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Jason,
These koi (both shiro and showa) are first culled at 3 days. After that you wait 40 days and look for the beni pattern. if it's strong and solid it stays. If the shiro is there with so red, it stays. If the color is small and light it stays.
Warning: many showa breedings have false black in the tail section area.
it covers over the red pattern and as a breeder you may be tempted to off
as black is too heavy in the tail with red in head and chest only. take these guys outside and look in the sun for any indication of a tail stop red under the black.
have seen many times in their second year when the black crawls back and reveals the much needed red tailstop!
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