Simply Koi and More Koi

i've been culling my fish today
went from 80-47 keepers LOL
due to natural deaths and my last cull

and today went from 47-16 keepers
and they love all the room that they've got
finnaly those freeloaders have gone LOL

i'm gona set u koiquesters a quiz
on koi breeding and see wat everyone thinks
each fish might be

firstly though here's a few pics of the general fry
the keepers
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15819_IMG_1668.JPG[/img]
the chuckers (mostly gill deformaties and mouth probs)
it's always the good ones that have probs
there is a great tancho there that has a missing gill
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15821_IMG_1669.JPG[/img]

some of the ???????tancho/shiro/ochibas??????
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15835_IMG_1660.JPG[/img]
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15837_IMG_1665.JPG[/img]
and some kohakus
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15839_IMG_1655.JPG[/img]

NOW
??????will it be a tancho when it's bigger????????
fish no.1
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15823_IMG_1666.JPG[/img]
no.2
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15825_IMG_1661.JPG[/img]
no.3
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15831_IMG_1667.JPG[/img]
no.4
[img]http://www.koivista.com/files/koiboy/15089_IMG_1299.JPG[/img]
there are no correct or incorrect answers

Great pictures Gregg, although a little dark. It might be the PC I'm viewing them on, I'll have another look when I get home.

yer sorry they are a tad blurry and dark but i hope everyone can still see the ?????tancho????? spots on the head.
the camera was a bit close to the fish so blocked the light

Gregg,

It must have been my works PC, I can see them clearly now I'm home.

In my opinion, No's 1, 2, & 3 wont be Tancho,s but number 4 might well suprise you.

Nice Ochiba there though, you must have had thay one away when I had my back turned!!!!

mini hudeni thats me LOL
i'll see wat everyone else honestly thinks about the ???tanchos???
but no 4 could be a shield yes

No 4 for me if it all goes well but ya never know

the 16 fish in their roomy home
the 'venturi' is the inlet with an air stone in front of it
i put the air stone there just to give the inlet more power to refract the water force from the two walls towards the drain

Hi Gregg
There are some great photo's there. As to the tancho's, by the look of them I would say 1,3 and 4 with 4 being in the lead, if the 1 and 3 didn't have a bit of colour running down their head's, all be it a little bit, then I would say the were not, but there is a hint of colour there. It will be interesting to see how they turn out.

i'll keep u all posted and get some pics sorted if the tancho spots get stronger or dissapear

Nice one

Some nice pictures there, so over all nice pick Gregg hope every thing goes well.

Regards
AMIR

Bob, how many of those tanchos are still tancho?

Maurice.

Sorry, should have been Greg, not Bob!
Maurice.

WELL,

sorry for being ofline for awhile but now i'm back
and with an update on the fish for ya'll,

no.4= maruten, shield, kohaku
no.3=same hi
No.2=faded hi
no.1=fading hi

Hey stranger! Thanks for the updates maate, good to see you posting.

Jules