| thanks for the post and thinking of me...always enjoy seeing asagi that have possibilities.
My personal experience is all with konjo or narumi asagi and not reverse. With the former 2 I always at this age look for tight red in the pecs, some red in the cheeks ( love to see the outline of the gill plate ) and just a hint of red in the tail. Red should barely be showing down by the belly and well away from the lateral line. usually then the next year red slips up the side a row or two and shows a dot somewhere along the dorsal. the longer it takes for red to get to where it's going the better they finish. I have not had any luck myself in having red suddenly appear on a koi such as the one pictured. Granted I don't feed color food or have water that favors red either.
Would be nice if santa found a reverse for me so i could begin the learning curve on them..... |