Jeff Speck's Growout Form

[Jeff Speck]

Updates on the first page. I'm a little embarrassed. Folks are putting up impressive growth numbers. Not much here. We have just this week reached 68'F and switched to high protein. Growing season is FINALLY here.

[mstrseed]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeff Speck I'm a little embarrassed. Folks are putting up impressive growth numbers. Not much here.

You have three that are still in the contest and healthy................nothing to be embarrassed about.

[Jeff Speck]

Latest news here is my wife and I have kind of suddenly decided to put our house on the market. So I am selling off all of my koi and dismantling our fish house. I think I am going to try and keep the Omosakos and a couple others in a show tank for a while. Who knows with this housing market, but if we do move, maybe I can get a liner pond built in a short time. Not absolutely sure I want to continue with fish. I want to free up some of my free time. Plus electric and water just keeps going up.

Anyhow, I am going to try getting some money back for quite a few fish and that might violate the rules of the grow-out. I won't be making a profit, more like a huge loss. Any opinions about that are welcome, and perhaps jnorth will stop by with a ruling.

[RookieKoiGuy]

Please tell Heather,
Moving is an option/getting out of koi isn't

Uncle Tom

[PapaBear]

I sure hope you are able to continue with the growout and find a way (economically that is) to stay in the hobby. You and your charges are another fun part of the whole thing.

As far as peddling your "excess" goes, I can't see any way possible that it would place you in any type of "pro" status and knock you out of the competition. Recouping a small portion of your investment rather than giving them away is hardly the same as going in to the business.

[azngopher]

i agree with larry. do what you can to get what you can but stay in the competition! would be a shame to not have the #1 pick in it! good luck!

[Jeff Speck]

Thanks guys. Well, after having my fun at breeding and running 16000 gallons for a couple years, I'm now down to one tank, 3100 gallons and only 7 koi. Very relaxing

I will keep this last tank running until we move, if and when...

As for the Omosakos, I got rid of the tancho. It was clearly male and I totally lost interest in it. The other 3 are now at 11" mid-August, so still lagging behind on growth. Sumi mostly submerged. Probably 14" when this wraps up in March.

[Jeff Speck]

I've added new pictures on the first page.

[azngopher]

wow, there were some changes in the sumi on yours between the mid point and current pics.

some interesting developments. 6 inches in 3 months is amazing. good girth on yours also. totally different than my 3. all are getting longer but staying slim, probably because they are males....