name this koi

brettkoi · 03-03-2006, 05:44 PM

Hi all , thought i,d rack your brains , got this koi at Essex koi show , it was picked by my wife , and was quite ugly . Its turning out quite nice now and has a lot of sumi to come through on its sides . I aint got a clue what it is , so please put your heads together. ???

koi tattoo · 03-03-2006, 06:03 PM

hi brett it looks like a kikokuryu in the early stages of development im probably wrong though..
nice koi with good potential,....vince

yamakoshi · 03-03-2006, 08:04 PM

Hi Brett, I think Vince could be right, it could be kikokuryu, sometimes they start with very little colour.Carol.

extremekoi · 03-03-2006, 08:32 PM

Looks like a Roach Brett........ :P

shusui:paul · 03-03-2006, 08:49 PM

more like a sardine in tomatoe sauce

extremekoi · 03-03-2006, 08:52 PM

lol........I know one thing Brett, if the Hi turns to Sumi, youll have a nice metallic Kumonryu........ :

(private joke all)

brettkoi · 03-03-2006, 08:59 PM

i thought it was a sprat when my wife picked it ;D

shusui:paul · 03-03-2006, 09:05 PM

probarly make good pike bait ;D

brettkoi · 12-03-2006, 09:45 PM

used it as pike bait today , didnt catch anything will stick to butterfly koi from now on. 8)

koiman[madabtkoi] · 12-03-2006, 09:48 PM

ouch lol i have been down the river piking does not seem to be much about must have been the heavy rain