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Quote: Originally Posted by koiczar Nice growth - 6" in 6 months time. Notice how the shoulder hi plate has really changed shades of red to orange - that is due to the fast growth of the shoulder and the color stretching, which is indicated by the darker coloring in the middle of the scales.. It should recover if you don't try to grow it too fast. Also, the sumi has become lighter as well. Again, normal for this type of growth, should recover nicely later on after she stops putting on so much body mass and length. This is normally a good thing, so be patient.

Thanks for the comments.

I was a bit worry about the grow rate, as in Asia here, many people has manage to grow the same batch of fish to 60+cm now.

The sumi has became lighter, and a dealer told me that it is quite normal for momotaro sanke, whereby in tosai, strong sumi, nisai and early sansai, weak sumi, and then when sumi return strong, it will stay there.

So far....I can only listen to believe, since this is my 1 batch of Momotaro fish.