And who knows how many hybrids!
Mine are always moving, no clue how I would count them, maybe a picture when most are gathered. I don't even try
Gemma thank you. It looks like a Shiro Utsuri to me. The suma is a rich black color against a shiny bright white background. Only it’s head is missing black spots. The funny thing is when I bought these tosais they were supposed to be either Sanke or Showa except for the one Gin Rin Matsuba I ordered. This fish originally had some orange on it but it all went away pretty quickly. I really like it’s coloration a lot now so I’m happy the way things turned out. It is a ferocious eater and I’m thinking it may be a jumbo Tosai because it will eat almost half of all the food when I feed the fish! Is your black and white also a Shiro Utsuri? I never heard of them starting out orange and black as tosai and losing the orange. Well you never know what to expect when you buy them as juveniles, but so far I’m very happy with this fish! I took some more pictures today. I guess I’m making up for not taking any pictures all summer because the water was so cloudy. You can see the Shiro Utsuri pretty prominently in the photos because he is saving a good spot to eat when I throw in their food. Btw. I switched to fall diet now as the pond temperature is going down now.
Addy. I’m hoping no hybrids but if there are a few it won’t affect anything because I not raising fish to resell. I did some research about hybrids and most people said it’s pretty unusual to get them. Also I heard the goldfish will eat the baby Koi so maybe they will eat the hybrids too. When I moved the pond I found some pretty ugly greenish brown fish by the bottom and I had no idea they were there. Naturally I kept them and relocated them to the new pond because I didn’t have the heart to get rid of them because they were ugly! I guess I can never be a Koi breeder!
I see the greenish brown fish in my pond. I think they are goldfish without the gold. But I am seeing them growing beautiful fins, some are turning a great gold brown. I even have some now converting to the bright orange of gold fish.
Sorry to say you don't decide to be a koi breeder! Fish decide that!
Mine was a Sanke!
Gemma you are totally right. Possibly because it had some orange on it the seller must of thought it was a Sanke or maybe they knew what they were sending because they added an extra Koi because of shipping problems and just never told me they were including a Shiro Bekko. Either way I still like it a lot. I saw this article that explains the difference between the Shiro Bekko and Shiro Utsuri https://www.kloubeckoi.com/blog/fiv...nce-between-shiro-bekko-and-shiro-utsuri-koi/
Tula It's mouth is huge so you just know it's going to grow big. For some reason certain fish have smaller or larger mouths than others and you can almost predict which ones are going to be small or large that way. I once saw an older pond and all the goldfish were greenish brown because they reverted to their dominant color. I definitely did not like it. I prefer brighter colors.
So true. Today I was watching all the pretty baby sarasas in my pond. There must be about a half dozen with really pretty colors all around 1.5-2 inches! They have only been brave enough to swim with the big fish the last week or so and go where I throw the food. Before they they stayed mostly where I had a lot of pond plants.