| Mickey, sorry I never got a side view picture of the koi at the age it was when the picture as is was taken.
The koi is 4 in may and has red in the dorsal now, and the red outline of the gil cover is compete. The red is up to the lateral line with a white stripe between it and the blue, which held it's beautiful aqua marine color.
if I could paint the sideways picture with words, the belly was white the red started on the lower side of the side and went up about a third to the lateral line. the red in the pec was pretty constant as a starburst about a third full in the pec. Quality on this koi was always apparent, the sex however was not and at first i was very disappointed it turned out to be male. But now with my magoi female and the hope of providing some rearing ponds in the next few years, he's turned out to maybe be a real asset. At the time of his purchase using his development as a learning tool was not even a thought yet...(murphy's law! ) |