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I'll never forget doing sembetsu on my first crop of kujaku offspring many, many years ago with my mentor Atsushi Suda.
We had a tankful of them and were sorting our way through when I came upon a fish with quite an unusual pattern. But, not much hikari at all. Mr. Suda tossed the fish into the culls saying, "No shine, no kujaku."
Its all about the shine and not much about the pattern. Of course great shine plus great pattern equals great kujaku, no shine, no kujaku.
Look for shine in small koi in the pectoral fins and the head. These places, even on small koi of a few inches, should be highly reflective of sunlight with a shimmering.
Kujaku, or other hikari breed means shine.
Brett
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Brett
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