Recent Articles

• It continues to amaze me how the Japanese Koi breeders have managed to face all adversaries

  Monday, September 28th, 2015

• STICK OR TWIST?

  Tuesday, March 17th, 2015

THE POND

• Waddys Pond
• Tracking – wot’s that then
• 2010 Pond from start to finish
• Fluidised-Bed Filtration for Koi Ponds?
• The Magic Box – In Search of Perfection
• 2009 Pond From Start To Finish
• A Perfect Larger Pond Design in 2009
• The Perfect Small Pond 2009
• Gin Clear Water
• Items to Avoid
• The Other Essentials
• Water Flow Patterns
• Filter Boxes and Associated Lavatorial Undertones.
• Understanding Modern-day Principles of perfect pond design
• The Pond Introduction

THE KOI

• It continues to amaze me how the Japanese Koi breeders have managed to face all adversaries
• STICK OR TWIST?
• RICE AND NISHIKIGOI
• Possible or impossible?
• How valuable is the Koi that will take Supreme Champion at the 2013 All-Japan show?
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Twelve
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Eleven
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Ten
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Nine
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Eight
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Seven
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Six
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Five
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Four
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Three
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011 Part Two
• Yamakoshi Autumn 2011
• TORAZO
• Yet another Grand Champion to add to Waddy’s record book!
• MATSUNOSUKE MUSINGS
• When the penny FINALLY dropped
• The TOP POND and the OTHER PONDS
• The Saga Of The Surecut Spade
• FAQ
• Hyaku man!
• The Koi Experts
• The Price of Nishikigoi
• Buying Nishikigoi 2009 Style
• Nishikigoi – My Highlights
• My Mentors, The Breeders – My very first impressions of them
• In Depth Tategoi
• Koi Judging and Appreciation
• Nishikigoi Varieties
• The Production of High Quality Koi Today
• Origins & Myths
• The Koi Introduction

THE KEEPING

• The myth that’s widely known as NPS
• ‘The Three Big Downers’
• Michigan September 2010
• Do’s and Don’t 2009
• A Winter Warning
• The Importance of Heating
• The Paramount Importance of ‘Aeration’
• The Breeders Keeping Techniques
• The Medicine Chest and The Koi Keeper
• The Question of ‘Quarantine’ for our Koi.
• Handling – Feeding
• System Maintenance
• The Keeping Introduction