Dear Cr,

White ones are known to be more difficult to develop wen. It is not encouraged to split them into smaller groups. If i were you, I'll keep concentrate on the good ones and develop them . What i mean develop them is to concentrate the effort on the better ones; schedule water change, feeding rate, green water/clear water, carpet algae, etc. The rest will develop as well along the process but priority will be given to the better ones. Also, act as companion.

In Japan, 99.9% of the people who breed Ranchu will seek for only 1-2 good piece, the rest of the fish will be their companion or potential breeding parent fish. Commercial breeders will say something else. In general, what we aim to achieve on the fish that we presently have, is to get the best out of the group. But it all depending on what you actually want. If someone hoping to get 10 out of 10 perfect fish, that'll be impossible cos in average, I 'm just guessing, it'll take almost 100,000 or more babies to pick one AJRS competition qualified fish, if lucky.

What we have here is 80-100 fish out of 3000. the chance is quite slim, in my opinion. What we can do is to get the best out of a few of them and enjoy their development.

My motive for this year is a little different with others. I pick all the long bodies. It is very difficult to get a nice shape out of them cos of their body length as well as the distance between the belly and tail is great. All of them is not nice and according to Jap standard, they'll be sold off as general grade ranchu for general hobbyist. I wanted to polish up my skill so I took them in. My fish's body structural foundation and proportion is not as good as you all have but it is a challenge to me to groom the fish to be the better ones. So, you guys have to work hard and don't let me catch up... hehehhe... feeling some pressure?

Cheers.

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