View Full Version : Familymans grow n show progress thread ( or lack of )
familyman
15-04-2017, 09:03 PM
Thought id make a dedicated thread for my grow n show shiro utsuri from Absolute koi, not to detract from the original thread, but it will become very hard to track every bodys fish, if they are all on one thread with loads of pages to search through.
so heres my fish.......in the 1st pic my grow n show is the middle fish and was number 39, the one to the right is another i brought ( not included in the official grow n show), and was number 33, the one to the left is one my good friend blue harbour brought, number 26.
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My 2 are in a new indoor grow on pond, that I literally just finished building this week, 600 gallons, currently at 19.2 c, food is Dai Suki growth, and the fish are approx 18 / 19 cm.
Filter and everything is new, so I hope to counter new pond syndrome by removing some mature media from my main pond filter and using it in my new grow on filter.
Thanks to everyone who helped make it a great day.
David
Andy1671
15-04-2017, 09:57 PM
Good luck with the competition
familyman
29-04-2017, 08:37 PM
Thanks Andy.
Dang these shiros have appetites like piranhas, ive never had such hungry fish and that includes my chags :eek:.
They learnt very quickly where food comes from and they don't seem to leave that spot !
They've definitely gained some girth and depth too, in the last 2 weeks, just hope I don't end up with shiros like rugby balls.
David
Andy1671
29-04-2017, 08:38 PM
Plenty of underlying Sumi. Hope it comes out in all the right places for you
Feline
29-04-2017, 08:42 PM
Thanks Andy.
Dang these shiros have appetites like piranhas, ive never had such hungry fish and that includes my chags :eek:.
They learnt very quickly where food comes from and they don't seem to leave that spot !
They've definitely gained some girth and depth too, in the last 2 weeks, just hope I don't end up with shiros like rugby balls.
David
Yeah mine is pretty hungry too, it has sussed out the timings of my autofeeder and is homing in on several 3mm pellets at a sitting every 2 hrs :cool:
familyman
29-04-2017, 10:19 PM
has yours had any sumi come out or change, mine haven't...... they appeared to have more sumi on the picking day, than in the pictures posted a week or so earlier, showing how they can change quickly.
AdamKoi78
30-04-2017, 05:31 PM
Mines gained a little sumi and size in the last two weeks. :p
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Silentsniper
30-04-2017, 06:49 PM
Sorry for the crappy photo but I received my grow and show today and what a cracking little shiro
thanks to everyone who arranged and setup the whole grow and show
and a massive thanks to waterdog for bringing my koi down south
very appreciative of everything and everyone
look forward to watching them all grow and all the changes they go through
Silentsniper
30-04-2017, 07:16 PM
Sorry familyman
i put this in the wrong section! Oops :D
familyman
30-04-2017, 07:32 PM
no probs sniper
hey Adam your not being entirely honest there are you......that picture is of my grow n show fish....question Is,;) howd you get your hands on it!
familyman
25-07-2017, 08:56 PM
My 2 shiro are doing quite differently now, my grow n show fish just seems to have lost his appetite for a good while now, he seems completely healthy and happy as far as I can tell, just eating very little. The other one is a nutter for the food 24\7 and so consequently is about a 3\rd larger now, flipping guaranteed isnt it. I still think my grow n show fish will be the nicer fish though, its completely white with underlying sumo in a really nice pattern, to my eye anyway, were as the other is just 90 percent black now, so how pretty can it be?
David
P.s I went to see Adam last week and his are doing very well, he's just playing it coy👍
Feline
27-07-2017, 05:55 PM
has yours had any sumi come out or change, mine haven't...... they appeared to have more sumi on the picking day, than in the pictures posted a week or so earlier, showing how they can change quickly.
Mine lost its sumi altogether, although you can see vaguely where it is underneath. However it's now starting to slowly come back in places. I don't think my colour food has helped the quality of the white too much- it has a yellowish tinge at the moment. Mine has a nice big frame though- it's got the jumbo jet style bulge above it's head thing going on.
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