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Omosako Showa Update

Mohantaro Growout Finals

This baby surprised me by being one of the biggest kohakus of a successful home breeding program by Mohan, an avid koi kichi in Malaysia.

After a year of growout, she has grown to 58cm at 1 year 3 months. Not bad at all, and she look destined jumbo :)

Jeff

Three Gonjiros Update 2

Hi,

Those Gonjiros are driving me nuts with their voracious appetites and growth spurts.

The first female Sanke is now 47cm, up 10cm from 37cm in April 2009 and 40cm in May 2009.

The second female sanke is also 47cm cm, up 11cm from 36cm in April 2009 and 40cm in May 2009.

The third sanke is 49cm, up 12 cm from 37cm in April 2009 and 43cm in May 2009.

I think they are fast catching up from pent up growth in the dealer's pond.

So far, they are progressing well;)

Cheers,

Jeff

Ai Goromo

This Ai Goromo would be four years old by now, and from his body who would have thought he is male. He is 70cm, and is a voracious eater.

I bowled him up today to have a good look. Someone said that goromos do not do well in hot weather, like goshikis and ochiba shigure.

Not bad at all for a male.

Cheers,

Jeff

The Unforgettable Carp

That's the Empurau, or as the Chinese on the island of Borneo call them, "Wang Pu Liau" or "Unforgettable", as one of the tastiest and most expensive culinary fresh water fishes around, packing a whopping RM800 per kg served steaming hot on restaurant tables.

Populating the upper reaches of the Rejang River in remote Kapit in Sarawak, they can grow up to a whopping 20kg. A fish farm near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia had one tipping the scales at 13kg. Their cousins on the peninsula are known as Kelahs.

Scientifically named Tor Tambroides, they are the stuff of unforgettable legends in the historical annals of Colonial Great Britain as the Greater Brook Carp or Mahseers of the Golden Chersonese, best known for their epic battles with colonial anglers in the mountain streams and rapids of Malaya and Borneo.

Their cousins are still unforgettable today in the Sportfishing annals of modern day anglers, for the epic 6 hours battles they fought as seven footer Himalaya Mahseers or giant Humpback Mahseers (Tor Mussullah) of the Cauvery River in India. Majestic, awesome, powerful and mighty, these muscular fishes are a sight to behold!

The one Empurau that is unforgettable to me was on death row in a restaurant tank when I saw her, with a missing scale and split caudal fin, but still majestic and graceful with a huge hump. Measuring 46cm and weighing 1.6kg, she costs quite a bit to rescue, but it was worth it.

Looking awesome and powerful with an unforgettable muscular hump, Mighty Thor (Yes, I named her after Thor, the God of Thunder) joined the kois in my courtyard pond and now swims happily with two Kelahs. With her small pointed head and huge hump, she has a rather nice Bambi bodyline.

She's now eating Saki Hikari, FD Extra and FD Color Up pellets together with the kois and hopefully, she will go on a growth spurt and end up looking like those majestic humpback mahseers (max size 90kg/150cm) of Cauvery as some hobbyists believe they are of the same species.

That remains to be seen, but I will be more than happy if she grow jumbo above 80cm;)

Cheers,

Jeff

Isawa Matsunosuke Atarashi Sumi Sankes

Last week, I picked up two Isawa Atarashi Sumi Sankes at very affordable prices. Good things have been written about Isawa Matsunosuke Atarashi Sumi Sankes: See http://www.essexsection.co.uk/html/from_hotspot.html

Toshio Sakai, one of 2 brothers to acquire the Matsunosuke bloodline of fishes from one of Japan's foremost koi farming families, is a living legend in the world of Nishikigoi acclaimed for his ground breaking work in developing excellent koi, the latest of which is atarashi or new sumi.

This has so impressed the koi community in Asia that we started the 1st Asia Grow Out event to study the new "atarashi sumi":

See http://www.koi.com.my/forum/KOI_Talk_C1/Koi_Appreciation_F8/THE_1ST_ASIA_GROWOUT_EVENT_2009_-_PART_1_P113200/

http://www.koi.com.my/forum/KOI_Talk_C1/Koi_Appreciation_F8/THE_1ST_ASIA_GROWOUT_EVENT_2009_PART_2_P114685/

The first sanke measures 36cm, and is female. The second second, also female, is 34cm. These two are rumored to be Nisai fishes, so we shall expect to see a rapid growth spurt.

Will they be jumbo? Hmmm, I think maybe, just maybe...... ;)

Cheers,

Jeff