Koi and Koi Care
Making Koi Keeping Easy
Koi keeping is quickly becoming a very popular hobby in America. Koi are beautiful, vibrant fish that can literally light your day. Koi come in many colors, varieties, and kinds, so it is likely that everyone in the world can find at least one type of Koi that would suit their likes. While Koi may be a welcomed beauty to your pond, they also have an interesting history attached to them. (…)
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Winterizing Your Koi Pond
Winter is coming, and this will be the first winter that you go through with your Koi pond. Think of winter as a down period for your pond, as fewer events happen during winter than any other time. However, there are special precautions that you need to take before winter arrives, to ensure that your pond and fish survive.
Clean Up
Take about a weekend to completely go over your pond. (…)
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Hand Feeding Your Koi
One of the best features of Koi is their lack of fear for humans. Once the Koi understand that you are not going to harm them, and that you are the one who provides them food, they will likely eat right out of your hand with the right training. Hand feeding can be one of the funniest and most entertaining experiences.
Koi are none-aggressive fish. (…)
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How to Prevent Heron Theft
Herons are beautiful, majestic birds that have one major flaw. Herons love to feast on Koi, and where better then to find Koi then an unattended Koi pond or garden?
When you first notice a Heron in your garden, you may not even think of these birds as a danger. Herons are 2 or 3 feet tall, with an extremely large wingspan. (…)
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Preparing Your Koi Pond for Major Storms
No matter the area in which you live in, you are bound to come into contact with at least one type of severe weather throughout the year. Recent events such as Hurricane Katrina have shown us that having an emergency plan could mean the difference between saving your pond, and total destruction. (…)
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Purchasing the Koi for Your Pond
The first Koi were produced by breeding Carp such as the Asian and German Carp. After years of selective breeding, various color mutations started showing up. The first colors were recorded as early as 1805. Today, there are literally thousands of color variations available. The most popular colors found are white, silver, yellow, orange, red, black, blue and green. (…)
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