faz201283

am looking at maybe adding a few more koi to the pond, only small ones as i like to see em grow, ive spotted one, its a tancho, bright red spot on the head and white body, thing is there's a little pink showing under the skin, not much but noticeable, do you think it would grow out in time as its only 6'' atm or should i be looking for perfect white

hope that makes sense

Davej

Hiya

There are always compromises to be made when buying a fish.

With a Tancho Kohaku it’s all about the skin and this needs to be good.

It may be a bruise but then again it may not.

Do you know how long the dealers has had it? There will be loads of fresh young Tosai to choose from come April and my thoughts would be not to take a risk and wait till then.

Dave

faz201283

cheers dave, tbh he aint a dealer as such, he gets a few hundred fry at a time and sells them before gettin his next batch, ive bought from him last year, i got 10 2-3'' fish and a tancho that was around 6'', the tancho looks fantastic, brilliant white but the spot is more of an orange then red, still a good looking fish

they fry seem to have come along ok, maybe not the growth that some of you guys get but im fairly happy with them, there are 2 out of the 10 that havnt really grown much, maybe and inch 1/2 - 2 inch but the others are now about 51/2 - 6 inch, not sure if thats good or not, got them in july

think ill take your advice and see what he has in a few month

Limey

Its possible the pink could be that the fish was feeling stressed - assume it was bowled and may not have liked being disturbed

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john t

i agree with dave tancho's tend to show how they are feeling in terms of stress,ask him to reserve it and go back in a few days and have another look.

john t