To cull or not to cull.......

[gspotmc]

Originally Posted by jbolding

Micheal how much do you plan on feeding them to get that kind of growth? At those lenghts you are talking about a lot girth in addition to the inches. Are they in with your general population, or do you have them in a separate pond where you can better insure how much you are feeding them?

They are all in my 16k pond. I only have 6 kois in the main pond. I have attained considerable grwoth with my past stocks.From 6 to 16 inches in one summer. They came in last Gardena show at 8 inches. When I took them to LV show they were already at 14 to 16 inches. Still haven't remeasured them since. I think they are at 17 to 18 inches. Come summer time I just feed them whatever they can consume. My shiro Utsuri that took RGC this year came at 28 inches last year. She was measured at 30 1/2 inches at Gardena this year. If they don't grow this year they will be joining my cull group next year.

[gspotmc]

Jbolding,
The maruyama kohaku is at 17 3/4 inches and the matsunosuke is at 16 3/4 inches. Hoping to get 5 inches this coming growing season.
MC

[Lam Nguyen]

Wow, that's some impressive growth!