .Varying in size from 12-18cm with nearky every variety on the planet there should be somthing for everyone . Prices will be from £ 19.95 -£29.95 . These will be ready to go to the shop around mid may .

03/04/2011 - Sorry again , bye bye to Chloe and website .

Every time i come on here i seem to be apologising for not updating the news page or the special offers page , things have picked up rapidally in the shop and it seems the season has arrived . Along with that we had the news that Chloe was leaving for a new job and a change in direction , we would like to thank Chloe for all her years of hard work ( and putting up with me ) and wish her all the best for the future . So combine that with the fact that all the fish are finisheing q/tine it has been the most hectic time of my life ! , things are getting under control and i will try and do the news page every day or two , and will definatley put special offers up on the website every week . Speaking of websites , we are trying to update our prices , but it seems that somthing seems to go up everyday . Thanks for taking the time to keep looking in ...............Gary

28/03/2011 - New fish in the shop

From Wednesday afternoon , new koi will start to arrive from the quarantine centre . We will not be able to bring all the koi from the Jan/Feb trip , as we still have many many sold koi in the shop . If you are travelling a long way it will be wise to ring us , even if the quarantine has finished it may not mean that the koi are in the shop . At the moment out intention is to bring in on Wednesday the following koi , Miya Nisai , Yamazkai Nisai and Sansai . Some beautiful tosai ochiba , gin rin ochiba and doitsu karashigoi (kigoi and chagoi cross ) . 15 Selected Tosai from Marubushi koi farm , these guys kohaku grow very quickly , and a year or two back the brothers won GC at the Wakagoi show .

24/03/2011 - Koi out of quarantine

To save everybody calling and emailing , the koi from our last trip start finishing thier quarantine next wednesday ( 23/03/2011 ) Although they will be finished , they will not all be taken to the shop as we are still awaiting alot of koi to be picked up from the winter . Koi in the shop are at 17-20 degrees , and we will try to start cooling them a little , please note that the Maruhiros are still at 24 degrees so we will need a little notice on these as we wish to keep growing them .

14/03/2011 - Quarantine dates

Today some of the ponds will reach 24 degrees and will start thier last two weeks of quarantine . Becuase of this we can put the date of the end of the quarantine on the website , this detail will be added over the next day or two .

14/03/2011 - Opening hours

From today we will now be open untill 5pm every week day .We usually wait untill the 1st of April , but due to things picking up early we have brought this date forward .

11/03/2011 - News from Japan

By now most of you will have heard or read about the terrible earthquaqes , and tidal waves that have hit Japan this morning . Our thoughts are with all the peole caught up in this terrible incident ....................Gary

09/03/2011 - Niigata auction

By now most people would have heard that alot of the big players did attend the auction and the prices went through the roof . Even some of the tosai going for many , many thousands of pounds . Saying that , our agent did manage to obtain one koi we wished to purchase .This 58cm ,female , sansai gin rin kohaku from hiroi . Even for this the agent went over the given budget but he said it was too beautiful to miss out on ! To all those that asked us to bid , im sorry , thats the way the auction goes , but i may be returning to Japan in the next month or so , so if you want me to look out for somthing for you , then feel free to contact me at the shop .

01/03/2011 - Super Shiro !!!!!!!

Some of you might remember me talking about a rather special Shiro Utsuri on my blog from my last trip to Niigata in Jan/Feb . Wel are very proud to announce that she has now been purchased and will make her way to England in the next month or so .She is 62cm and from Masaki koi farm , and is very high quality ,the skin quality is excellant , this koi must be seen if you are looking for a high class koi ! Masakai breeds from Omosako bloodline , and has now the honour of selling brood stock back to them !

27/02/2011 - Niigata Auction

On the 9th March Niigata breeders are holding another auction , details can be found here http://www.echigo.ne.jp/~nishikigoi/auction.htm Bids can be placed by us on most of these koi , please note that we will only put bids on koi from breeders that we know and trust , like this magnificent nisai sanke from Oya koi farm , or this female tosai from hoshikins .Please contact us for more details .

