Category Archives: Koi Fish Facts

Koi Fish Facts, including everything you’d want to know about keeping koi fish. How to care for your koi fish, and how to maintain a happy, healthy koi pond (or tank).

Koi fish in a gravel koi pond|Koi swimming in rock bottom Koi pond
Rock Bottoms and Gravel Koi Ponds

So what is the deal with gravel koi ponds? Hop on any forum chat or[read more...]

04
Dec
Koi in a shadow of the hand about to be inspected|Pan Net for Handling and Inspecting Koi Fish|Dip net for koi inspection|Sock net for catching and inspecting Koi Fish|Blue viewing bowls for inspecting koi fish
Inspecting Koi Fish: To Have and to Hold

To inspect or not to inspect your Koi fish? That is the question. However, inspecting[read more...]

08
Nov
Koi at surface of water|Yoda Aeromonas|platinum pro probiotic koi food|merchurochrome bottle to treat Aeromonas
Aeromonas, The Alley and Dealing with them Both in Your Koi Pond

What is Aeromonas? Aeromonas hydrophilia is a common pond water bacteria. So common in fact,[read more...]

12
Oct
|Temporary koi home stock tank with mesh over the top|Mesh net firmly secured to the side of a koi pond|Pond netting stretched over a koi pond before a hurricane|Koi pond water testing kit|Activated charcoal in a mesh bag for koi pond use
Koi Ponds, Storms and Hurricanes

Hurricanes can be incredibly destructive in both force and outcomes. There have been some in[read more...]

07
Sep
Two Kujaku Koi forming a Heart|Armor Scaled Kikokuryu|Chagoi|Ghost koi|Ki Bekko|Kin Kikokuryu|Kohaku|Kumonryu|Midorigoi|Platinum Ogon|Showa|Showa|Shusui
Koi Personalities: Which Arkoitype Are You?

According to Carl Jung, the father of modern analytical psychology, there are enough repeating patterns[read more...]

10
Aug
koi meme 15 koi dog|koi meme 16 koi question|Koi meme 17 matsu koi|Koi meme 21 showa or kohaku|koi meme kung fu koi style|koi meme 13 big koi spend|Koi meme 11 koi tattoo|koi meme 12 koi pond ramen|Koi meme 7 koi hole|Koi meme 10 kids in a koi pond|Koi meme 8 koi feeding human tank|Koi Meme 9 money for koi|Koi meme 7 koi spend|Koi meme 5 koi under ice|Koi meme 6 koi job description|koi Meme 4 Mistaken koi|Koi meme weapons of mass deterrence|Koi Meme Koi religion|koi meme existentialism|Koi meme walking a koi|koi meme photoshop koi eating dog head|koi fish meme biological filter feeding
Our Top 21 Koi Memes

Over the years, we’ve shared more than a few fantastic pictures of koi. Here are[read more...]

19
Jul
Koi fish swimming under lily pads|Mobile Quarantine Tank for Koi fish|Indoor-outdoor Koi pond
Is There a “Best Time” to Buy Koi Fish?

It’s warm out. It’s been a long winter where koi sightings are few and far[read more...]

13
Jul
Koi in a mud pond
Koi Mud Ponds

What is a Koi Mud Pond It’s a pond. With mud. And koi. The End.[read more...]

27
Jun
|diagram of black and red chromatophores in koi fish|Sail cloths over a koi pond|Kumonryu Koi Fish|Home made floating island for a koi pond|Color-enhancing food from Next day Koi
Koi and Color Loss

Color loss. It’s a great source of concern (and irritation!) for many koi kichi. To[read more...]

06
Jun
Koi fish swimming under a lily pad|Framed Koi Show Award certificate|blurry picture of koi in a pond|large one acre pond looking for koi to fill|poorly shot photo of koi fishj|numerous colorful koi swimming in blue water|Koi fish in a pond under a net||Picture of a goldfish mislabelled as a koi|dark koi in a plastic tub filled with dirty water|Gorgeous sanke koi in clear blue water|Sanke koi fish in murky water|notice that content has been flagged for removal|
Buying and Selling Koi: A Cautionary Tale

Koi hobbyist. It’s probably one of the most misleading terms in the world of animal[read more...]

28
Apr