Koi: Koi Ponds & Koi Care

Build Your Own Koi Fish Pond: Keep Your Koi Fish Healthy And Long Living.

A pond in your back yard or garden is both relaxing and beautiful. To add Koi fish to your pond takes this beauty to a whole new level! This 65 page book contains all the information you need to design and build your own Koi fish pond as well as ensure that your Koi have a long and healthy life.

Manual of Koi Health

A complete and authoritative illustrated guide to caring for koi for optimum health and beauty. Keeping koi is one of the pinnacles of the art of fish keeping. The magnificent and often expensive fish have inspired a fanatical following, with collectors prepared to devote a lot of time and resources to creating a flourishing koi pond. One of the top priorities for koi keepers is coping with fish that become ill. Left untreated, many fish suffer and die. In Manual of Koi Health, two internationally recognized koi professionals give practical advice on how to create a healthy environment for koi and how to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases. The book is divided into four parts: Part one addresses the all-important subject of disease prevention, which includes creating the optimal environment. A checklist outlines regular maintenance tasks to ensure water quality. Part two covers the "essential skills" of koi keeping, including anatomy, biology and handling koi. Part three is a comprehensive A-to-Z guide that covers diagnosis and treatment of commonly encountered koi disease. Part four describes various methods to administer treatment to koi, such as medicinal baths and dips. Manual of Koi Health is written specifically for koi keepers, whether they are novices with a single pond or serious koi enthusiasts deeply involved in breeding or exhibiting. The book is profusely illustrated with color photographs and illustrations that highlight the expert text, and step-by-step instructions provide easy-to-follow directions for a wide range of procedures. It is a vital reference for every koi keeper.

The Ultimate Guide to Raising Healthy Koi: How to Keep Your Koi Fish Happy and Healthy, Without Spending a Fortune

If you've always wanted to enjoy the beauty of your own koi fish, but didn't know how to get started, then "The Ultimate Guide to Raising Healthy Koi" is exactly the book you're looking for. By raising your own koi, you will experience immense satisfaction, possess something of true beauty, and become part of a world-wide community that loves this elegant and beautiful fish as much as you do. In "The Ultimate Guide to Raising Healthy Koi", Arthur Flynn takes you by the hand and leads you through the process of raising healthy, happy koi, step by step, with absolutely nothing left out. All of the advice is simple and practical, and covers all the major areas of this wonderful pursuit, including. - How to determine which type of koi is right for you. - 3 things you should never do when raising koi. - Optimal nutrition secrets for raising the healthiest koi possible. - How to identify possible koi fish diseases. - A pennies on the dollar approach to setting up and maintaining a koi pond. .and much more! "The Ultimate Guide to Raising Healthy Koi" is written in plain, easy to understand English (you won't find any complicated technical jargon here), and covers every aspect of owning and raising koi, so you can get started right away, no matter what your current level of experience may be. So if you've always admired the beauty of koi, and want to finally learn how to raise your own, then "The Ultimate Guide to Raising Healthy Koi" is the perfect book to get you started! Get your copy today!

Koi Breeding For Fun And Profit: Enjoy The Fascinating Breed Of Koi Now And Gain Serious Income From A Lucrative Koi Business

Koi are a very beautiful fish breed. They are well-known for peace, tranquility and calm. That's why they are favored by a large number of people as a hobby. A Koi collection can be for your own enjoyment, or you can decide to put up a Koi business out of your fascination for these fish. A Koi hobby and business calls for long-term commitment from you, as you are dealing with living, breathing creatures, which require the best of your care and attention. This book will help you raise and care for Koi, either for business or just a hobby. You will learn the following: * The characteristics of the Koi fish breed. * The varieties of Koi breed. * Putting up a Koi pond or breeding farm. * Guidelines for buying Koi, feeding Koi, and breeding Koi. * Ideas and issues to deal with for establishing a Koi business. Enjoy the fascinating breed of Koi now and gain serious income from a lucrative Koi business.

Koi For Dummies (For Dummies (Pets))

Known throughout the world for its beauty and personality, koi is one of the most carefully bred fish species around. Raising koi is especially time-consuming and requires more than just sprinkling little flakes in the fish bowl. But thankfully, you don't have to be an expert to maintain your own koi pond. Koi For Dummies shows you how easy and fun it can be to own and care for these delicate fish. Whether building a pond or aquarium for the indoors or outdoors, this easy-to-understand guide explores all of your options. Clear, concise advice helps you: Appreciate your koi s beauty Build, design, and maintain your koi pond or aquarium Find and select koi and the proper supplies Keep your koi happy and healthy Treat your koi for parasites, bacterial infections, and viruses Breed and care for baby koi Show off your koi to other koi enthusiasts This fun, friendly guide also explains what to do during a power outage and how to check your koi for illness. Featuring 8 pages of full-color photos, Koi for Dummies is all you need to get started raising your very own koi. No matter where you live, you ll be able to care for and breed this beautiful fish!