25/02/2011 - More koi on the way ................

With the quarantine full , and a fair amount of koi in the shop , i decieded to contact my agent with some koi i need in regards to putting a small shipment together for March /April , first two koi purchesed are two female sansai kujakus , both just under 60 cm , both from Oofuchi .One has a very nice inazuma pattern .Also we have bought some nisai shiro utsuri and Goshiki from Yamazaki , and some Sansai Sanke , Hi utsuri , Kujaku and Ochiba .Unfortunately the agent had to scan the polaroids as his battery ran out on the digital one when he was at yamazaki

23/02/2011 - A view in the q/tine ponds .

Today i spent some time in the q/tine facility , while there i took a few videos . Sorry the quality isnt very good , but it gets kind of misty inside the fish houses with the temperatures at 24 degrees .Click or cut and paste http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fwr5k1bISg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSTXgrF665c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdkHWXlAR0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPnhggaRB84

21/02/2011 - New Koi

Last week saw us emptying the q/tine centre and bringing the remaining koi into the shop . These have now all been photographed and finally today , finshed being added to the website . The new koi in the q/tine facility have settled down very well , and all being well should be in the shop well before easter . The shop has plenty of koi in now all quarantined and ready for sale including the new 40/50 nisai , sansai brought it last week !

21/02/2011 - Thank you ...runner up koi dealer award !

We would like to say thank you to all those who took the time to vote for us in the koi magazine readers awards . This year we were runners up in the koi dealer award , this means a lot to us at Gatwick Koi as every year we try to improve standards of Koi and service , this vote proves we are certainly on the right road ! Thanks again !!!!!.............Gary and Chloe

19/02/2011 - Safe and sound

All the koi selected on our trip in Jan /Feb arrived last night . These were all taken to our seperate facility for q/tine for the next 6 weeks .The koi have settled very quickly and look fantastic . If any clubs are looking for show and grow fish , we have many differant options we can offer so please contact the shop . We have now arrived at roughly where i wanted to be in our expansion plans I.E. a shop full of koi for sale that have all been through q/tine , and the next shipment of selected koi in the q/tine centre going through our q/tine routine . When this has finsihed , if enough sold koi have been collected , then we will return to Japan to select more good-high grade koi .

18/02/2011 - Koi in my sleep !!

Sorry we have been slow with news updates , but the last week has been manic moving the koi around and trying to get the q/tine facility totally empty so the whole shipment can go there . This will be the first time that no new koi ( with the exception of the back room which is totally isolated ) will go to the shop . This will be another step forward in the move towards total biosecuity ! Untill about ten minites ago i thought we had taken pictures of all the new koi taken to the shop and put them on the web . I now realise that we have not taken pictures of all the new koi in the main pond ! This includes 3 nisai shiro utsuri and tancho showa from Kaneco ,5 nisai sanke from yagenji around 45-55cm . Also some nisai karashigoi , chagoi and yamabuki from Marudo that are up to 60cm while only be 20 mths old !!!! The karashigoi are a beautifull pale colour and very clean .I will try and get these done today and put them up later on the website time dependant . Oh , and by the way the new koi arrive today , and although not in the shop they can still be purchased , and along with all the koi in the shop can be left till it warms up free of charge !!!!!!!!!!!!!

09/02/2011 - 09/02/11 Website and pricing

Today we have finished making the changes to our koi for sale pages . For a while now people have complained that there were too many nisai in one section , and it was too hard to find a koi they had seen earlier and that there were no indication of prices .To get round that we have now divided the nisai for sale into three section .The first is Nisai A , this will be two year old koi priced at £195 ,or under .The second Nisai B , this is two year old koi that are priced at £295 . Finally Nisai C , these are two year old koi that are individually priced above £295 . Hopefully this will make things easier for people to find what they are looking for . Also it means that most koi have been reduced to fit into this new scheme , so have another look through the koi for sale pages and you may see somthing you were looking at before , now at a much better price !!

