Category Archives: Koi Fish Facts

Koi Fish Facts, including everything you’d want to know about keeping koi fish. How to care for your koi fish, and how to maintain a happy, healthy koi pond (or tank).

A 9" Kohaku Next Day Koi ZNA Potomac Friendship Award winner||Gin Rin Taisho Sanke First Place
Judging Koi Fish

Looking at all of your prized Living Jewels, you are certain that you might have[read more...]

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13
May
Nice Koi|Koi Health prevention is better than cure meme
Koi Health—Knowledge is Power

The sun is out, water temperatures are starting to rise and your koi are getting[read more...]

06
May
Tancho Kohaku Koi fish
Tancho Kohaku Koi

Perhaps one of the most loved and highly sought-after of the varieties of koi, the[read more...]

30
Apr
Koi fish in a Japanese water garden
Koi Fish Clubs and Societies

As a koi enthusiast, you are not alone. There are many just like you. If[read more...]

22
Apr
14 Things Only Koi Owners Might Say or Would Understand

1. More Pond! I Need More Pond! “Just imagine what I could do with a[read more...]

15
Apr
|High-quality Taisho Sanke Koi Fish
Blind Buying Your Koi

What you see is what you get. This is a phrase that can be interpreted[read more...]

08
Apr
Koi Fish and Digestion

Koi fish like to eat. Not much outside of chilly temperatures and ill health will[read more...]

19
Mar
Yamabuki butterfly koi fish|Yamabuki Doitsu butterfly koi fish
Yamabuki Ogon

Yamabuki (YAH-mah-BOO-kee) Ogon are usually referred to simply as Yamabuki. The Yamabuki is a solid,[read more...]

11
Mar
Gosanke doitsu tancho Kohaku||Gosanke Sanke Koi Fish|Gosanke Butterfly Showa Koi Fish
Gosanke Koi Fish

Gosanke (goh-SAHN-keh) is a classification of koi fish that is comprised of three subcategories that[read more...]

04
Mar
Butterfly Kikokuryu Koi Fish
Kikokuryu Koi Fish

From the Japanese for “Chrysanthemum water,” the Kikokuryu koi fish (KEE-koh-KOO-droo) is a metallic, doitsu[read more...]

16
Feb