ochiba ???

[dick benbow]

When are you headed back for the drainage and who all is scheduled to accompany you on your travels....Mike going?

[ChrisC]

I just brought two Ochibas back from the show, and suddenly one had a black spot about the size of a scale, where there was no such spot earlier in the day.

Suddenly I realized that Ochibas "bruise" black, and the little guy must have whacked his head a bit in the bag.

[KoiCop]

Steve . . .

We, too, have an ochiba that lost all its hi; it's a nice soragoi now.

Nothing you can do now but watch the transformation.

[dick benbow]

and the black will begin to diminish, was it the wagoi or the GR that bruised?

[Steve Nguyen]

it just escaped me completely. went back and re-read your post again after reading this post just to figure out what you were saying then. maybe u should patent it with the head master of KB and get a nickel every time someone uses it on KB.

Steve

Quote: Originally Posted by dick benbow and get no comments Gi-normous* a combination of the words gigantic and enormous Which appley discribes Mat's female Ochiba breeder

[Steve Nguyen]

Don,

it's been fascinating watching it changes. It makes the hobby so much more enjoyable.

Steve

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCop Steve . . . We, too, have an ochiba that lost all its hi; it's a nice soragoi now. Nothing you can do now but watch the transformation.

[Eugeneg]

Quote: Originally Posted by KoiCop Steve . . . We, too, have an ochiba that lost all its hi; it's a nice soragoi now. Nothing you can do now but watch the transformation.

The same thing happened to me but worse still it was a male that produced a lot of sergoi and magoi type fish which grew faster and devoured a lot of good fish from my kohaku spawn a full 4 pails at harvest time .
Regards
Eugene

[ChrisC]

Quote: Originally Posted by dick benbow and the black will begin to diminish, was it the wagoi or the GR that bruised?

It was the wagoi, but it's small. I am very hopeful it will resolve. As we know, these reticulated scaled ones are TOUGH.

Blue, my asagi which was a gift from Dick, is voted "The koi most likely to commit suicide at the show" each year. Not a mark on him, even though he lost one red scale from the underside somewhere.

Glad you are enjoying your ochiba Dick...they bring back fun memories of Ochiba Monday at Quality Koi.

The GR has not stopped eating since I put her back in the pond.

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by dick benbow thanks for pointing that out "Jumbo-san", couldn't think of anyone better to do so.....

I hope I didn't burst your bubble as that was not my intention.

[Russell Peters]

Quote: Originally Posted by dick benbow When are you headed back for the drainage and who all is scheduled to accompany you on your travels....Mike going?

The big "Drainage" is on the 20th of October. We have got quite a crowd going including Mike. There are a few people from Colorado going to the big "Drainage" as well. I think you are on a mission to coin a new phrase.