08/02/2011 - 08/02/11

Hi all , thanks for all the emails on the prices of the tosai and details of the changes we are making to the fish for sale prices . In the next hour or so i should have confirmation that all the changes are made to the website and i can give out the details of all the new koi prices , and the revamped prices of the koi from the harvest trip , and the tosai we grew on last year .

05/02/2011 - new prices

At the moment i am working on a new price structure for all our new and exisiting nisai (except main pond nisai ) , it will make them all very affordable for everybody .So look out for some great news , just waiting on shipping costs to confirm that we can indeed carry out what i am planning !

01/02/2011 - 01/02/11 New koi being selected

Alot of people are already asking about the new koi we are selecting now in Japan , by the time they are shipped and quarantined , hopefully we will be nearer the good weather so there will be no charge to look after the koi through the winter ! So feel free to buy with confidence if you are not heated .

24/01/2011 - 24/01/11 All Japan Show

As most of you know ill be leaving for Japan on Friday , this trip will take in the most prestigous koi show in the world , The All Japan Show . After this we will head for Niigata to look for new koi for the shop , especially looking for higher grade tosai and may be a few to leave out in the mud ponds as we have already sold most of the koi that are staying in Japan this summer . Follow out trip on our blog http://gatwickkoi.com/japan-koi-news-blog.php If you are looking for that special koi then feel free to call the shop or email us with your requirments , including supply to the trade .

12/01/2011 - 12/01/11

As most of the koi are now out of quarantine , we are now bringing new stook into the shop .Please keep a look out on koi for sale pages as we are putting new fish on from today , and over the next week or so . The fish in the back pond are now growing well , most came in at 28cm -35 , these are now 36-43 cm ! The chagois are looking very clean and all have superb body shapes on them .

31/12/2010 - 31/12/10 Opening over new year

Just to let people know that we will be closed for new years day (sat 1st )and re open on for the sunday and monday( 2nd /3rd ) as normal . All fish are now out of quarantine , and the roads are all clear !

24/12/2010 - 24/12/10 Christmas opening

Gatwick koi will be closed Christmas and boxing day . We will reopen on the Monday 27th 10am and be open Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and Friday as well .So if youve had enough of turkey and The wizard of Oz why dont you take a trip down to see us , all fish will be out of quarantine and can be viewed , bowled and taken away .As an added bonus for all fish sold between Christmas and new year we will be offering a 20 percent discount on all koi except those that are left in Japan , also 10 percent discount on all dry goods, this offer will end when we close new years eve at 3pm . We would like to wish every one a great Christmas and hope to see you all soon .

18/12/2010 - 18/12/10

Today we decieded to close at 1pm , sorry for the short notice but with the amount of snow coming down we thought best to go home while we still can . The roads around the shop are atually not too bad , so we will open again at 10am on Sunday , if the snow is bad we will stay untill the maintanance is finshed . So if the snow is bad and you are looking to arrive after 1pm , please ring us and we will wait for you .............Gary

09/12/2010 - 09/12/10 ALL JAPAN SHOW

We can now confirm that we have booked our trip to Japan in Jan / Feb . We will start by visiting the All Japan show , this show is without doubt the best koi show in the world , and a must for all serious koi keepers , and then off to see the breeders the week after to buy all sizes of koi in all varietys and qualitys .The show is on the 3Oth Jan , so we will leave friday 28th or sat 29th , if you would like to join us , the cost is the plane flight by virgin ( im hoping top get reduced prices , details to follow ) and then allow £100 (approx) per day for hotels and three meals , all other transport and alcohol with the evening meal . Full details will be finalised this week , we will then leave the following Sunday 6th february . These dates can be worked round how ever you need to fit them in with your own personal schedule .

29/11/2010 - 29/11/10 Arrival of more koi !!

