I Competed in My FIRST EVER KOI SHOW with NEW FISH!! 

thats is almost guarantee. They take it serious over there and when a perfect koi shows up to be auctioned for $1 - 1.8 million usd dollar then that just tell you everything about the koi in japan

yes the best koi are from japan. the fish there are top grade. once side by side can see why japan koi are super expensive.

Actually this is very common practice, people that have the money for it would send out scouts to different countries and have them pick out fish for them just to compete or sometimes they them and leave it in the facility to grow out to be able to compete

that's normal for other types of fish shows in our country as well. But the other competitors do harbor mixed feelings as they bought and grown the fish themselves while another competitor, possibly a newbie, swoops in, no name, and just grabs the best in show trophy with a fish they bought from someone else that's ready to be competed in shows. It automatically sets for a bad reputation and we value reputation more than the trophy itself.

Well, growing them out and then winning a price is not likely to happen on this channel. Fish don't last long under Pauls care.

I've only seen two but one of them is a sex bot that you'll see copying comments and reposting them in EVERY comment section. Its not Paul doing it, its a random comment bot

Other ones clearly a bot, me on the other hand , im just a fan , not a hater 🤙🏼

Yes he is.

No chance he would be able to keep them alive.

What's the difference if he grows them or someone else does? The fish literally has been grown for that specific reason? 🤣🤣 Stop hating on the kid for no good reason.

I highly doubt he bought those koi for the event.. they probably contacted him to help use his platform to make basically and ad for. Thier company cause like they said they r trying to break into us market and who has more eyes on his content. Then paul

@@jrudd5980 There is a difference. Grown for that specific reason or not, Paul had nothing to do with these fish other than being a front man for the company. Having a different opinion is not hating, jeez, grow up.

Now he should returns them back to their original owner. Otherwise he will definitely gonna ruined them 😅.

That's what I'm saying 😂

​@@Kaito028😂👍🏿

No one cares.

@@mryes413 I want to compliment you in my own language Oneni Ami

@@Komron_Gafurov translation

I stand with you

Oh no, he got koi from a country I don't like my life is ruined.

@@mryes413 It's not about myself, he supporting a country that is blatantly causing terrors to thousands of innocent lives.

right now Israel has ruined thousands of lives, don't talk when you cant speak facts@@mryes413

​@zulkarnain4004 and that's my problem somehow?

​@arthurevans3506 you have a tabk from Red Sea.

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I understand where you're coming from but the koi breeding company isn't owned by the IDF, it's a personal business. Let's not blame a government's military actions on civilians who have zero control over war and are just trying to make a living. :)

@@crazycooking2130yeah but NOT the time to be promoting ANYTHING Israeli right now. Period.

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@@idalamminen5915what is that flag? I’m not familiar with that country?

yeahhh

Stop hating USA and Israel

@@creaturedomes9364 Why?

Woke is trash

Go Israel!

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I like watermelon

Ya way to be a soldier for cause man I’m sure you commenting that on a video about koi really helps the Palestine people get freed.. god you are like a hero I bet over There you are like a legend almost god like.. man how do you find the time to do such amazing work. Wow and 32 likes hay you got a whole army y don’t y’all go do it then go fight free them or just talk bout how somebody else should while u comment on koi videos

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⁠FREE WATERMELON!!!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

I think it was mostly performative in nature on his part as a way for the company to reach a wider audience and potentially have a better opening into the US market. I do see your point of view though on the frustration of buying your way into something that people toil over for years.

@@SnapeKillsDumbledore2k10 It's not just about "buying your way into something" as you say, but yes that's one part of a bigger problem. The other part is that how disrespectful was this act towards professionals who put up their life to this and reached excellency in koi breeding, some of them might be second or third generation fishkeeper and breeder like myself and have family tradition behind the whole thing...and then comes Paul with a prank or some strange merchandising strategy and ruin someone's effort who is actually worthy by effort and legacy to get that trophy. The life is unfair, yes, but I always admired Paul and known him as a nice guy who is far from such trickery and mocking good people, this one case were such a slap for me that I can't tell what should I do now, as I wrote I have think about it for a while and we will see, but there's a fat chance I cannot forget this incident as long as I live, the reason is that I come frome a looooong bloodline of great fishkeepers and this competition video was like spitting on the legacy of my ancestors and every fishkeeper / breeder from the big old ones. I'm sad because of these reasons and also shocked. That's all.

