The hobby of collecting billions of Koi fish: Dizzy by the skillful care

Koi fish hobby has appeared in Vietnam for a long time, but in Da Nang, this hobby started to bloom in the past few years.
Many collectors are willing to spend billions of dollars to buy pure Japanese Koi fish, even spend thousands of dollars to own a Koi like that.

Koi fish is known as the “national fisherman” of Japan because of its unique beauty, expensive price and very high life expectancy. In Vietnam in general and Da Nang in particular, playing Koi fish also started to appear and many people interested in buying and selling to satisfy their passion. Just taking a walk in the cafes, private aquariums, it is easy to see the images of Koi fish swimming in water. For many people, owning Koi fish not only beautifies the house space but also means feng-shui, bringing luck to the homeowner. According to the opinion of many people, any house that can raise healthy, big, beautiful and long-lived Koi fish is considered a house with good feng shui, promising business meets many advantages. Because of its unique beauty, pure Japanese Koi fish are often bought by people and collectors with great value. Mr. Tran Thot Vy – a longtime Koi fish farmer in Da Nang – shares, currently on the market there are more than 200 different species of Koi fish. However, the pure Japanese Koi fish line is always hunted by collectors for hundreds of millions of VND, even billion VND for a rare Koi fish. “The highest in the pure Japanese Koi fish segment, including 3 species of Tetagoi, Tetashita and Jumbo. As long as the collector can own a Koi in these 3 species, it will automatically receive a highly appreciated history from everyone “- Mr. Vy said. And Mr. Vy added that the value of Koi depends on beauty, genetic resources, beautiful shape, and color. Besides, the pattern on the fish’s body is a different thing, because no fish has the same pattern. Many people are willing to spend hundreds of millions of dong to raise purebred, eye-catching, “unique and exotic” koi fish, many worth several hundred million dong. For a long time, many websites shared pictures of Koi fish buying and selling hundreds of millions and thousands of USD. Despite the large amount of transactions, consumers still buy and sell Koi fish based on the reputation of the store and the individual seller. According to Mr. Vy, this fact forces the Koi fish player to be “wise”, not chasing the masses, having a virtual fever and choosing reputable and reputable shopping places. The price of Japanese Koi fish is calculated based on the size and color, age and genus of each type. Not only rich families or upper-class families, but large companies and businesses still buy and raise these lovely Koi fish … Besides playing Koi fish, the care and treatment of Koi when having health problems is something many people are concerned about. Koi players in Da Nang said that, usually newcomers often fall into confusion and worry when a flock of billion-dollar koi gets sick … This time, instead of listening to sharing on the internet or by word of mouth, the owner needs to trace the source of the disease to the fish. Specifically, Koi fish often get sick fish such as infections caused by water environment, stress … For polluted environment, we need to check the water source. When the Koi are stressed, players can supplement vitamin C or minerals. (According to Labor)