This Thursday (2nd dec ) we have another small shipment of koi arriving . This will include the two koi we purchased from the Niigata breeders auction , the 6 Marudo nisai chagoi , karashigoi and yamabuki all around 55-62cm .Also a tancho showa and two shiro ( nisai ) from Kaneco and the five nisai sanke from Yangenji . Please note that these will be quarantined away from the shop , so if you wish to view these an appointment will be needed .

20/11/2010 - 20/11/10 Few more fish

Over the next few days our agent is tying up a few loose ends in Niigata that we run out of time to do our selves . One of the jobs is to see the last of the fish we left out in Japan this summer . I believe the koi has been harvested this week and is a Yamamatsu Sanke , so by Monday night we should pictures of the koi and make a decsion weather to leave it for another year or ship it to the uk . Another task was to find some koi to put in a box to help the shipping costs of the Kaneco shiro we won at the recent Niigata breeders auction . , today we have purchased another two shiros , ( unsexed ) and a very nice tancho showa .

19/11/2010 - 19/11/10 Just cant help myself

Today i was sent a picture of five Yagenji sanke , 4 female and one male . I rang Japan to find out more details , the agent told me he was looking for some nice shiros at Yagenji , and the older brother showed him the sanke and said " Gary San ? " , that was enough for me , i just cant help my self around these guys koi ! I wont know the exact prices untill we ship , but please feel free to call for details .

17/11/2010 - 17/11/10 Koishi - Ideal Christmas present !

In stock from Friday 19th the famous book Koishi written by Kodama over many years and visiting many farms .The book comes highly recomended and sells for £49.95 .

15/11/2010 - 15/11/10 Marudo news

Today our agent purchsed some more koi that we couldnt find while we were in Japan . Two yamabuki ogon , two chagoi and two karashigoi from Marudo . These koi are all nisai , female , and range from 55cm to 62 cm which is fantastic considering they are not even 18 months old . Im just putting the details on the website now , but here is the link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDHCJrx61w

14/11/2010 - 14/11/10 Nogyosai Show

Congratulations to Malcolm Freemantle , whose gin rin showa from Tanaka supplied by us , came second in size 45cm gin rin at the 2010 Nogyosai show in Japan . Although second this is still a major feat as this show is considered one of the three most important in Japan !

13/11/2010 - 13/11/10 Looking good !!!!!

All the fish arrived safe and well . Id like to thank all the people who helped last night with the shipment , as a small company its hard to take delivery of so many fish on our own . So a very big thank you to the following , Rod for placing his trust in us , and for also placing some of the fish in his car as the weight was a bit heavy for my little van . , Mark ( bullet ) , Distech Paul , Doug the Thug ( who was actaully not finacially raped this time round ! ) John Gelman and last but not least Chris Smith , who now realises why i when i asked for a right hand man everyone lese took a step back wards and only he stuck his hand up . Working next to me is not the easiest job in the world , and as Chris now knows is the most stressfull , and why Doug always does the rubbish cos he says its the only job where you dont get shouted at . I hope you all enjoyed your selves and thanks once again .

12/11/2010 - 12/11/10 Shipment tonight !

All the ponds are prepared , and soon ill be leaving to go to the airrport to collect the fish . Very excieted about this one folks , more sansai and yonsai than i have bought in a long while .

09/11/2010 - 09/11/10 Kaneco from the auction

Below is the shiro we purchased , nisia from Kaneco who is famous for his shiro , we are not sure wether to ship or leave this in Japan .

09/11/2010 - 09/11/10 Auction , its over !

Just had an email from Japan , out of 12 bids we managed to get two koi . One Kujaku for a customer , and a Kaneco shiro utsuri for us . Below is the Maruta kujaku , sorry about the picture quality as they are taken from another website . Intereatsingly enough , the two koi we have pruchased went way under the maximum bid we placed on the koi , whilke the others wernt even close . Bearing in mind that there were some very wealthy asian clients , Tani farm and Narita koi farm ( two of the largest koi wholesalers in Japan ) in attendance we did well to get two fish ! once again thanks for all those who put bids in , and sorry we diddnt win more . Till the next one .............

