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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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...]
Apr
Blind Buying Your Koi
What you see is what you get. This is a phrase that can be interpreted[read more...]
Apr
Koi Fish and Digestion
Koi fish like to eat. Not much outside of chilly temperatures and ill health will[read more...]
Mar
Yamabuki Ogon
Yamabuki (YAH-mah-BOO-kee) Ogon are usually referred to simply as Yamabuki. The Yamabuki is a solid,[read more...]
Mar
Gosanke Koi Fish
Gosanke (goh-SAHN-keh) is a classification of koi fish that is comprised of three subcategories that[read more...]
Mar
Kikokuryu Koi Fish
From the Japanese for “Chrysanthemum water,” the Kikokuryu koi fish (KEE-koh-KOO-droo) is a metallic, doitsu[read more...]
Feb
The Not-Your-Average-Mall-Koi-Pond Drained
Can you imagine having a koi pond filled with 3,000 fish? Visitors at the New[read more...]
Feb
Asagi Koi Fish
Asagi (ah-SAH-gee) are fully scaled, nonmetallic koi. The name is derived from the Japanese word[read more...]
Feb
Ogon Koi Fish
Ogon (meaning “golden”) koi are metallic, solid, single-colored koi fish in the Hikarimuji class (Hikari[read more...]
Jan
The Sex Of Koi Fish
How to determine the sex of koi fish is a frequently asked question that is[read more...]
Jan