Thread: And then there was 5

Pond still new so taking things slowly but here is my slowly growing collection, kujaku and tancho sanke added last week so up to 5 now

Nice mix of colour there, looking good.

What's the patch on the Sanke's gill plate?

In my Goldfish breeding days you'd get what were called "soft gill plates" on some fish, mainly shubunkins, and the entire gill plate would be a light pink colour with no actual colouration. These fish were said to be weaker, but I never noticed any difference compared to any other fish.

Originally Posted by ABN67

The patch on his gill plate is a splash of colour under the skin, not sure if it shows up too well in the photo, its kind of pale orange looking, the colour seems to have got a bit brighter now than when I first got him, just looked back at my earlier post it looks like a sore in the first pic but it's a patch of colour

Ah yeah that's clearer now.

It could be "secondary Beni" that comes up later. If that's the case it will finish slightly more orange than the rest of the Beni. Either way it's a lovely koi.

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Originally Posted by RS2OOO

Ah yeah that's clearer now.

It could be "secondary Beni" that comes up later. If that's the case it will finish slightly more orange than the rest of the Beni. Either way it's a lovely koi.

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And he's a right greedy bugger, always the first one there at feeding times, on another note I manged to hand feed the ki matsuba on Saturday, he came and had a bit of crab stick, not sure who was more surprised me or the koi

#6 added to my collection
A beautiful showa (imo) from queni koi, been eyeing this koi for a while now hoping she wouldn't get sold before I had saved enough funds and then in stepped santa aka my better half offering to get her for me for christmas, so delivered this morning and now swimming around happily as part of the gang, thankyou santa (Mrs ABN67)
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Not the best photos, I'll take some more later through the window

Originally Posted by KiOgon

I like that a lot, proper old school Showa you lucky lad

I'm absolutely over the moon, she's a great addition to my pond, didn't realise how much size the others have put on though until this one joined them, she's the smallest one in there at the moment but I'm sure she'll soon catch up

santa defo come early in your house. hope santa does same as last year vouchers for the koi shop i use would like a Aka Bekko.

keith

Yeah liking that too, I need to keep away from my local places for a while, especially when I see lovely fish like that!!

Originally Posted by dbs

Yeah liking that too, I need to keep away from my local places for a while, especially when I see lovely fish like that!!

I'm the same, I reckon I could spend thousands and fill several ponds if I could afford it lol
Joking aside though I have got my eye on a particularly nice goromo and I'm looking out for the right goshiki, if only I never had to pay bills

Originally Posted by ABN67

I'm the same, I reckon I could spend thousands and fill several ponds if I could afford it lol
Joking aside though I have got my eye on a particularly nice goromo and I'm looking out for the right goshiki, if only I never had to pay bills

Yeah I think we all could, it's always nice to be on the lookout for something special, for me making it more special very much limits my chances of actually seeing one and buying it