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).
Koi Fish Facts
Salt Baths for Koi
Review the pros and cons of adding salt to treat the entire population in your[read more...]
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Pond Maintenance
Disinfecting Koi Ponds
It is never an easy decision to disinfect your pond, but sometimes it is a[read more...]
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Pond Maintenance
What is an Ecosystem Pond?
An ecosystem pond closely resembles a natural habitat. Hobbyists who prefer this type of pond[read more...]
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Koi Fish Facts Koi How To's
How To Perform A Skin Scrape On Your Koi
A skin scrape is a diagnostic method used to identify the presence of parasites. It[read more...]
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Koi How To's
Performing a Gill Biopsy on Koi
A biopsy is a relatively non-invasive procedure that should be done carefully and under sedation.
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Responsible Koi Keeping and Escape Prevention
I remember a movie I watched as a kid. It was called Alligator. A kid flushes[read more...]
Oct
The Top 17 Mistakes Made by Koi Keepers (And How To Avoid Them)
Not Quarantining A quarantine tank is probably one of the most singularly important parts of[read more...]
Oct
Koi Pond Leaks: Where to Look and How to Fix Some Common Types of Leaks in Your Pond
Probably one of the most heart sinking moments in any koi kichi’s life is coming[read more...]
The Zen of Stability and Other Koi Pond Pursuits
People love the word pristine. The idea that something is clean and unspoiled offers purity in[read more...]
Aug
The Importance of a Pre-filter in a Koi Pond
In his enlightening missive regarding the concept of Living Water, the much-respected Laguna Koi Ponds’[read more...]
Aug
Coloring Koi: Defining The Color Boundary
As the old saying goes, there is no accounting for taste. And it’s true of[read more...]
Aug
Koi Food for Thought
As you look at the list of ingredients on the back of your koi food,[read more...]
Jul
Koi in a Bubble
In the mid-70s, John Travolta starred in a movie called the Boy in the Plastic[read more...]
Jun
Butterfly Koi: A Fin of Beauty
Longfin. Hirenagagoi. Water Dragons. Butterfly. The Koi with the long, flowing fins that resemble silk[read more...]
Jun
Rainwater and Your Koi Pond
In some parts of the country, it has been a wet and rainy Spring. Any[read more...]
May