This is one of my favourite fish. It was plucked from the ashes of the Preston Nurseries koi dealership back in 2001. When I got it it was recovering from being dropped on the floor and, if you know where to look, you can see where a hole in its shoulder has healed over.



But now, five years later, the white skin has gone pretty badly wrong. Time for a happy retirement in a nice deep mud pond. If it makes a miraculous recovery, and turns back the clock, I can always grab it back again.