Originally Posted by
Marilyn
Bummer on the beni loss on the head but still a valuable learning experience. It's nice to see how the sumi pulled back on the pecs and consolidated on the rest of the koi. It shows how what appears to be a very dark koi may not develop all of that sumi. Chances are there will still be a head pattern although it won't be a beni colored one but a sumi colored one.
Just for clarification, the koi isn't pinched behind the gill plates, is it? That one pic really looks pretty bad but I'm not seeing it in the others so it's got me confused, lol.