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Yeah but Luke, look back to Maurice's photos of a koi (can't remember whether it was kohaku or sanke) where the scattered, weak hi sort of contracted and congealed over time into a thich beni plate with good kiwa. I would have said the young fish was junk and thrown it to the pigs but Maurice saw the furture and, indeed, it turned into a nice one. If the skin cells had been pre-programmed for one color or another from egg, then it wouldn't have happened that way.
Then too, there are Brandwood's recent remarks about managing ponds differently for kohaku versus showa. OK, it might have been sanke versus showa or something else, but you get the idea.
-stevehopki ns
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