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Howdy maurice,
I can't comment on anything other than my own fish. You will have to grow some of these up to get "the final answer".
However, if it was my kohaku....
More than the pink between the steps, its the breaking up of the pattern at the edges (along the sides of the fish, especially the first step) into "spots" that concerns me. Looks like a kanoko about to happen, then shiro muji.
However, saying that, I'd most likely toss the fish into the "keepers" for another look in three to six months. If there is a way to identify the fish so you'll know which it is later, it would help.
The hope is that the fish looks so good in the kanoko stage, somebody will buy it and not be dissapointed for at least a good while. My problem is, with a fish like that, no matter how much the customer loves it, I have to tell them my lack of faith in the fish ever becoming what the customer thinks they see. I lose the sale, or offer up a substantial discount to let the customer "try and see". Once in a blue moon such a fish works out nicely. Most of the time not.
Of course I've seen excepetions to every rule. This fish might be the beginning of a new dynasty and I'm too silly to see it.
Keep the fish awhile and see what happens,
Brett
P.S. I get a kick out of this kind of question.
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Brett
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