Addicted to Koi's/Ponds

[sissy]

wonder where calvin is tula .Maybe he lives close enough to you .

 

[Tula]

wonder where calvin is tula .Maybe he lives close enough to you .

I wonder? I could stock his pond, once built

 

[Calvin]

Welcome, and where do you live?

I live in Houston, TX.

 

[Calvin]

Thanx for correcting me Calvin yes your going to need a UV-C and a skimmer though you dont have one yourself at the moment I trongly suggest you do.
As to reading books have comeback where as anything said on the internet doesnt , I've often read things online that I've found to be totally untrue and wide of the mark besides th more books you add to your library the more you can create a referance library.
A koi keeper on another British website whom I bought a book from lately stated that Val and I must have the largest library on koi/ koi/fish Health/ fish behavour/fish pathology in private hands in the UK , as to if that is true I dont know but I'd like to find out
Yes information grows old and new things are found out but hey we have a book by the Parctical Fishkeeping people from way back and to say information is either scant or wrong is an understaement but ay back then koi keeping was a young hobby , all that has been written has been found out since then but books are constant or are we just an old fashioned pair
Either way your doing yourself a favour by buying one or two books and if like us you get the habitof buying them studying them etc then 27 years down the line you'll be saying this to another newbie

Dave

I will definitely purchase a few books! I need more research and experience!

 

[Calvin]

wonder where calvin is tula .Maybe he lives close enough to you .

I wonder? I could stock his pond, once built

Sadly no im in Texas. I just bought a beautiful Japenese Koi.. and some beautiful water lilies.. But on the travel back the flower snapped in half. I am very sad ..

 

[j.w]

Did just the flower stem snap off? Cuz if the tuber still has little buds coming off it you will get more so no reason to be sad

 

[Calvin]

Did just the flower stem snap off? Cuz if the tuber still has little buds coming off it you will get more so no reason to be sad

Yeah ! :/ it just happen to break right at the flower

 

[CometKeith]

Calvin, good luck with your new pond and welcome to gpf. You can learn a lot by reading old threads. It's probably better than most books!

 

[Becky]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

 

[Dave 54]

I will definitely purchase a few books! I need more research and experience!

We are above ground with our pond as well Calvin our skimmer is a simple affair in that its the old intake pipe from is layout as a QT pond we have a ball valve and when we need to skim we just open it
They serve a dual purpose skimmers not only do they remove dead leaves they also remove any surface scum that may come from your koi food especially if its high in protiens etc so you see they are necessary

Dave

 

[pecan]

Welcome Calvin! I have family in Katy Will be down in your area to watch my little brothers opening football game with Houston Baptist! Go Huskies!!!!