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Hi paul,
Depends on if your buying tosai,nisai or a finished koi. I hope your a subscriber to KB as there is a fantastic article on tosai sanke selection in issue #6.
Alot of modern day sanke's are bred from matsunosuke bloodline. this is a black that is very dominant and does appear and disappear with the age of the koi while in it's youth. I liked the old kichenai bloodline with small sumi. I do think the trend will come back to that. like fat ties, fashion eventually makes a full circle.
As a lesson for selection always look at you intended koi's discription
to help you decide importance. a sanke is a white koi with red and black
highlights. this tells me that in sanke's white is critical. oft times the gosanke group depend on white as the base color to highlight thier other colors much like an oil painter's pallet. the base color first to hit the canvas dictates how the other colors are perceived.
good luck in your selection and remember with sanke and showa where the black is important, do not be in a rush to have the koi turn out. if i had
some of the koi back that i ofted thier first year or two in my pond, i'd be a lot better off!
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