| Hi all. Yes. you can have ginrin and metallic. It makes for a 'busy' fish but they look good in some junenile fish. You often see that when looking at purachina ( platinum ogon). I remember standing at pond side at Choguro's with Maurice and we were observing the difference in ginrin and non ginrin metallics. The ginrin is of course the scale itself and the metallic is the skin surrounding the scale.
As Dick and I have now both said, teri or shine is the number one feature of kujaku.
And IF a tategoi kohaku's challenge is to grow large and a showa's challenge is to finish it's sumi, then a kujaku's challenge is to keep its shine and stay 'clean'.
Since almost all kujaku loose the luster by age five, this is a big challenge indeed!
In these little guys however, you do need pattern like any other baby koi does to compete well in the small sizes.
Here are two STONE COLD KILLER kujaku! One is of kohaku breeding and the other is typical kujaku breeding. They are both world class fish, so use them as learning tools. These fish are in the 14-15 inch range and this is the ideal size to show finished metallic fish at as they tend to be very shiny and very clean. But please note: they also have very nice patterns. the patterns have no 'windows' or holes in them which is a number one flaw in most baby kujaku. Patterns are very very important in fish of this size and type.
JR |