Yeah this is gross, for all the reasons you listed, plus: Paul never really uses his platform to educate about these animals or how to properly take care of them - we had to whine at him over multiple videos before - but only with Caribsea's donation of materials - he finally built proper habitat for his community reef fish. (Like, he should be educating people on why they SHOULDN'T let their cats roam free, especially in Florida, but instead he does nothing which shows his lack of care for our planet. Responsible cat ownership means either keeping them entirely indoors or building them a safe escape-and-predator-proof enclosure so that they can't prey on local endangered wildlife (which they have an absolutely devastating effect upon,) or get killed by the miriad of threats which kitties face outside. Outdoor cats like his live significantly shorter lives (2-5 years) than those kept indoors or properly safely contained (12-16+ years average but 20+ years isn't unheard of for a cat. They're capable of living significantly longer than dogs.) Paul's channel can be summed up as 'watch rich white boy blow his bizarrely limitless money on increasingly expensive exotic animals and enclosures for no apparent reason other than to get a bunch of likes.' He never feels particularly genuine or caring to me, and it's creepy how on this particular video there's multiple comments that are all just the exact same line copy and pasted but posted 😢from different accounts. Paul has so many animals now that I bet he needs at least one fulltime staff to take care of them all. He's got so much reach but he isn't really doing anything good for the world with said reach, it's so disappointing. At this point I think the only reason that I am still even watching is out of morbid fascination and with every video I watch I consider never returning.

@@falcolf I never felt this way, I don't even say it is bad how he keep his animals, but now you mention I have a cat too, and I gotta agree they are big predators of the small mammals and birds, for this reason they are better inside the house than outside. Oh and it is better to have strong lids on the tanks in that case and keep the cat in different room for the safety of every animal, good point.

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Exactly 💯 he repeatedly said it, that shows his true intent behind this video. Vibes were off too . Really disappointing 😞

Why? Israel is okay 😂 it’s Palestine that’s flat

@@joshua_itssme because he’d get a lot of hate, and morally it just would seem weird rn

​@@YourDadYoda that but it is a war zone. Although it's mostly in Palestine due to Netanyahu's attacks, there is a high chance that there would be another counterattack and/or bombing. Going to a war zone in a foreign country to look at Koi fish isn't worth my life, personally.

I hope he goes. It would be amazing to support see him supporting Israel

@@crazycooking2130 Jesus Christ the whole country isn’t a war zone 😂 🤡 🥴

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My thoughts exactly 💯

Someone is butt hurt

Cringe.

Congrats to Paul and Next Day Koi !!!!

can do what you want tbf, obvs have a better feel of accomplishment if you grow them from little tho

@@edenhazarr8866 obviously you can lol. I was asking if it was normal.

It is normal.

@@leegraham4872 Seems like cheating lol.

They wanted Paul to advertise their business as it moves into the US market. I highly doubt he had to buy them.

Yes!

I don’t have veto power but I would veto lol. I’ve had all thpes of fish, and only like and am entertained by saltwater

He crazy for this bro

Jealous?

Free KFC

Free your mom

i stand with you🇵🇸

Free your momma

Yeah why you shouting out Israel during a GENOCIDE of the Palestinian people @paulcuffaro ….

*Holy land

Epic little bom trophy from country does exist

Bum

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fr the isreal praise in this just made me mad. so unnecessary

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For Israel

What's your favorite type of koi?

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Hi Paul😊

No one cares.

Go find a job!!!!

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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@mryes413 we do care we love palestine i’m sorry that u can’t feel for them and u don’t understand how much they r suffering

i hope not the koi pond at his house is absolutely disgusting

Nah he will just kill them

Yes to his house straight to the kitchen and into a frying pan 😂 jk

@@GorillaBacon nice

​@@GorillaBacon agree, he will definitely gonna ruined those beautiful koi, by judging the way he handled his other fishes 😂

Yes disgusting 🤢

Imagine being political

@@jxzemjsz4427Ignorance surely is a bliss

@@jxzemjsz4427 imagine supporting Child Murder

Your nano tank is from *gasp* Israel 😮

Dude's been neglecting animals for years but neglecting world issues is were you draw the line. Hmmm, interesting.

@michaelrasmussen9630 lol I know, right?

exactly how i feel. so disappointed at him. Hes my age and i feel like I've grown with this man for how long I've been watching him. but lack of knowledge on the issue is no excuse in this day and age. to support Zionist is equivalent to supporting the Nazis.

​@@michaelrasmussen9630neglecting animals is different then supporting Israel's atrocities and genocide

@taylorshannon1631 😊

Hi😊