09/11/2010 - 09/11/10 No news yet

Wow , its 8am and im in the shop already but theres no news yet . I can hardly contain myself awaiting the auction results . Auctions are very funny things at the best of time , many bids have been placed by myself and customers , some a bit cheeky , some very very serious , but we still might not end up with any . As i write this im thinking of someone in Essex who probably had less sleep than me and is twice as excieted !!!! . Id like to thank every one who has asked us to bid on thier behalf , it makes me realise how far we have come in the last few years . As soon as i hear any news ill let people now , heres another pic to wet your appetites . A nisai kohaku from Hoshikins ..............

08/11/2010 - 08/11/10 NIIGATA BREEDERS AUCTION

On tuesday 9th an auction takes place in Niigata . Full details can be seen on mark gardeners website http://www.niigata-nishikigoi.com/node?page=4 ( please remember that this will move back a page as Mark adds new details to his blog ) Bids can be placed through us in the shop . Bids must be in by 4pm tonight . An example of the quality of the fish going under the auction hammer . 53 cm dianichi sanke , nisaiand female .

04/11/2010 - 04/11/10 Shipment delayed

Through no fault of our own , the shipment date for the koi has now been changed to 12th November . Sorry for any inconveniance caused , if you are still thinking of coming this weekend we will have some newly quarantined nisai go sanke , around 40-45cm , showa from Shintaro and sekiguchi , kohaku and sanke from Sakai ! These koi are in around 18/19 degrees but have finished q/tine so can be taken before the arrival of the new koi next week .

03/11/2010 - 03/11/10 Launch of 5kg Medikoi Multiseason Probiotic.

We are very pleased today to announce the launch of Nt labs new 5kg tub size of probiotic multiseason . We believe that this will retail around the £80 mark , so as a special launch price , we will be selling this at £69.95 for a limited period , this will also include delivery !

29/10/2010 - Fish from q/tine

On Wednesday 3rd October we will bringing in to the shop some nisai we have grown on from tosai , we think these will be around 35-45cm . Varietys will be sanke , showa and kohaku , these will be on sale straight away and can be taken , but as from next Friday night (5th oct ) when the new fish arrive these koi will have to stay untill the new fish are quarantined . The koi are from Sekiguchi , Shintaro and Sakai . Some of the patterns on the showa are quite intereasting .

26/10/2010 - Shipping date

If all goes well the koi from the Autumn harvest will be shipped on the 5th November . There will be no more posts under the Japan blog , so all up dates will be on here . I still have some showa to add to the site from Sekiguchi and Shintaro .

25/10/2010 - Back !

Hi all , arrived back last night safe but very tired . I thought i had put all the koi on the website , but just found another 16 that i had missed . These will be on in the next hour or two .

21/10/2010 - e mail !

Seems that some of you are having alittle trouble emailing me while im in Japan . For some reason out look express seems to have trouble out here . Feel free to email me on gatwickkoi@hotmail.com

13/10/2010 - Packed and ready to go (almost )

Just jumping up and down on the bag to fit more of those last minute extras and had some intereasting news from Japan . One of our koi has been harvested and the breeder is over the moon , so much so he asked our permission to enter it into the Nogyosai show in a couple of weeks . Its a great testament to the koi , as this breeder has won gin rin in various sizes at this show for the last few years . Last year we purchased two gin rin showa from Tanaka which one first and second in variety / size gin rin . The koi is already sold to a UK customer who is very pleased with the news . This is the koi before it went to the mud ponds as nisai , really look forward to seeing it next week as sansai .

12/10/2010 - All systems go !

