WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEST YOUR WATER?

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEST YOUR WATER?

Your Koi have to live and grow in the water you provide for them. Your pond/pool is not a natural environment, it is an artificially created ecosystem Any water exposed to the sunlight and air will become ALIVE and polluted, not just from the detritus and the excreta...

Ammonia & the Nitrogen Cycle

All Koi-keepers should be aware of the vital importance of maintaining good water quality in their ponds, and the need to have a good test kit in order to be able to regularly monitor what is happening.   What are the symptoms of high Ammonia in koi ponds? Koi...
Why should Koi Keepers be concerned about Chlorine and Chloramine in tap water?

Looking after your Koi & Pond

LOOKING AFTER YOUR KOI This section contains help and advice based on my experience keeping Koi for over half a century. I started as a Saturday Boy in my local aquarium shop, progressed to Koi keeping quite soon afterwards – and became hooked. Over the years I have,...
THE BLACK ART OF POND FILTRATION

THE BLACK ART OF POND FILTRATION

It’s really not that hard once you understand that all live water filters work on the same three basic principles: The Mechanical stage The Biological stage The Sterilisation stage Where the “Black Art” comes in is that all three stages interchange and interact and...