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Not yet koinut, I really have not had time to follow up, thx for the reminder, I will try to get to it this week. Today is a little hectic.
I understand what you are saying JR, but for adult fish and for certain situations that is not the whole picture. Here, due to intense sun, the color loss can be dramatic. So we have to keep supplying them with the things they need. The good news is, over generations they develop a very deep and tough color scheme due to it, adaptation. The damage you are worried about is actually a good reason to go the cobalt route, because the koi will not adapt more than they need. With already completely synhtesized color enhancers in food, they will. The result is stunning color with no risk of damage. I have never heard too much could actually damage the cell, just affect the edges of the patterns. Maybe you could tell me more about that.
Also, yellow orange and red orange are taste, I prefer red orange, amd I think most GCs are lipstick and cherry tomatoe reds. I know the orange with more yellow is supposed to be more stable, but alot of it is not about just stability, but what we fill out the color cells with. Truth is yellow color pigments are cheaper, the chromatorphes of yellow and red mixed together give you orange. The combination of which ones there are more of and how deep they run and what we fill them out with via diet and water conditions determines tint and stability to a large degree.
I notice the flag and the sports emblems Japan's Olympics teams use are not yellow/orange tancho spots, but red. I was brought up to understand the red was very important and significant in their culture. At least that's what grandpa told us, who was over there for a good while during and after WW2. Perhaps you could tell me more than grandpa knew.
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