Nessie re-named

This is the babies at feeding time. Nessie is the big white one in the upper right. There are five others in the is picture - Goldie, SmallSpot, Momo and two generically called, Dusty.

Nessie is about 4 1/2 inches long. We have re-named her. We have always liked the name Geisha and our last fish named Geisha died last year in an unidentified critter attack. So we have re-bestowed the name to this champion. We will keep her next year when we sell the rest. Wonder how beautiful she will get.

About 20 or 25 healthy babies in the main pond

The top picture shows several babies joining the elders at feeding time. This picture shows Samaurai (or oldest), Sake and Suke and the orange one, named Madam Butterfly because her fins are so beautiful. The babies in this picture haven't earned names yet.

Closeup of the babies at feeding time. They are two inches long in general. In the main pond, the babies are all about the same size. In the secondary pond, the difference in size is 1 inch for the smallest to about 5 inches to the biggest - our champ, Nessie.

Our Champion Babies!!

Here are a couple pictures of Nessie (named so because you rarely see her and when you do, you almost can't beleive your eyes!) She is by far the biggest of the babies. Above she is pictued with Goldie - the second biggest fish. The second pictures shows her next to an average sized baby fish. Nessie is about 5 inches long. The average sized fish is about 2 inches.

The next picture of the second biggest fish (3 inches) with an average sized fish. Meet "Goldie" and "Spot." We have our eyes on Spot - he may be a keeper.