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Quote: Originally Posted by Maurice I'd disagreee with your satement regarding the other siblings catching up. In my experience the 'shooters' with the big genetics will always be bigger. There is no way I ever see the little ones catching up. I own a 10" yonsai kohaku, it lives in a pond where I can get 6" growth in a season, you tell me??? If that were the case, where are all the sibblings from the 101cm sanke which won the all Japan 3 years back? Big genetics are one thing, but the trate is not always passed on. Maurice.

Eventually is the term....That means sooner or later....Maybe, your right I have only been to Momotaro 1 time compared to your 4 times...Well anyways, we are not talking about Yonsai, Sansai or whatever else-sai. We are talking about Tosai. We are comparing the growth rate of Jumbo Tosai to Tosai. To my point what is the biggest Gosanke you have grown from Jumbo Tosai? Have you noticed a slow in growth after 80cm or 32inches? I don't know the size of your pond but if you can grow a Jumbo Tosai to 80cm I bow at your feet!!! Anyways, it took the 101cm Sanke to grow that big 11 years....Being that the fish is dead we will never know....I am sure there are some siblings out there that are around 90 to 95cm...