Doitsu Platinum Koi For Sale

Doitsu Platinum Koi, Some people love Doitsu Koi because they look like a cutout picture. Some people hate Doitsu because the scaleless skin looks odd. Either way, Koi in the Doitsu variety is beautiful and unique. They certainly add variety to your pond.  Let’s talk more about the Doitsu variety.

Doitsu is Koi with few or no scales. It is an old, yet a new group of varieties in Koi history. The first Doitsu Koi was developed more than 100 years ago, but new versions keep coming from this group because their scaleless characteristic can be crossed with almost any variety, like Ginrin (diamond scales).

Simply put Doitsu doubled the number of Koi varieties; for example, Kohaku and Doitsu Kohaku, Sanke and Doitsu Sanke, etc. Other varieties are Doitsu Showa, Kumonryu, Heisei Nishiki, and many more.

History of Doitsu: Koi are a kind of carp. Carp are a food source in many countries. Scaleless carp were originally developed in Germany for ease of cooking. In 1904, the scaleless carp were imported to Denmark as a new food source. By the way, because scaleless carp were developed in and imported from Germany, they are called Doitsu. As you may imagine, Doitsu comes from the word “Deutsche”.