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By R. D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett

ISBN-10: 0470099135

ISBN-13: 9780470099131

Identified in the course of the global for its attractiveness and character, koi is among the such a lot rigorously bred fish species round. elevating koi is mainly time-consuming and calls for greater than simply sprinkling little flakes within the fish bowl. yet fortunately, you don’t need to be a professional to take care of your individual koi pond.Koi For Dummies exhibits you ways effortless and enjoyable it may be to possess and take care of those tender fish. no matter if development a pond or aquarium for the interior or outside, this easy-to-understand advisor explores your whole suggestions.

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As a result, they were able to adjust to a variety of habitats throughout Japan and could breed readily in captive or semicaptive conditions. Moving from food to art As the years went by, the koi-keepers in Japan couldn’t help but notice any oddball carp. As with any captive breeding program, spontaneous color and body shape aberrations cropped up from time to time. For example, the first unusual color was the red in a Magoi’s belly scales or at the bases of the fins. Occasionally a Magoi developed white areas or yellow-brown coloring rather than greenish-black.

Chapter 13 gives you the lowdown on these lowlifes. Joining a Koi Club: What It Can Do for You; What You Can Do for It Misery may love company, but so does a new hobby. Joining a koi club can help you by giving you immediate access to people who probably know a lot more about koi-keeping than you do (and some are even crazier about koi than you are). When something goes wrong, you have people right there to help you ID the problem and suggest ways to correct it. If your liner springs a leak or you have a radical problem with your pond on a Sunday afternoon, koi club members rally around with their show ponds, extra filters, and aerators to safely house your pets until you can get your big pond operational again.

An appropriately large volume of water dilutes ammonia and other toxic substances so they’re less harmful to the fish and less burdensome on your filtration system. Calculating a koi’s fin-flippin’ space Several long-tested formulas can help you figure out how many koi fit in your pond or aquarium, and they all work off the simple concept that bigger fish need more space than smaller fish. The formulas give different answers, so for the sake of not driving you crazy, take the middle road. As if you haven’t noticed, koi-keeping isn’t an exact science; it’s science mixed with art.

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