| marie...the best way to see what is a good pattern is to go to some of the high priced sites and look at their koi...if the koi are the same type and size and one is more expensive it has (or will have one when it fills in and grows up) a better pattern (nine times out of ten). it is a cheap way to get a handle on what is a good pattern.
As to body conformation....the koi has a really really crooked spine (you get my point?) |