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Build a Fish Pond
Building a fish pond for your backyard has so many benefits,
- You will have a place to relax
- A pond will increase the value of your home
- The soothing sounds and sights from your Koi pond will reduce stress
- It will bring your family closer together
Do you have a bare spot in your backyard?
Do you want to increase the value of your home?
Do you want a place you can go to relax, a tranquil place that melts your stress away?
If so, then let the Koi Pond Guide Experts take you by the hand in creating your very own fish or Koi pond.
We here at the Koi Pond Guide have been creating Koi Pond's and have an optimal way that is beneficial not only to your plants and fish but for you as well.
Building a fish pond is a wonderful activity for your family to share in. From the youngest to the oldest they can all have a part in creating your backyard paradise.
The Koi is a very long lived fish so it can become a pet fish like no other.
It is tough and hardy and can cope with a wide range of temperatures and water conditions. It is also
a very peace-loving fish. It is capable of very high speed bursts of movements but it's quite happy to swim along in a very gentle
way with its curving and twisting manner. It is easy on the eyes and restful to the mind. No wonder the Chinese and Japanese value
it so highly, for it beckons you to sit awhile and let your thoughts drift to far-off places of tranquility and beauty. Most of all
the Koi is a beautiful fish of vivid striking colors of reds, golds, blues, silvers, yellows, and greens, and all can be had in any
mixture and with numerous different types of scales, so this is a fish that holds so many possibilities for breeding, showing and just
for decorating a garden pond.
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Koi Sales
The Koi Pond Guide has Butterfly Koi, Premium Select Koi and Standard Koi for sale.
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destroy harmful bacteria and inactivate many viruses.
UV Sanitizer destroys single cell algae water which is the main cause of a green pond.
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40 Watt Clarifier for Pond Algae and Koi Pond Maintenance Good for Pond Cleaning
A UV Clarifier Along with a Koi Pond Filter will be Your Magic Solution to Crystal Clear Water. The Benefits are: Pond Cleaning will be improved and Koi Pond Maintenance will be Reduced.
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A backyard waterfall in your pond creates a souce of oxygenators for your fish
Garden Waterfall and Backyard Waterfalls are notorious for leaking and losing water. But when it is made a certain way it becomes an integral part of the pond,
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Pond stocking can be hazardous to your fish
Pond Stocking to avoid casualties
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Pond Chemicals As a Koi keeper do you know the signs to look for when your Koi are stressed?
In order to keep Koi in your garden ponds you have to maintain stable and optimal water conditions.
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17 varieties of Japanese Koi Fish accepted at 20th All Japan Nishiki-Goi Show
Japanese Koi Fish Size Chart and Varieties apanese Koi Fish have many varieties here are the 17 varieties accepted by the 20th All Japan Nishiki-Goi Show
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There are many Koi Breeds or Varieties but in Japan there are but 13 Basic Linea
In Japan there are numerous divisions which relate to the way in which the colors, scales or combination of Koi Breeds are formed in the individual fish.
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The term Nishikigoi stems from the cloth Nishiki which was imported into China a
Over the years the colored carp has been given a number of different names (Nishikigoi) and the oldest reference to the use of Koi dates back to about 550BC when it was used in China.
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The history of Koi is as mysterious as they are beautiful.
Koi fish are regarded as the prized fish of all the pond fish; they are sometimes called “Living Jewels”. Koi can live to be 20 to 30 years old.
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Koi Breeds Japanese Koi fish
With each passing year the number of Koi increases
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A Koi garden is a well-designed and deliberate planted Koi garden is the foundat
It is best to introduce your Koi to the plant pond instead of introducing your plants to a Koi pond. To know if your plants and Koi can co-exist in one body of water takes trail and error and research
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Koi Health Ailments, Care for your Koi, Koi Treatment
Koi Health Ailments and Treatment for your Koi
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The large, fragment flowers of lotus plants are show stoppers.
Lotus plants is one of the most desired plants for water gardens.
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Spring Maintenance is a time you will come to love.
The Japanese perfected the art of manipulating plants and fish into forms that enhanced their natural beauty.
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Winter Pond Care for your Pond Wildlife
Life in a winter pond could be potentiality deadly for your fish and plants.
