How much work preparing your fish for a show 2 weeks away?

[aquitori]

With 3 major shows goin on the same weekend, covering the country, what kind of work are you doin to condition the fish given you have 2 weeks before the show?

More water changes, slowing switching to lower protein food for the week prior to the show(no feeding week before).

[Brutuscz]

Before the show I entered...I did a slow, continious water change for a month..2 gallons per hour. I added 1.5 cups of mont. clay weekly. I fed 2 meals of dainichi growth and 1 meal of dainichi color food..per day, for 6 weeks. I supplemented with silk worm pupae with one of the meals and supplemented krill with a different meal. I removed my show fish from the pond 6 days before and didn't feed for the final 5 days. Kept them in a large pool. It all worked...their skin glowed on show day.

[carolyn swanson]

They, like me, have to rely on their personalities.

[RayJordan]

I switch to wheatgerm food about two months before the show. Final month increase amount and frequency of water changes and flush filters daily if possible. Slowly reduce amount and frequency of feeding until feeding ceases the week before the show. Focus on getting koi as white as possible by increasing the orp and water quality.