Yealing koi for growth

[aqkoi2]

I posted 5 yealing koi a few days ago. Those koi I bought in early May this year. Today, I took picture of all of them again . Note, I do not feed color food at all, so the beni is weak due to stretching from growth. The first sanke grew 2.8 inches. The Kohaku grew 2.5 inches. The first showa grew 2.5 inches . The 2nd showa grew 2.8 inches and the last sanke is indeed a male grew 2.8inches The quality of the koi is down probaly from rapid growth and I believe the quality would come back towards winter time.( That is my experience). They are now from 11 inches to 13.5 inches in size . Here are the update photo. Please give me your input. thanks.

[Super Kindai]

aqkoi2 -San. Nice growth. your water is kinda warm?
I think that the quality is not down...sometimes we can't see it or misunderstand but actually the quality itself is same and won't change.... they just looks rough now.....more easier to see it by bigger size. Which one has a better Tuya (luster) on Shiroji ?


PS) Please gooood take care of the 4th picture Showa

[moikoi]

what size pond are they swimming in?

[aqkoi2]

slightly over 20 thousands gallon pond with 20-25 koi. The other koi are much larger than these 5 koi. the luster on shiroji remain quite good on the kohaku #2 and male sanke #5 . I believe the # 4 showa will be the best koi followed by the first sanke. The # 3 showa is very good in quality but the tail joint is thinner to grow to bigger size koi. I will try to post some more pictures of these 5 koi in few more months . I hope they are still alive.