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Dan, I have searched many boards and haven't found posts with people discussing 'mature' koi. Usually the koi being discussed are show fish that are under 7 years old. I am curious what show people do with their show fish when they retire them from shows.
I am also curious how long different varieties hold their beauty. I do not show, altho I do love koi appreciation. My pet fish are kept because of my personal view of beauty. I appreciate the fact that no one commented on Hirohito's looks. Over the years she has had more and more sumi rise and her german scales have darkened. At one time the rising sun hi was clean. Then sumi came up under it. The sumi has stayed and the hi comes and goes. She is a much loved pet.
I currently have a 7 year old shiro utsuri who just this year has lost all his surface sumi. He is male, about 21 inches, and is American (bred by Hunting Creek in Maryland). He still has a lot of deep sumi, do I have a chance of his deep sumi surfacing? Will it take 7 years to return?
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