How to select a good Showa Koi [Detailed guide]
Үй жануарлары мен аңдар
00:00 Introduction and Showa variety
1:50 Menware and Hachiware on Showa
2:40 Large sumi patches
2:55 Modern and more traditional type of Showa
3:25 Development of black sumi patches
04:40 Motoguru, sumi in the pectoral fins
05:18 Balance on a showa
06:20 Motoguru as indicator for sumi development
07:33 Characteristics of the red patterns
10:56 White skin on Showa
11:24 White skin a food
11:56 Body posture for good Showa
12:29 Widest point of the body
13:00 Backbone on Koi
13:53 Tail section for a good Koi
Don’t you want to have a great looking Showa in your Pond? Well this video is for you, all the details you have to look for when selecting a Showa!
In this video we cover all topics that are relevant. Including the characteristics of the pattern and development of it. Details about the red, black and white markings. And also body posture and all characteristics about the body when selecting a Koi.
Showa are three coloured Koi with a black body and white and red markings. It is together with the Kohaku and Sanke variety the most populair one, all three part of the Gosanke class.
Showa have a black base: That means when the variety is born and is only a week old, the entire fish is black. For this reason you have to be aware that you don’t select a showa that will develop too much black. You surely don’t want a showa that will develop entirely black.
Important to know is that the head pattern on Showa is very important. We talk about the Menware and hachiware, both V-shaped patterns on the head that make a separation between the white, red and black pattern. The Hachiware is more like a lightning pattern over the head, it literally means divided head in Japanese.
Underdeveloped black: The black of Showa will gradually develop during the lifespan. The intensity will be higher at an older age. But especially in the first couple of years sumi can develop very fast.
The sumi pattern: You want to search for showa that have a nice balanced pattern. Preferable the black patches are large and starts on the belly section of the Koi, upwards to the back of the Koi. Especially when Koi will grow larger this looks nicer, more elegant and gives a more powerful look. You don’t want to look for small black spots, you want to make sure large patches of black will develop.
Motoguru: Showa should have motoguru in the pectoral fins. It basically are black markins or blobs of black paint in the middle or core of the pectoral fins. It will develop over time, and is also a good indicator if visible on young Koi that the sumi is strong enough to develop. Make sure that motoguru is equally divided over the two fins. One fin fully black and the other half black will look imbalanced when the Koi is large.
A bright white skin will make sure that the black and red patterns look even better. If the white is not white, black won’t look as black as well. It is all about the contrast. But note that the food you use also can impact the white colour. It can look more yellowish when you feed more protein containing Koi food during summer time.
Some details you have to look for when selecting a Showa are the red patterns. Hi means red, sometimes beni is used for high quality red. The intensity of the red colour should be balanced over the entire body of the Koi. Red should be strong and without lighter colours in the pattern visible. Red patches preferable are larger, small hi spots are not highly appreciated at all. And in the fins no red should be visible.
We make a difference between the more classic Showa with more sumi (black) and the kindai showa or modern showa. Nowadays a lot of people are in search for a ‘kindai’ Showa. It is a showa with less sumi and actually more shiroji (white) on the body. We will explain briefly what the difference is with the examples.
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I’m painting a Supreme Champion Showa right now and listening to your video. Thank you for all the great tips to help push my painting to perfection!
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, share the results when you are ready. Thanks for your kind comment!
Love the classic style Showa, great content as usual
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Personally I like classic Showa more as well! Although a good Kindai Showa can be very nice for sure.
You made such a great detailed guide! Thank You... Please keep making video *Subscribed *
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this compliment, that is really great to hear!
Great info...thank you...
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Great to hear 👍
Good information.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed and learned something new
Thank you for sharing many good and easy to understand koi contents. I am your fans now😙👍. Always koi for friendship, from Indonesia.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Hi there, I'm glad to hear you liked the video. Thanks for your comment. 😀
Go glad I found your channel 👍👍👍
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you are enjoying. Thanks for your compliment!
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@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
👍
Preference is the way to select koi.
Another great video 😃. I also have a showa-ish koi, wel atleast it was categorised as showa. Balanced black and white, But it has only 1 red marking on its back 😪😅.
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
That's cool, still you at least have a showa in your pond. Did it lose some red? or did it never have a lot of red on it's body? Thank you for the compliment!
@riyanto3912
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi it didnt had a lot of red 😅 there were actually two spots but now its just one. i dont really know how the other one dissapeard
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
@@riyanto3912 usually it has to do with the quality. But nevertheless let's hope the other red dot will stay. It can still be a very nice Koi even with a bit too less red of course!
Basically yes, what I mean is that we at ISA have made the experience that there is always a catch when it comes to cheap fish. With other breeders you have the chance to find female and good fish among the cheap fish, but not with ISA.
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
That's true perhaps. ISA is quite a high standards breeder. You surely will have to pay for quality
My favorite is classic showa
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Nice one
please do a vid on how to select young showa
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Hi there. Good idea to do a tosai selection video on tosai later on. Thanks for your suggestion!
Do a video of selecting a good shiro utsuri 😊
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
I have a video on Shiro Utsuri selection you, using some different Shiro Utsuri of the Omosako Koi Farm! Enjoy! ✔✔ kzread.info/dash/bejne/famKwbKCk6inlso.html
@tristangurubatham397
4 жыл бұрын
AboutKoi oh wow I didn’t see hahahahha thanks 😍
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Hopefully it helped you! 😉
Not me taking notes so everytime i go looking at koi I'll have my cheat sheet lol Question, is it possible to find a good quality koi sold as a pond fish? Like maybe the breeder thought it was no good and then BAM it turned out perfect?
@Aboutkoi
10 ай бұрын
Hahaha 👍 nice compliment! Yes, for sure that is possible. Some people do find 5-30 dollar/euro Koi that even can manage to get a prize on a show!
My showa is only 15months old and there's beni underneath its head and I think its a menware.. Will it still develop?
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
Is it beni (red)? Normally no extra red will come up on showa, only ocassionally, for that reason most likely it will not come up.
@benzdiegosubayno9722
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi yes it is beni a spot is already on the surface... Forgot to mention also has sumi around also underneath the skin...
@benzdiegosubayno9722
3 жыл бұрын
@@Aboutkoi also on body I have pitched black sumi already but some are still underneath the skin just like the modern kind of showa you shown but mine has lots and lots of black
Hi can you select a showa for me?
@Aboutkoi
2 жыл бұрын
Hi there, how you do mean select one for you?
as i know Isa if you get a buyable fish it has disatvantages like this Isa Showa
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
I guess that is the case with any breeder. The ones sold for affordable prices are the ones the breeder doesn't want to keep for an extra year.
Thickness is more important and these fish lack thickness.
@Aboutkoi
4 жыл бұрын
Hi john, thickness of what exactly do you mean?
How to select a good quality showa fries at 1 month
@high_fructose_corn_syrup
Жыл бұрын
I could be wrong but around 1 month i think they would still be looking/culling for major deformities.
Would be a lot better if you eliminate the annoying music.
@satyakamamaharaj60
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry my mistake.
@Aboutkoi
3 жыл бұрын
I think the video contains no music 😉