Koi Care Keeping
Koi Care Keeping
By Jemma Wu
Koi fish are a domesticated variety of the common carp.
The word Koi comes from a Japanese word which means “carp” which is where the breeding of the first Koi took place around 1820. Koi can be found in a large variety of colors and patterns including red, yellow, orange, white, black and silver.
Some Koi are even blue or green in color. Outside environmental elements that they live in and their diet effect the color of the Koi. It’s easy to understand the skill and patience it took for the first Japanese breeders to develop such a magnificent fish.
Koi are not a typically schooling fish but are extremely social with other breeds. But make sure the other breeds you place with them are not small enough to be eaten as they are opportunistic feeders. If you have a small pond then often Koi will school together but in larger ponds they do tend to split into smaller groups.
Koi fresh water fish can grow to be a much larger size which will then require a pond of about five hundred gallons of water or more. They thrive in ponds this size. If you decide to provide their home in a smaller pond then you need to pay close attention to how big your Koi get. When they become larger they will need to be moved to a much larger pond or given away and replaced with smaller Koi.
Remember to keep the number of Koi fish that you have in your pond relative to the amount of water that your pond does hold. The health of your Koi fish does depend a lot on the amount of space provided to them.
The single most important factor when having Koi is the quality of the
water.
Koi are a cold water fish and do best in water temperatures between 61 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Another wonderful thing about Koi is that since they are a cold water fish they do very well in the winter.
There is nothing more relaxing than sitting outside around your pond listening to the rippling of the water flowing and watching the brilliant bright colors of the Koi swimming there. No pond can be considered
complete without the fresh water Koi being present.
Jemma Wu is a Entrepreneur and Author of Raising Koi Hobbyist She is a Koi fish hobbyist and enjoys writing articles to help others achieve and maintain healthy pond life. To learn more of her tips and techniques for Koi Care check out the website,
http://www.KoiAnswers.com