MNguyen wrote::-H wasn’t me pinky
Where ya been lately?

PinkRules wrote:Who took #26?

Lurking and trying hard not to buy more fish.

audioenvy wrote:Did you happen to see this little lady while you were there?

Awesome sanke. I'd be curious too.

Who took #26?

Color is only one of many indicators but not always a reliable one. Beni presentation, depth, evenness, pattern, and especially beni plate edge all need to be taken into account.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

These are some very high quality young koi. My impression that they are judged mainly on patterns when this young has been shattered. The bodies are exceptionally strong. Only in Japan can you see so many great fish under the same roof.

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I still have the image of your fish in my head from two years ago. The skin, body and beni did not have the typical looks but I guess that was a very good thing. The sanke has really turned out well.

Keep in mind that pink beni does not automatically mean high quality beni.

I don't think I'll know what pink beni is until I save my pennies and buy one already identified as pink. Of the three prior, I'm not seeing anything in the last two. I chickened out of that INC hunt and went for a tancho (#13) lol. I didn't select this one because I thought it had pink beni, but I...

Here are photos of a pink beni sanke from PSKoi 2013 ikeage. From not so obvious to full blown pink beni. The tosai fish had unusual transparent copper color beni tone. I don't think digital photos can be trusted to represent color faithfully. Camera makers tune their gears to over exaggerate red an...

I don't know if this will help folks or not but there is a Pink Beni kid is this group. It's from last year at this time and yes, it's sold. ;) http://pskoi.com/forums/download/file.php?id=3299 In the group picture, the pink beni fish stood out. The beni and skin are more translucent. To me, pink b...