July/August, 2009, Volume 34 Issue 1
Setting the Standard for 33 Years!
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Pond of the Year - Wong
Honorable Mention goes to this Large Division Pond of the Year by entered by Jason and Mary Wong of Dallas. Construction of this multi-grade pond was complicated by the presence of solid underground r...
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Pond of the Year - Height
Honorable Mention goes to this Large Division Pond of the Year by entered by Stephen and Mary Height of north Florida. This pond, better known as the "Varsity Mudpond," was created by the Heights from...
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Pond of the Year - Malone
Honorable Mention goes to this Large Division Pond of the Year by entered by Tony and Diane Malone of Chicago. This indoor pond is 22,000 gallons filtered by a total of four Nexus 3000 units which tur...
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| Other articles in this edition... |
 | Varieties
Author, Bryan Bateman, takes us back to high school biology class with this installment of his series on Varieties. Is there a way to predict the effects of a patern gene in a particular spawning? Bryan answere with a qualifed "yes" and explains how this question may be approached using th...
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 | North Florida Koi Club - Jacksonville Zoo
We've all heard the expression "lead by example," and this is exactly the case in this story of how the North Florida Koi Club formed a liason with the Jacksonville Zoo to bring koi from a closing business to their new home. Some interesting aspects of this article is the procedure emplo...
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 | Show Water - Spokane Style
John Seifert, long a fan of flow through water control systems for shows, explains how the Spokane show installed their system for less than a thousand dollars. One of the advantages for this installation was the exceptional water quality source, the Spokane Aquifer. With incoming water t...
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 | The Mountain View Koi Club
We invite our readers to join KOI USA in welcoming the Mountain View Koi Club serving eastern Ontario and western Quebec. The club is located in Vanleek HIll, Ontario between Montreal and Ottawa. The club was started in 2005 by founders, Verne Gilkes and Leigh Mode, owners of Moad Mountai...
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 | Lifetime Achievement Award
AKCA Announces the Lifetime Achievement AwardBy Burt Ballou, Don Chandler, and Mike Frady
A number of professional associations honor members who have contributed to their society over a long period of time with a lifetime achievement award. These awards are considered to be the most pr...
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