10"-12" Doitsu Hariwake Butterfly — Select

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Golden Light on Silver Water

The Doitsu Hariwake Butterfly is a variety that stops you in your tracks. This 10"–12" Select specimen combines a luminous, near-translucent platinum-white base with warm golden-orange (hariwake) patches that glow like sunlight through shallow water. The Doitsu scalation keeps the body clean and smooth — just a single row of mirror scales along the dorsal line — letting the color contrast take center stage. Add long, flowing butterfly fins that trail gracefully through the water, and you have a fish that's as mesmerizing in motion as it is at rest.

Selected at the Select grade — a great value entry into the butterfly koi family with genuine visual appeal and the distinctive Doitsu body style.

What Makes This Fish Special

• Luminous platinum-white base with warm golden-orange (hariwake) patches
• Smooth Doitsu body with a single row of mirror scales along the dorsal line
• Long, flowing butterfly fins — graceful and dramatic in motion
• 10"–12" size — an established fish with fully developed fin expression

Care Notes

Doitsu Hariwake Butterfly koi are peaceful and adaptable, doing well in ponds with good filtration and clean water. Feed a color-enhancing diet like Blackwater Color Enhancing to maintain and brighten the golden hariwake pattern. Their long fins thrive in well-oxygenated water. Minimum pond size of 1,000 gallons recommended.

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Hand-training your koi is a journey, not a switch you flip. Building that trust takes time — sometimes weeks, sometimes months — and it starts with showing up consistently at the water's edge. Every koi is different, and every pond relationship has its own pace. The reward is a fish that knows your footsteps and comes to meet you. How to Hand-Train Your Koi →