A Karashigoi is a yellowish or mustard colour looking Koi. It very much looks like a Chagoi, but is more yellowish. It is mono or single coloured. It looks light yellowish or can be a bit more dark yellowish. The colours really can differ for each Karashigoi. That is why I took a few examples for this video, so you can also see and learn to understand the differences.
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There are a view types of karashigoi. The Doitsu Karashigoi is a scaleless or just has a few scales visible. The Ginrin Karashigoi has like shiny diamonds visible on each scale. A normal Karashigoi as you can see in the video, or can also be called the wagoi karashigoi.
The karashigoi is really a peaceful variety. They really calm down all the other Koi in your pond. It’s easy to hand feed them and all other Koi most likely will start to follow them. If you want your Koi to be tame, the Karashigoi really is a great variety to look for. Together with Chagoi the Karashigoi is the most poular variety to get your own Koi more tame and calm.
Karashigoi are also known for their growth rate. They can grow very, very rapidly. As Tosai in their first year during the summer they can grow like 1 cm a week. So that can be really impressive!
Now when we talk about the selection process. There are a few things to keep in mind:
- I prefer a Karashigoi that is as light as possible. Really really light yellow. Sometimes that yellow will become more intensive when the Koi gets more sunlight.
- You want to make sure the intensity of the colour is the same over the entire Koi. Not that some parts are deeper yellow.
- You don’t want darker yellow spots or orange looking spots on the Koi.
A Karashigoi normally won’t black shimi’s or black spots. So that is something interesting.
- I prefer to not have ginrin scales visible like ‘right in your face’. It is more preferable these are not that visible. Or only visible near the dorsal fin, where almost every Koi has a few ginrin scales visible.
- The scales should be nicely places, especially on the back of the Koi. This is the first thing you will see when it swims towards you.
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