September 12, 2013
ZNA, Zen Nippon Airinkai, identifies more than 100 varieties of koi and divides them into 16 groups. In competition, koi are judged on conformation of body, quality of color, quality of skin and pattern.
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ZNA Potomac Koi Club hosts weekend competition at Meadowlark Gardens.
If Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and glistening other-worldly koi seem to be a perfect fit, that’s because they were harmoniously wed on Sept. 7 and 8, as the ZNA Potomac Koi Club presented its annual koi show and competition. The competition, bringing in nishikigoi [koi] hobbyists from Connecticut to South Carolina, was open and free to the public. Two hundred and sixty two nishikigoi, “living jewels,” entered the competition this year, breaking the Potomac chapter’s record for the show.
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