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    Thread: Three hariwake

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      Three hariwake - My three snow-whites

      Those are also strong survivors of my last winter pond disaster. They are the smallest individuals of that batch of 20 Israeli koi. Except 2 equally small sanke all their bigger siblings (I guess) died. I bought them summer 2017 as tosai, and now they are only 35-40 cm. I think I have good material to make bon-sai koi!!

      All were hariwake, but their color has been receding. The left is now completely white except a tiny red spot on its right eyelid, and the right still has a tiny light-brown spot on its shoulder:

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      By the way, what do you call completely white, former hariwake? Do they have an other name?

      I am most concerned with confirmation. The right one has a short body, can it be called strong body? I personally like the confirmation of the middle one, which is probably a male.


      I looked at their vent. My kid failed to take clear photos so I only can show the right oneŽs vent, and I guess it is a female:

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      What I am impressed is the difference in head form of the male (the middle one) and the female (the right one). The female has a much wider head than the male. I observed the same thing between my female sanke and male sanke. They are similarly long. Is it always so??
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      IŽd like to start with my own critique, mainly confirmation (I know they are all failed hariwake).

      The right one has a too short body, and the head seems to be too big.

      The middle one has a nice body to be a male, though the tail tube could be more dolphin-like.

      The left one has OK confirmation, I think.

      It is not so easy to judge skin quality on metallic koi than non-metallic I guess.

      By the way, are they ginrin?
      Last edited by SimonW; 06-11-2020 at 02:35 PM.

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