All parts of the managment control are now finished with our new trade page launched . We are still going to Japan but have been a bit quiet on here due to a quick visit to hospital . Already many breeders have brought some fantastic koi so it looks like a great trip is on the cards ! Two days to go !!!!!

04/10/2010 - Japan

Theres still time left to contact us if there is anything you would like us to find while we are in Japan . Please remember that it is possible for us to find a high grade koi to leave in Japan to be returned to the mud ponds for the summer .

27/09/2010

In two weeks time we are off to Japan , please feel free to call us if there is anything you would like us to find for you . If you are a trader we are now offering a selecting service direct from Japan .( see new trade page ) Sorry if you have come in the shop over the last two weeks and found us in a bit of a mess , most of the big work is now done , all the main filters are in situ and just waiting for the new showers and then im having a day off ! The new plumbing section is finished along with our new food display , so if you havnt visited for a while , pop in and see the changes .

21/09/2010

Finally we have rolled out our new look fish page , im sure it will need "tweaking " over the next couple of days . As we are now in control of the fish page we will start adding the rest of the fish back onto the new site . Please remember that there is one third off the prices shown .

19/09/2010

Progress in the shop is moving well , but as most of you know , everything seems to take longer then planned . Today we hope to get the sieve and bead lined up for the main pond , with all the pipework for the new showers in place . Please note that if travelling to the shop that ALL the Shintaro koi are now sold , but we are still bringing in a few new koi from other breeders every week so there is always somthing to look at !

14/09/2010

As most of you know , we are now fibreglassing again as the season draws to a close . At the moment we are now fully booked for September unless the work is indoors or completeley covered over . Over the last few days we have been ripping some of the shop to bits and rebuilding , isnt funny how every job seems to take four times longer than you though ! Sympathys to those building any projects now !

13/09/2010

Everything is moving along nicely with the alterations in the shop . The long room is now 100 percent finished and the back room should be finished by tomorrow night ( depending if we decide to go for the second shower on this pond ) . The old filter is now removed from the main pond and the sieve and bead will go in hopefully Tuesday or wednesday , and the extra showers will be added over the next week or two .

13/09/2010 - SALE OF KOI

Alot of people have complained that there was not enough notice about our bank holiday sale , and that it clashed with the South East Koi show , to make amends we will now offer one third of ALL koi ( except the large chagoi ! ) from today untill i return from Japan . There are still a few new koi being brought in from the q/tine centre every week , so new stock will also be included in the sale .

07/09/2010

Not much news going on at the moment , but plenty of change ! For those who have visited us before the " long room " has now been refitted with system one now running on a nexus 210 , and system two on an easy pod . For those who doubt what EA filters can do , feel free to visit and see for your self . This week work starts on the back room which will see the old cl2 remolved and replaced with two easy pods ( one would cope , but we want two to put the flow over our mini shower display ) . The returns have already been converted to inlets to feed a much larger pump going over the bigger shower .Hopefully if this is all completed this week ,then work starts on the main pond ready for Japan . Whilst this work is going on all ponds are being fiiltered with pump fed showers so we dont lose our biological filtration ! We are also considering putting on a shower from the sansai range as we are now agents for these as well !

07/09/2010

Hi all , as we have been very busy in the shop and on various site products , we havnt added any special offers for last week . To make up for this we will run some extra and very good offers over the next few days to make up for this !

03/09/2010

Thanks to everyone who came down over the bank holiday for our sale , great weekend and good to meet new people .

