It is up to the dealers to ensure that their fish are of the highest health standards. In the present climate where, KHV or white spot for example can kill, a dealer must take precautions against spreading unneccesary diseases.
As I see from this website there are a lot of people taking up the hobby for the very first time, there is a lot of inexperience and a lot of learning to be done, some have not got the budget or the facilities to go out and a build a qt pond straight away enough money would have been spent on the build, some people are unaware that they've got to quarantine in the first place. They build their pond now they want to fill it with KOI
They like me have to gradually improve on what we have got to get things right. Therefore we do expect to buy health KOI and the marketplace must cater for this need.
Read the latest Koi Ponds & Gardens where there is an article about KHV and the responsibility of the industry.
How many times have you read about a new koi keeper giving up in frustration because all his Koi keep on dying? It's easy for you to say "To be honest I can't see where the dealer is at fault, you should ALWAYS QT your koi, it's standard practice" sure it is but not all NEW koi keepers are born with this knowledge.
If dealers do not buck up their ideas, they will surely kill off this industry slowing, no customers no money!!!
Posted on Sep 16, 2005, 10:26 AM from IP address 80.176.91.232