Our final day in Israel. Today we will be visiting two farms. The first on our list will be offering us some high quality small koi carp from 4 " upwards .

Here the farm had made things easy they had already prepared the sizes we needed. As we walked up to the tanks it was clear there was no need to pick so we bought all of the fish in the sizes we required.

After the koi buying we were given the guided tour of there goldfish facility.

This fish farm breeds huge amounts of goldfish. Here you can see one of the workers filling a holding tank full of Red Goldfish . These fish have come straight from the ponds in the fields and will now enter the packing house to be sorted ready for shipment.

After sitting and watching the goldfish pour into this tank we then traveled on to our last fish farm. The final place of our hand pick trip will take us to a Goldfish farm. Here they  produce the very best Oranda Goldfish in Israel.

It has been a a very good day. And this trip has been one of the most successful buying trips we have ever done. All that's left to do is to travel home and prepare for the fish to arrive later on this week.

Today sees us start our hand pick at Madan koi. Here we have alrrady done our pre visit and have seen the fantastic koi the farm has prepared for us .

Here you will find a few of the bigger koi we have purchased which are 55cm +.

Two of the big loi we bouggt today meauring 60cm + . The quality of the big koi is amazing. These were two personal favourotes we have bought.

Overall we have had a very special day. All the koi selected today are at the highest grade and we have some superb koi. Its nice that the farm has prepared such quality just for us to hand pick and to all the staff at Madan koi we thank you for all the efforst you have put in to make this trip what it was today.

The start of Day 2 on our trip takes us to view a new farm producing small high grade koi. This farm is concentrating on small koi it is a huge indoor facility with huge potential

Here you can see how this farm uses all of its available space. Here are some pictures just to show the amount of koi reared in the tanks .

We have been blown away by the number of high grade small koi we have seen and I’m sure you will soon see some of these koi in our facility this year. 

Next sees the hand selecting at Gan Shmuel. Always a pleasure seeing what this farm has to offer.

Sure enough Gan Shmuel had pulled out all the stops. Having done our pre visit we were aware of the koi that they had but at second viewing there are some amazing koi.

Here is some of the most unusual koi. These fish had been requested by love aquatics back in June and the staff at Gan Shmuel have successfully managed to produce the fish.

As seen above is a very rare Tancho Goshiki

At Gan Shmuel we also hand select the very best grade Long Fin Koi. As seen below the varieties we have purchased are Predominantly Utsuri type.

The quality of koi at Gan Shmuel is simply amazing. One of the most exciting fish to come from today is the small Doitsu metallic mix . Here is a mix of Yamato nishiki ,kikusui ,kujaku and kikokuryu.
A very successful trip to Gan Shmuel and all the staff have done a fantastic job with all the koi they have prepared.

Well nice early start to kick off our trip. It’s 5am and we are on route to Madankoi to do our pre visit. This visit will give us a first look at the fish prepared by the breeders for us to hand select.

The entrance into Madankoi takes us straight in to the farms packing house this is where all koi are prepared and packed for shipping.

Here there is in excess of 200 tanks fully stocked with various sizes and types of fish. As well as breeding koi Madan also producers excellent Goldfish varieties.

As you can see having a quick pre view there is lots of koi for us to hand select and the breeders have been very busy. Here is one of the many tanks we will get to hand select from when we come back here to start our buying .

Next it’s off to Ganshmuel. Here we are expecting to see some more unusual varieties along with the excellent Long Fin Koi we had last year.

Although Ganshmuel is reasonably close to Madankoi we find that the breeders always try to offer something a little bit different. We quite often find some of the more unusual varieties here and of course amazing high quality long fin koi.

Looking around as with Madan Ganshmuel have pulled out all the stops there is a vast amount of koi to choose from and there is going to be some difficult decisions to be made on our selecting.

Our 3rd and final stop takes us to one of of our most important Dag Noy. Situated near Jordan it is a reasonable drive out to the farm but usually well worth the drive. Here we are expecting to see some of the best koi you will find in Israel. Dag Noy is famed for having beautiful Sankes and kohaku but we have been told there is also alot of other varieties which they have had great success with this year.

We kick off the hand pick trip with these stunning koi.These are just a few examples of the amazing fish we have hand selected today.

Being the first trip has some great perks it enables us to see the one off fish the farms have. Jere are a few of the high quality koi we bought.

It’s been a really busy day we have hand selected over 500 pieces 11 inch and upwards . We have got some remarkable koi and now can’t wait to get them back .

Today we set off on our journey to Israel to start the first buying trip of 2017. There will be a day to day blog to keep everyone you to speed with what is going on whilst we are on the farms. Every day we will be somewhere different and we are excited to see the high quality hand selected koi prepared by all the breeders for our trip. Once again being the first company to view the koi for 2017 is a real honour and it will enable us to get the very best fish they have to offer.
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Is there some varieties you would like us to select for you ? Its not too late if there is anything that you are looking for please get in touch and we can source these koi for you. Once we have found a suitable match from your description we will send you a photo and video and offer you to come and visit to see the fish. The fish selected in this way will not go on sale until you have seen the fish. 

Our next update will be tomorrow on the farms there will be lots of photos and videos of all the farms we pre visit. To be Continued ..........

After what has been a tremendous year for koi sales our stocks are now getting low. But don't worry we can now announce we will be starting our 2017 Buying Trip on the 26th january. With only a few weeks left to go we will once again
be offering our customers the opportunity to request any variety/colour of koi they are after. If the Fish you requested  is available we will find it for you and you will be offered this fish exclusively before it will go on sale.  

With record sales on our koi januray trip is going to be very busy to say the least. this year we will be visiting the usual farms ( Madankoi,Dagnoy and Ganshmuel) but with our ever increasing demand for smaller grow on koi we will also be visiting 3 extra farms to hand select the smaller sizes. These new farms were all visited On our June Trip and we have successfully managed to strike a deal to hand select through there small koi. 

So looking for small Tancho To Grow on or a Doitsu Hariwake this will be the year to get in contact and we will be able to offer the highest quality small koi carp available in Israel. Contact us 

Other than the small koi we also view a number of Fancy Goldfish Farms. This year we will be also Hand selecting High Grade Orandas and Ryukins Which will hopefully be available to purchase online as well as in our store. This fish were last year in short supply and we had already sold the majority of the fish before they were prepared for pictures. 

With our many years of business with the farms we have built up a very close relationship , and with the breeders  Aviv (Madankoi) Haytan ( Dagnoy) and Lior (Ganshmuel) all busy hand sorting fish for us to select on our visit im sure it will be a very successful one.  

For Any Requests On Koi you may be Looking for Please ring 01253 932377 or Email us where a member from our team will take your details so we can email you some photographs when the new fish have been settled in.
We will be posted our activities whilst we are on the buying trip which will include pictures and videos of the trip day by day.