 | Prepping a Koi for a Show
In close competition sometimes small blemishes can mean the difference in the outcome of the show. Several common minor faults know to "distract" from the overall beauty of the koi may be pr...
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 | Preparing Your Pond for Spring
After a hard winter in Ottawa, Canada, spring is a much anticipated event at our 20,000 gal koi pond writes James Careless. But the warming weather that spurs slumbering koi back into action can pose ...
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 | Updated Koi Herpes Virus Fact Sheet
Since the first fact sheet was produced by the University of Florida in June 2004 (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/VM/VM11300.pdf). A lot has happened since then. Spike has researched many of the de...
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 | AKCA/KHV Funding Project
Gene Anderson, new committee coordinator summarizes the ongoing efforts of the KHV Funding Project. Gene writes, "without taking paragraphs in his column to explain in detail, the AKCA/KHV Fundin...
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 | Brrrr, It's Cold Out Here!
Tamsie Pierce continues her cute series of stories “translated” from koi within a pond and their insights to winter itself in “Brrrr, It’s Cold Out Here!” Always entertai...
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| KOI USA Online Article Archive |
KOI USA Online Article Archive
On October 31,2008, KOI USA’s new online article archive went “live.” For the months of November and December, the archive has been open to all utilizing the ID of “guest” and password of ...
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| The Lure of the Mountains |
The Lure of the Mountains by Greg Sutton
Greg Sutton of the UK shares his diary of his first trip to Niigata Prefecture. His trip account starts at the very beginning from Heathrow. The group visited many of the major breeders. Time allowe...
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| Water Quality - Atlanta Show 2008 |
Water Quality - Atlanta Show 2008
This article by Joe Hatfield relates the behind the scenes job performed by the water quality team to maintain koi show tanks over a three day period for the Atlanta koi show. Joe, who is a recent KHA...
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| My First Koi Show |
My First Koi Show by Grant Cusworth
For those who have never experienced taking your koi pets to a koi show this article is great preparation, and for those who are now koi show veterans, this article brings back many of the feelings of...
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| Judging Longfin |
Judging Longfin
Judging Longfin is another step in the progression we have seen within the AKCA judging committee and KOI USA to promote the establishment of standards for judging longfin. At this stage of develo...
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| Fortune Cookie |
Fortune Cookie
James Careless, shares his discovery while vacationing with his family in Florida. The Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa in Fort Lauderdale has a 40,000 gallow well stocked koi ...
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