[Dale Torok]

My shiro utsuri has developed a tiny red spot at the end of the body right at the start of the tail. This shiro is 5 years old, has been developing well and has never had any hi. Then this spot showed up late last fall.

The pond was covered for the winter. With the underwater camera, whenever the shiro swam by the camera, I could see the little red spot. Last week when I pulled the pond cover back to feed the fish some boiled barley I got a good look and could see it still there. I'm optimistic because it is a tiny bit smaller than last fall and the red is much lighter or washed out looking. Maybe it's going away? I don't know. I have no experience with anything like this.

My question is, will this go away? Get worse? Have any of you had a shiro of this age have red just appear like this?

Here are two pictures of the tail. The picture showing the entire fish was taken last last November. You can see the red dot at the base of the tail.

Any and all comments would be appreciated. I took this fish to the Louisville Koi Show last year. The judges told me they liked the fish, but it needed another year of development. Grant & Penny Patton told me, "be sure to bring this one back next year." Now........I don't know... Ya know, it's always something, isn't it?

Dale