Koi Guides
Practical koi and pond guides written from the counter at our San Jose facility, where we have been importing and keeping Japanese Nishikigoi since 1998. Real numbers, honest trade-offs, and advice we would give you in person.
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- Koi Fish Varieties: 20 Types With Pictures and Meanings Twenty koi varieties explained the way a dealer sorts them: ground colour, pattern, then scalation, with photographs of our own fish and...
- Koi Pond Supplies: What You Actually Need for a Backyard Koi Pond The full koi pond supply list in build order, with real 2026 costs, honest pond size bands for koi, and a buy-first,...
- Koi Quarantine: How to Quarantine New Koi Fish A four-week koi quarantine protocol with the numbers that matter: 74-78°F, 150 gallons, salt at 0.3%, one praziquantel course and the release...
Koi Harvest Season: Inside a Buying Trip to Nii...
Tom Lai
Five farms in a day, sometimes ten. What it takes to buy koi at the Japanese harvest, why our fish go up for sale while we are still in Niigata,...
Koi Harvest Season: Inside a Buying Trip to Nii...
Tom Lai
Five farms in a day, sometimes ten. What it takes to buy koi at the Japanese harvest, why our fish go up for sale while we are still in Niigata,...