Thread: Well I’ve started something

Thank you to all of you who have read and replied to my two posts about kh and bacteria infections.
Some sound input from all and I take it all in
I think we all do something different with our ponds and koi no matter where in the world if I had the opportunity to go to Japan and see how they do it there I would somethings I’ve herd how they farm the koi are they have a constant supply of spring water which we unfortunately don’t also do the Japanese have ponds like ours in there garden and how do they go about keeping them what filter etc do they use ?.

I like the idea of keeping it simple with any fish keeping I have a 8500ltr above ground sleeper pond which is 10ft by 10ft so a lot of surface area for them to swim, as for filtering I’ve a gravity fed nexus 220 with two returns and a skimmer line with a sieve which is returned via a baki shower.
Currently no cover over the pond that will be next years project as my last pond had a roof and I had virtually no problems for the four years it was running only had fluke once and that came from a new fish .
My water has always been stable kh is 3 out of tap and 2 in the pond ph 7 I don’t heat the main pond but the qt grow on pool I do , it’s a shame there is not much of a koi club community up here in the north west and after going to Newark last week I joined bkks and would love if we could have a show up here again as I think there is enough people around to put on a good show does anyone know if the Liverpool club still active?? .

Had to treat three koi today with ulcers and think it’s definitely a skill every koi keeper needs fingers crossed I did it right good old YouTube lol


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Originally Posted by john1

Hi Alex,
Are you from Liverpool area?
Not too far from you near Queensferry N. Wales.

Hi John yes I’m in Liverpool I bought some koi from you a couple years ago how are you doing did you start up a new grow on pond ?


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Originally Posted by john1

Hi Alex, yes I remember you now,I was in a bit of a panic when you came as everyone came at once.
How are the fish doing?
Got rid of the other tank but started up again with an ibc,got a few young Ochiba, shusui and others not many only about 30.

Fish are doing well about 35cm
Got a mix growing in a pool for spring and some nice Adam byer chags


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I'm from Liverpool guys but very new to the koi scene lol could do with some help on a few problems I've got at the moment

Originally Posted by davethornleyjcbhire

I'm from Liverpool guys but very new to the koi scene lol could do with some help on a few problems I've got at the moment

Hi Dave what’s up and where in Liverpool are you I’m in L10 if that helps


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Originally Posted by alex1968

Hi Dave what’s up and where in Liverpool are you I’m in L10 if that helps




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Hi alex I'm from l12 so not far away ,I've goy a few problems with my koi one has a clamped pectoral fin and a few others have been flashing acting differently. I've dine water test and everything is OK
But I did have high ph 9 for a few weeks .