25/08/2010 - SALE SALE SALE

This bank holiday weekend ( 28 , 29 , 30 th ), we are having a MASSIVE sale on dry goods and koi , sale will start on Saturday 9.00am and finish Monday at 4.00 pm . ALL koi will have one third off the price shown on the internet . (This will include the main pond ! ) . Most dry goods will have 20 percent off the internet price ( There will be a few exceptions on roughly a dozen products , these will only be 10 percent , please ring for details ) . We still have 50 Jumbo tosai from Sakai and Sekiguchi to come to the shop from the quarantine centre , so what we aim do is bring a third of them in on Saturday , same again Sunday , and same again Monday so we will maintain some of the quality all weekend .(Just as an example the sekiguchi showa 30-40cm will now be £150 each ! ) If you are visiting the South East show we are only 30-40 minutes away located between Crawley and Faygate village in Sussex . Coffee as usual , is free !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23/08/2010

We have just emptied another quarantine pond into the shop , mainly nisai showa and sanke . Tommorrow we wil start bringing in the last 50 jumbo tosai from sakai hiroshima and sekiguchi showa .

19/08/2010

Over the next few weeks we are having a major revamp in the shop with new filters going on many of the ponds , all EA filters , sieves , and all of our shower range will be working and can be viewed on our own ponds . We have now obtained a third store room so will be carrying more and more dry goods , so 210 and 310 nexus , sieves and many others will be stored at site with no waiting to order .

11/08/2010

We nearly have another pond empty in the shop , so over the next couple of days we will be bringing more Jumbo tosai in from the quarantine . Again mostly kohaku and sanke from Sakai Hiroshima , and Segiguchi showa . There are some nisai gin rin showa and showa to be brought in from Hosokai and Miyako .

06/08/2010

More new koi have been put up on the website under jumbo tosai and nisai . If travelling , please phone first for availability as they are selling quite quickly . Hopefully these photos will be better as we have discovered a problem with resizing photos when sent to the web people , this has now been sorted out on the new koi , and we will endevour to re post the pictures of the other jumbo tosai on there already over the weekend .

06/08/2010

Untill further notice all orders of 15kg Kusuri and Ea Foods will be sent as 3 x 5kg to help keep the food fresher , if visiting the shop please feel free to drop off any unwanted buckets as we can use them for fibreglassing .

02/08/2010

Our Japan trip is now booked for the Autumn harvest . We leave for Niigata on the 14th October , and the first trip is now half full already ! If you want to join this trip or have a seperate trip for you own party then please feel free to call Gary in the shop about your requirements . All the bugs on the website have been sorted out now so we will be putting on news and special offers much more regulerly .

25/07/2010

New Koi are arriving from the quarantine centre every couple of days . Some are already on the website and another 30 are expecting to go on by Tuesday .

10/07/2010

Hi sorry we have had to delete all the news items and repost them under this month as the web guys still cant seem to sort out the gremlins in the site , i can only keep apologising as it really is beyond my control .......Gary All jumbo tosai will start to finish q/tine by the end of this week / begining of next week . New fish will also be arriving from the q/tine centre so please watch the website over the next week . For some reason we still have a few gremlins on the site and cannot change the special offers page , this weeks offer is 4 bags of 5kg hikari wheatgerm (20 kg ) , large pellet , dated aug £130 delivered !!!! Small stock so call the shop and have it delivered next day . There are actually five varietys in the range of probites food . The winter one we will also be stocking over the next few weeks . We are now officially the southern distributor for probites food . The whole range will be in stock by Friday for immidiate delivery ! This food was trialled by many people a few years back and was a very popular food but the distribution was never worked out . There are four varietys in the range and a choice of 3kg or 10kg bags , The price for the 3kg is £40 and the 10kg bag sells for a very resonable £114 . Please call to reserve orders for delivery or collection for the shop Apologies to those awaiting the end of the q/tine , this has been delayed due to the amount of koi coming through the q/tine and the purchase of a new chiller which had to be hard wired to the board , which in turn was found to be in need of renewel , not a 5 minute job as you can imagine . All the work is now done and all the jumbo tosai are now in the second heat cycle , and the nisai should be the same by saturday . We will try and get more pictures up on the website asap . Kusuri Super silk is expected back on the shelves as of next week . We are now taking orders for this and the new bags of silkworm pupae . Please look at our new prices on all the Kusuri range and remember on 5kg or above delivery is free !!!!!!!!!!!!!