Here are some of my personal larger koi. As you can see, I am not having any issues with growth... I know that the shusui and ochiba are not the greatest but all my friends love them, so they stay (I think) ...
Here are some of my personal larger koi. As you can see, I am not having any issues with growth... I know that the shusui and ochiba are not the greatest but all my friends love them, so they stay (I think) ...
Love that ochiba. Feed it....it looks hungry.
Bill
lol i actually like the shusui...sometime unqiue koi are better than textbook...
It could be possible that some are male that is the problem when you buy koi under 8" as you can't always tell the sex of the koi... I want a big female chagoi/ochiba in the pond when I get the extra space as they are one of the friendliest koi. We had one this summer that was about 29" and it would follow you around the pond and would let you pet it. It came to you like a dog...
It was sold...
Feed that ochiba again.
Bill
Actually,a few years ago (3) I bought a 2-year-old chagoi and when she came she was skinnier that your ochiba,but a couple of months of heavy feeding temps made a HUGE difference. I had paid a lot of money for her and was kinda disappointed until I saw how fast she grew and bulked up. Worth every single penny.
Bill
Here is what they both looked like a couple of months ago... I was feeding them heavier then.
Feed that poor ochiba. She's pining away.
Bill
Sorry to hear about your loss... I know it is pretty bad when you loose one that you really are attached to.
Here is another GR Ochiba that I was growing out to see if I liked it. I enclosed pics of it small and larger. It had a really good pattern and then the back half of it faded??