Hello Everyone and thanks again for all the information and the quick responses from this group. I read this everyday. My question is that I'm ready to...
Hi mawishka, If you want to keep as many of the babies as possible, I would definitely take them out of your main pond (if you haven't done so already) and...
Hi Mawishka. I'm so glad you wrote this because I live in Canada (Southwestern Ontario) and I have been having the same dilema myself. I've been breeding...
Dear Lorraine and Everyone Else, Malcolm and I have been through so much this past year, first losing our stock last winter when we over-wintered them in their...
-Thanks for responding Lorraine.. How do you make your biological filters? Any tip will help me!! You know I started with just 3 Koi my neighbor gave me..I...
... From: Brenda Rose To: worldwidekoiclub@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [Worldwide Koi Club] Should I take the baby Koi...
Brenda, If you're planning on using a biofilter on your indoor system, you won't be able to let your water become as cold as you say you're going to try to...
Hi Michigan. I wish I had the answer for you concerning keeping your fish outside over the winter. I think that the only thing we can do at this point is to...
After reading Don's post I think I might have blown it with my q-tank. I have a biofilter and a 150 gallon tub. I had 4 little koi about 3 inches long in...
Joyce, You were doing things right, and the biofilter was well on it's way to being fully activated. The water shouldn't necessarily start to look off...
Hi Joyce. Your right, you could have left them in there and just made a good water change and instead of feeding pelleted foods while the filter is kicking...
The biofilter for the 150 gallon q tank is good for ponds up to 1000 gallons. any suggestions as to what i should do now ? im not going to attempt to try and...
Unfortunately, I have no faith with store bought filtration systems as they never seem to incorporate the fish in the ponds. I can't tell you how many times...
... 1000 gallons. ... attempt to try and catch the little fish i already let go in the pond. i guess i could buy another fish and start over. ... Fishless...
Dear Mary, I also would like to know how much ammonia to seed our new indoor over-wintering tank with. Any advice would be welcome; our tank holds 300...
Hi Joyce, Sorry it took so long to get this answer back to you. Been very busy with remodeling projects and getting my tournament bass boat ready to sell, so...
Hi Joyce, Sorry it took so long to get this answer back to you. Been very busy with remodeling projects and getting my tournament bass boat ready to sell, so...
All we do is add the fish, keep up on the water changes and back off on the feeding of our fish to give the bacteria a chance to start up in the filter. There...
This is my first year having a water lily that was given to me this summer. The temps dropped here last night to 30 degrees. Do I need to bring this in for the...
There are two kinds of water lily, temperate and tropical. Temperate can live in the pond over winter if they are below the ice. Tropical you must bring...
When is it time to bring tropicals indoors? I have a "Rhonda Kay" tropical that is still blooming great even though it's getting into the low 40s overnight....
Tropical waterlilies should be reliable outdoors in your zone. As long as water temps don't go into the 40's it ought to cope. There is wide variation between...
I have been reading the posts here now for a while. I havn't responded much as I have been busy getting the ponds ready for winter. I also have been updating...
Hi Rider, I've purchased five koi from http://www.japankoionline.com/ The koi are gorgeous, hand selected specimans from Japan. They have always arrived in...
No matter where you get your koi, quarantine, quarantine, quarantine. Do not risk your herd to the possibilities of KHV. It's out there, all over and any...
Very true frloplady, you will never know by looking if a fish has KHV, only next summer when your wather temps hit 73f + will you find out! Israli koi are...
Hi Mary, Thank you for the warning. I totally agree with you! I have copied and pasted the quarantine and handling proceedures that the koi auction that I buy...
Another place to order koi both standard fin and butterfly is from www.bonniesplants.com. frloplady <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Best butterfly...
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