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Thanks for the links Marie. The one from Sentual Park Koi Center is very interesting, however, I think it may cause more confusion than understanding. The photos taken are at intervals up to 6 months (Dec.'06- June'07). Trying to judge how our fish will look in a year or two's time is more in keeping with the grow-out pics from Omosako. Our contest will be of 14 months duration (Jan'08-Mar'09) so much more time to see changes.
It is fun to look at Musashi's offspring as opposed to Panda's. Being sisters, there aren't a lot of variances. Some of both have heavy or light patterns. Some sumi seems to stay and some completely disappears. The one's Shawn posted as well,are more relevant to our contest for comparison purposes as they are a year apart. Wow, who's your customer and how big is his pond?! If they were in fact the same size as what we're picking from in his early pics, he has gotten OUTSTANDING growth and nice development. They still have a ways to go, but nothing but upwards IMHO! Kudos to him/her.
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