that leaves two other basic colors, black and red. It's always best if there is no black showing in the red. BUT as a goshiki develops sometimes it will show only to be covered up again as the beni thickens, so I don't think we want to feel bad because of the black in the last tailstop beni at this stage. BUT....
Finally we've got to consider Black. It does come on with good water quality and temperature also affects it. What we want to see is a uniform grey throughout the white from head to tail.
The black development is splotchy and not uniform with the same consistancy thru-out.
My feeling with this koi as it progresses is that the black will become more dominant than we would wish. To me this is confirmed with the dark tail and dark face as the black fills in between. At this stage would like to have seen more of a uniform consistant grey than black.
I predict it will be espcially black with black eventually showing and retaining in the beni. But again water and temperature play a role in this. Higher temps and lower GH may help to slow it's pace.....