The Essential Book of Koi: A Complete Guide to Keeping and Care

The Essential Book of Koi combines research from leading international authorities on koi with the captive-care techniques of experienced aquarists to yield the most up-to-date and extensive book available on the science, care, and breeding of these large ornamental fishes. This cutting-edge guide discusses topics that are imperative for sustaining a thriving family of koi, including how to create and maintain the best water quality, how different filtration systems work, the biology of koi and how to keep them in good health, and detailed information on feeding, buying, and showing. It also provides important details on the breeding of koi, a serious and rewarding pastime for many aquarists, and explains how koi are bred commercially as well as getting started at home. The fact-filled text is complemented by vivid, brand new photographs that detail the seemingly endless color variations of koi. Whether you are a hobbyist looking to show or breed koi in your pond, or you simply want to admire these fishes, The Essential Book of Koi is an excellent guide to these wildly popular fishes that enhance the visual enjoyment of both indoor and outdoor ponds.

Koi: A Handbook on Keeping Nishikigoi

Caring for and showing koi, affectionately called "living jewels" or "swimming flowers." With full-color photographs, annotated illustrations and detailed, expert how-to advice, this guidebook is ideal for the koi hobbyist. Koi begins with the history of koi-keeping, from the first known use of the word "koi"(about 500 BC) to the early 1900s, when collectors began breeding them for specific colors and metallics. The markings and patterns of koi are their most important feature, and the authors detail these in depth and define the Japanese terms used to describe them. In addition to the section on the 15 varieties of koi, or nishikigoi, the authors address the care and exhibition of koi. Topics include: The water environment Feeding programs Pond design and maintenance Environmental health factors Evaluating and grading koi Behavioral symptoms Pre-show and post-show preparations Parasitic, bacterial and viral conditions Judging criteria used at shows The effects of temperature on feeding Selecting and breeding koi How to enhance colors Koi is a complete and practical reference on these enjoyable, enchanting creatures. (200702)

Manual of Koi Health: How to Create a Healthy Environment for Your Koi and How to Treat Any Sickness that May Afflict Them

A comprehensive, illustrated and authoritative guide. Keeping koi is one of the pinnacles of the fishkeeper's art. These magnificent and often expensive fish have inspired a fanatical following, with collectors prepared to devote a lot of time and resources to creating a flourishing koi pond. One of the top priorities for koi keepers is coping with fish that become ill. Left untreated, many fish suffer and die. Manual of Koi Health offers practical advice about disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment. The book is written by two experienced koi professionals and internationally recognized experts. It includes a complete listing of all common koi diseases and how to treat them. Written for non-technical readers, it explains treatments for: Parasites Bacterial, fungal and viral infections Ulcers, lesions and wounds Stress conditions. Preventative measures are also explained. Poor water quality is the most prevalent cause of disease in koi. Water testing and the best way to maintain healthy water conditions are covered in detail. The book is profusely illustrated with color photographs, and step-by-step instructions provide easy-to-follow directions for a wide range of procedures such as how to handle, anaesthetize and take samples from koi. Manual of Koi Health is a vital reference for every koi keeper.

Koi: Everything about Selection, Care, Nutrition, Diseases, Breeding, Pond Design and Maintenance, and Po (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)

In Japan, breeding Koi-a colorful fish in the carp family-is an art form. This book speaks to its increased popularity in America with information on maintaining a garden pond and proper care of the fish. Heavily illustrated with vivid color photos and instructive line art, Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals show and inform pet owners regarding proper care of dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, small caged animals-virtually every creature that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing and otherwise acquiring a pet, feeding it nutritiously, keeping it in good health, and where applicable, grooming and training it. Each book in this large series is individually written by a specialist, and though the information is authoritative, the text is clear and straightforward, easy for every pet owner to understand.

Fascinating Koi (AQUALOG Special)

Some details about the long history of colored carps plus exact care instructions and how to set up a genuine Koi pond. This and much more in the Koi Special from your specialist. Many color photos in the book and the included poster. The fishes featured in this book are not just identified by their name but also code number. AQUALOG has developed an ingenious code number system which labels every known or newly discovered fish (incl. breeding forms etc.)with an individual code number. This number remains, despite any scientific renaming. Moreover, it enables you to communicate internationally about any fish without the danger of confusion regarding local names!

A Practical Guide to Building And Maintaining a Koi Pond: An Essential Guide to Building And Maintaining (Pondmaster S.)