[rockman]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori First off, what will be your food of choice to feed these fish? Also, if your looking for the beni to get better in winter it should naturally come up in cold water. Do you have pics of the fish in question?

To see the fish in question, I have on my koi web page...

Gallery of Koi

...the first fish on the page (kohaku) is one that I would like to improve beni...

...The fish I am looking for growth is third down, the showa...

Having heard many opinions here, I wondering if I need to set up a second small indoor pond (maybe in garage?) where I can keep very warrm and feed the one(s) I want to grow, and the larger pond I can keep heated at a much cooler temperature (like 52-54 as suggested) to see how colors develop.