These ranchu represent the entire group I kept from Spawn #4 of 2013. I'm documenting the whole group as a way to see how ranchu that are selected as "most perfect in the group" at a young age can evolve over the course of growing into adults. As these ranchu have now become oya age many faults have become apparent. Herein lies the challenge with ranchu: fish that exhibit exceptional qualities may still develop structural issues as time passes. Although there are some high quality ranchu in this batch I also see many defects in others. Some of the worst problems are twisted backbones near the tail region. Sadly the fish with the worst twists also have the best headgrowth, or wen. There are videos on my Youtube channel of each of these ranchu, designated with the number shown on these photos:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ZyYavO96AUYCwwuCCjZvPLqtqu6hMxb
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
My "Keepers" From Spawn #3, 2014
Update 10-16-14
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Nov. 8th 2014
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Feb. 23 2015
Aug, 2015
Monday, August 18, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
9 weeks of summertime growth
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