Ryukin / Growth / Development Options

[rmb]

hi..

looking at buying some small baby ryukin in the UK.

the fish are only 5-6cm long and show no sing of a "hump" . Is this normal ? and when would one expect young fish to start showing a hump.......?

Hope you can advise

thanks
Robert

[bekko]

The eye is disproportionately large which makes them look like they may be stunted.

The hump develops slowly. When you have a whole batch of siblings in front of you it is not to difficult to pick the ones which will have the best hump. When looking at a small subset, it is impossible to tell. At this size, and given that they may be older then their size would indicate, I suspect they will not develop well.

These do not look like imported fish. Were they bred locally?? Best to track down the breeder and get the details.

-steve