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Butterfly Koi Fish Pictures
Pictures of Butterfly Koi Fish
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Our Favorite Links Page
Our Favorite Links
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Koi Vets
Friendly Koi Vets
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Fancy Goldfish Come in Many Different Body Shapes and Colours.
These more distant relatives of the goldfish have been selected to exhibit some extreme physical features.Taking Care of Goldfish
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Hornwort and Duckweed Plant
Duckweed is a floating freshwater plant with one, two or three leaves each with a single root hanging in the water. Hornwort is a rootless plant that will lie on the bottom of your outdoor Koi pond.
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Types Of Koi The Showa is Always a Popular Koi
There are four varieties of the Showa
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How to Make an Inexpensive Dechlorinator for your Outdoor Koi Pond. Includes a Hardiness Zones Table
The most basic, least expensive, and safest dechlorinator is the compound sodium thiosulphate.
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Build A Fish Pond and Backyard Koi Ponds
The pre-planning phase is the most important step, make sure and take your time when planning your pond designs.
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Why do I need a Koi pond filter?
Koi pond filters reduces the amount of ammonia in your backyard Koi ponds.
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Build A Fish Pond That is Low-Maintenance
There are no truly maintenance-free pond systems. There is, however, a system that is the closest to maintenance-free as you can get!.
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The Asagi-Shusui Koi are two separate varieties that are grouped together because Shusui was produced from the Asagi.
The Asagi variety is a mutant of an earlier Koi, the Magoi or black koi.
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Stay Up To Date on Koi Pond Guide With the Build a Fish Pond Blog
The build a fish pond blog keeps you up-to-date on the additions and changes of Koi-pond-guide.com Web Site Subscribe here
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Garden Pond Liners | Installing Pond Liners | Backyard Waterfalls | Spring Maintenance |
History of Koi | Nishikigoi | Butterfly Koi Gallery | Water Garden
Fish stocking | Feeding Koi | Breeding Koi | Water Lilly | Hornwort and Duckweed |
Pond Algae Control | Koi Clubs | Koi Information | Pond Filtration | Lotus Flower | Fish Pond Care |
Carp Fish | Koi Fish Pictures | Koi gardens | Koi Breeds | Pond Lighting | Grass Carp |
Parrot Feather | UV Clarifier | Asagi-Shusui Koi | Butterfly Koi | Koi Care | Showa Koi |
Japanese Koi Fish | Backyard ponds | Fancy Goldfish | Kohaku | Dictionary Nishikigoi Terms | Celestial Eye Goldfish | Quarantine Tank |
Outdoor Koi Pond | Our Favorite Links | Collecting Rainwater | Shubunkins and Comet Goldfish | Azolla | Build a Fish Pond |
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Urgent Notice and Report on Infection of KHV (Koi Herpes Virus)
June 11, 2008
It has been reported that Sakai Hiroshima Fish Farm, Hiroshima Prefecture (roughly 1,200km away from Niigata), have had an occurrence of KHV at the farm.
We understand that the incident, isolated to one of the farms mud ponds, has been reported to the relevant authorities who are carrying out testing.
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UpComing Events
United States
- October 2-4, 2009
- Regional South Carolina Koi Show
- [Hosted by] tThe South Carolina Koi and Watergarden Society
- [Location] Greenville, SC
- [Email] gardankoi@aol.com
- [URL] www.sckwgs.org
- October 16-18, 2009
- Carolina Classic Young Koi Show
- [Hosted by] the North Carolina Koi & Water Garden Society
- [Email] gardankoi@aol.com
- [URL] www.nckws.com
- September 18-20, 2009
- The 14th annual Koi Show and 3nd Annual Goldfish Show
- [Hosted by] Atlanta Koi Club
- [Location] Coastal Pond, 2101 Tucker Industrial Rd, Tucker GA
- [URL] www.atlantakoiclub.com/
- September 11-13, 2009
- 3rd Annual Upper Midwest Koi Show & Product Expo
- [Hosted by] Upper Midwest Koi Club
- [Location] Bachmans Garden Center on Lyndale, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- [URL] www.UMKOICLUB.org
- September 11-13, 2009
- 16th ZNA Potomac Chapter Koi Show
- [Hosted by] ZNA Potomac Koi Club
- [Location] Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia, USA
- [URL] www.znapotomac.org
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