Category: Koi Fish Facts

Freezing winter temperatures and extreme weather conditions can severely impact the safety of your koi fish. Learn how to help your koi thrive in frigid conditions.

Heron. Nothing stirs up dread in a koi owner quite like that word. The Great Blue Heron, or ardea herodias as it’s known scientifically, is a scourge to

What an Otter Shambles. At least that is what the headlines should read about the recent koi loss tragedy at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in

Unlike a quick list of dos and don’ts guiding the morality of the human race, koi keeping requires many more commandments. It was incredibly difficult, but we managed

As a koi keeper, you only have so much control over your koi. However, what you do have control over is their environment—the water. Wiser heads have said

As the moon rises over ponds this All Hallow’s Eve, the most macabre and monstrous of beasties come from the darkest depths to feed on fare most foul.

Summer is gone and spring is a ways off. However, the business of keeping koi never ends. A little maintenance before winter sets in can make it an

You’ve fallen in love with koi fish. You’ve looked at some koi ponds. You’ve made the decision that you want to build a koi pond of your own.

As we talked about in an earlier post about quarantining protocols, it is always best practice to quarantine your koi before you introduce it into its new home.

The exhilaration of getting your most recent koi into its new home is tremendous—and somewhat terrifying too. Why? Because of bugs. Bugs are everywhere. They are the undeniable