heads up for ochiba fans

[dick benbow]

take good care of that one Mike, I have a good feeling about what I see.....

[Sangreaal]

Quote: Originally Posted by mitten Some of the babies from that day came home with me, Dick. There were light ones that you favored, medium ones that looked just like the mother and dark ones. I regret now not getting any of the dark ones. This is why. I am not sure if the color will "come in" or "stretch out" on these fish. If the color builds over time, then the soft colored ones are the gems. But what if the color that is there now is all of the color there will be? Wouldn't you then want extra now so that the fish could have enough while growing? Of course, because of listening to you I made sure to get light ones. HEADACHE- Yes that's is the mother. The male parent was GR Kohaku.

Mickey,

Remember my Autumn?


She looked like this at 8":



...and darkened up a tad in the sun (12" at time of photo):


I think you did good following Dick's advice to pick light ones. My favorite of yours is that lovely light one perpendicular to the ginrin ochiba in the first pic. I'd love to see how that one in particular develops. Very nice!

Marie