Sakai Sanke 3yr old

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by hwong I managed to locate a photo of my sanke when she was a Nisai. What do you say has improved or worsened? For your info, she is an off spring of Shining Rose. Hammer away folks Cheers

The tejima adds a balance to the fish's heavy pattern. In this case it is about the overall quality and how those parts mingle to create this art work. As hobbyist we have to realize that Sanke is the harddest of the GoSanke to create, then Showa. Jimbei style "Old" style Sankes are a rare find nowadays and as clean as this one is congrats to you on fine husbandary.

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by hwong Tejima or stripes of sumi on pectoral fins. Is it true that when the sumi stripes appears like those on the right pecs of my sanke, the sumi on the body will stop improving?

Not exactly, the skin condition isnt prime yet. The sumi will go through changes again to a more refine presence.

[paulino88]

Quote: Originally Posted by hwong Paulino, SOmetimes, the breeder pair the female with a few males at different times or the same time. Sakai do use Momotaro males that have Matsunosuke lineage. So probably mine has that in her and therefore looks different from yours. If you have Sakai's parent set booklet, go check it.

well thats what my breeder told me too .. this looks like the father and that looks like the mother .. but i m still unsure about it though because a mix up in inventroies could happen down the line espc due to enourmous number of fishes handled in big facility like sakai's. in short, better to trust my instinct to buy by seeing the fish, parent set info come second.

if i m not mistaken sakai only paired few of its kohaku with momo sanke. Instead a majority of kohaku were paired with male wakashoryu to create what some called new breed of modern sanke. and i believe this is to preserve the characteristic of wakashoryu. this is interesting as this year internet auction doesn't have any wakashoryu offspring up for sale. perhaps this famous oyagoi recent spawning is not good .. anyone ???