Simply Koi and More Koi

All, My simple thought process behind it was that i will be feeding a mainly pellet diet but i like the paste concept and have sampled various ones to little effect in the past. Currently i have a new paste food to trial made by a company called Shinji. This consists of a "Kleur" (Colour) ...

Hi All, Thought i would add this as i made my own paste food using the ingredients below:- 600grams - Wheatgerm Pellets 300grams - Fresh Haddock 200grams - Fresh Prawns 300grams - Runny Honey 25grams - Silkworm Pupae 2.5grams - Glucose 450ml Fish Stock I cooked the haddock for 20mins, allowed to coo...

Kim, Simple answer is if you have dealers you trust in the area you currently live in then stick with them. No point in changing dealers just because you move. Many koi keepers drive many miles to their chosen dealers. On the not getting the service later customers get or not getting the "intro...

Hey Geoff, Your smart so don't knock yourself. As for "bitter taste" - know the feeling and I will never forget how I got treated. I have been back and had a look since, with the koi club I am a member of, as the chairman smoothed things over but I didn't feel comfortable and I won't be go...

Kim, I typically never reply to this type of post anymore but as this is in the "private" domain so to speak then I'll give you the courtesy of a reply. It was a shame that the thread you mentioned got "pulled" as it seems to happen all to often on that forum but I guess they hav...

Kim, I have to confess I am a bells and whistles kinda guy. I do run a lot of serious equipment on my pond I would say (RO etc) and there are things I believe in but at the same time there are so many journeys we can take in koi keeping with people choosing the area that interests them the most. For...

Kim, I'm likely to go long on this one so bear with me........... Buying koi is nothing short of difficult with so many things to consider. Body, skin, colour, pattern, male vs female, future vs now, growth vs not, breeders traits, budget, pond conditions etc etc etc. This list goes on and on. I kno...

Dave, Sorry been away for the weekend. I would say most people would call your readings soft - in fact many hobbyists would be trying to raise them above the readings you have. To be honest if there isn't a easy solution to issue you have with phosphate then I myself would question if it was worth r...

Dave, Honestly at 65ppm you don't need to worry about the TDS as it less than 90% of RO users are at anyway. In your case its about removing the couple of things that you think are causing you an issue GH - What's your gdh reading? (sorry might have missed it) Phosphate - how much of your 65ppm is p...

Dave, Honestly I am getting on with it ace. Upgraded to a larger system last year and this gives me the ability to change 20% daily if needed this has had massive effects on the parameters over winter and I'm now back on the food and still running sub 90ppm TDS. My aim in 2012 is to run sub 100ppm T...

I personally have found that if you have the object light to bright this can make the job VERY difficult as it seems to "white out" the parasites. Mine I pretty much turn it down as far as I can and this leaves the mucus a grey looking shade and then I seem to be able to spot parasites bet...

Dave, That is pretty much what I do. I systematically check the slides in x100 - all the edges first then horizontally check in a overlapping fashion the whole slide. Close the Microscope down to x200 and then repeat. The movement is usually enough to then prompt me to go to x400 to confirm. Costia ...

TicToc, Yes our group went Takazumi this year - after all of us trialled it the end of last season the result was we all wanted it for 2012 so that was the order. The koi club I'm a member of agreed a "club rate" for a bulk order and Takazumi were very good in the handling of it all. We ma...

Tom,

Yes it is - usual link - main page.

http://www.koiquest.co.uk/

Peter, I have long been a believer that "aeromonas alley" is a complete myth. I just don't buy that if you keep your pond in a specific temperature range then they will get sick and you'll get problems. Same as i don't believe you should skip through that range on the spring warm up as its...