Suda showa for critique

[Lam Nguyen]

Originally Posted by Ethan25

:taking notes:

Thank you all for your comments. This is the best place to learn the solid facts. I'll post this fish other places to get nice, feel-good comments.



Ethan

Hi Ethan, I hope that you are not offended with me editing your koi's image and my previous post(s) about your Suda showa. It is a very nice koi to learn from and I am sure that, given your husbantry skill, it will really beef up and put on some growth. I hope that this koi will be a good learning subject for you and please keep us updated on its development.

[Flounder]

Lam, you're correct on your term of ake nisai.

This is what what Joel Burkard wrote:

"Japanese breeders use the name "tosai" to indicate koi that are less than a year old. The term has been adopted by koi keepers the world over, and is often confused or misused.
Most koi are spawned in May or June, and technically, the name "tosai" should only be used from the time they are harvested until the end of December. This means that "tosai" are available for purchase in the fall.
Once January rolls around, they become "ake nisai" or "early two year olds", and are no longer considered "tosai".
When they are again harvested in the fall, having lived through two growing seasons, they are referred to as "nisai" or "two year olds"."

[Ethan25]

Originally Posted by Lam Nguyen

Hi Ethan, I hope that you are not offended with me editing your koi's image and my previous post(s) about your Suda showa. It is a very nice koi to learn from and I am sure that, given your husbantry skill, it will really beef up and put on some growth. I hope that this koi will be a good learning subject for you and please keep us updated on its development.

I will definitely keep you all updated. Not offended at all. Editing the image was a great way for me to learn about headlengths.....thanks for that.

I appreciate it.
It should beef up. Either way, I'll learn something from the purchase.
Ethan