my 2 yr old 19" Marudo female Sanke with hump..

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[Lam Nguyen]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Click the link below Grant it's from JNorth's website. Jim's Koi Page Click "Koi Info" Click "Tony's Tidbits"

Thanks for the info, Tony. That's pretty awesome!

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Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Click the link below Grant it's from JNorth's website. Jim's Koi Page Click "Koi Info" Click "Tony's Tidbits"

Doesn't get any simpler than that! Thank you very much Tony.

And thanks to Lam as well

Grant

[moikoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eugeneg Nice looking fish but by 2 year old is it a nissai ? if not it is not going to be jumbo . As far as hump goes I do not like them but that is ones taste . Having seen meter long fish I did not see a prononced hump . Regards Eugene

yes, a nisai

[moikoi]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Generally raising fish with humps in my experience have grown on to become stubby. The Sanke you have is nice, but I would like to see a side view of how over developed the hump is.

not that noticeable. just happen that her hump was above the shallow water when these pix was taken.

[Lam Nguyen]

Hey Tony, have you heard of this 5.5 head lengths on tosai concept before? If so, then does it apply to nisai and older koi as well? The reason why I ask is because I pulled out some of my Nichirin mags yesterday and did some measurements. Apparently, the older the koi is the smaller the body is compared to the head length. Anyways, just curious is all.

[aquitori]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lam Nguyen Hey Tony, have you heard of this 5.5 head lengths on tosai concept before? If so, then does it apply to nisai and older koi as well? The reason why I ask is because I pulled out some of my Nichirin mags yesterday and did some measurements. Apparently, the older the koi is the smaller the body is compared to the head length. Anyways, just curious is all.

Hi Lam, I have heard of the 5.5 head lenghts on tosai before and what I have studied is that the ratio being as it is because you generally want to find a longer slender tosai to begin with. As I say slender I mean health in that aspect too. As with anything in the foundation of development of conformation a fish must have a sound bone structure to support the muscle tone that will develop later.

What I failed to mention in that "tidbit" is that it is helpful in regards to fish Nisai and up....

[Lam Nguyen]

Quote: Originally Posted by aquitori Hi Lam, I have heard of the 5.5 head lenghts on tosai before and what I have studied is that the ratio being as it is because you generally want to find a longer slender tosai to begin with. As I say slender I mean health in that aspect too. As with anything in the foundation of development of conformation a fish must have a sound bone structure to support the muscle tone that will develop later. What I failed to mention in that "tidbit" is that it is helpful in regards to fish Nisai and up....

Hi Tony, just to make sure that I understand you right, you are saying that the 5.5 head length concept does NOT apply to nisai and older koi. Is this correct? From my measurements of older koi, it seems that they are about 4 to 4.5 head lengths long.

[moikoi]

tell me about the quality.....good,bad or ugly? the hump on this one is not as big as the Marudo.

[moikoi]

side by side of these two Sanke...