Pat & Jis
08-08-2006, 02:09 PM
I wanted to show you some pictures of the evolution of our shusui
Our first "good" quality shusui we bought 5 January 2005 at 7" (18cm)
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/LingLing050105.jpg
And we put in our inside "pond" of 792 gallons at 75 degrees
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/binnenbak.jpg
She was very hungry and soon started growing.
On the end of april her hi was almost fainted cause of the missing sunlight in our garage.
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/LingLing280405.jpg
At the end of May the outdoor pond was ready so she finally would get some sunlight. At that time she already was 12.5"
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/Ling-Ling.jpg
In October we did our winter check and took this picture.
You can see that the hi was returning, but most of the time she was to busy with growing....and was 15.75" already :yahoo:
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/lingling1.jpg
She stayed outdoors during the long winter. Till end of april the water was still below 50 degrees, but in May the temperature was slowly rising. And last week we were curious about her lenght so we pulled her out. She was 18.5" and her body became even better.
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/lingling040806-1.jpg
For so far the picture.
As you look well you can find a sumi spot on her left side. When it showed up i was very sad and :mad:
But it's not predictable if your shusui will get sumi spots or not.
What more can we see....if you look to the hi you can see that on the places where the "zipper" touches the hi pattern the blue/black color wants to take over the hi.
In Holland most shusui turn totally blue after a few years cause of the hard water we have :no:
In the spring this shusui appeared to become blue on her head but luckily after some changes of the waterhardness it went to almost white again.
Our first "good" quality shusui we bought 5 January 2005 at 7" (18cm)
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/LingLing050105.jpg
And we put in our inside "pond" of 792 gallons at 75 degrees
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/binnenbak.jpg
She was very hungry and soon started growing.
On the end of april her hi was almost fainted cause of the missing sunlight in our garage.
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/LingLing280405.jpg
At the end of May the outdoor pond was ready so she finally would get some sunlight. At that time she already was 12.5"
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/Ling-Ling.jpg
In October we did our winter check and took this picture.
You can see that the hi was returning, but most of the time she was to busy with growing....and was 15.75" already :yahoo:
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/lingling1.jpg
She stayed outdoors during the long winter. Till end of april the water was still below 50 degrees, but in May the temperature was slowly rising. And last week we were curious about her lenght so we pulled her out. She was 18.5" and her body became even better.
http://home.planet.nl/~fokke002/lingling040806-1.jpg
For so far the picture.
As you look well you can find a sumi spot on her left side. When it showed up i was very sad and :mad:
But it's not predictable if your shusui will get sumi spots or not.
What more can we see....if you look to the hi you can see that on the places where the "zipper" touches the hi pattern the blue/black color wants to take over the hi.
In Holland most shusui turn totally blue after a few years cause of the hard water we have :no:
In the spring this shusui appeared to become blue on her head but luckily after some changes of the waterhardness it went to almost white again.