Author: Mark Bodycott

What causes Koi Ulcers, body sores and bacterial infections? Bacterial infections such as Koi ulcers are open body sores on your koi. Koi ulcers are a secondary bacterial infection. The primary cause of koi ulcers is parasites. Koi Ulcers and body sores can also be caused by poor water conditions, rough handling of your koi or your koi Read more...

Koi pond algaeWhen you see a nice carpet of green algae growing on the rocks and sides of your koi pond, Don’t Panic!! This is Mother Nature’s way of showing you that your koi pond is healthy. Green Algae is not your enemy, it’s your partner in keeping your koi and koi pond healthy. The Benefits of Green Algae in your koi pond: Question: Read more...

What are the three factors that will determine the size of your koi and goldfish? 1- Heredity:Without the proper genes your koi and pond fish will never be large no matter how much good care you give them. Genes play a very important part in the size of your koi and pond fish. If your koi are from an average size family that’s what your fish Read more...

Here’s how you can help your fish during “Heat Waves”!! As we all know, in order to have a healthy pond, filled with happy fish, our pond water must contain plenty of oxygen. During the hot summer months plenty of oxygen in your pond water is even more important to the health of your fish and efficiency of your pond filter. The reason for Read more...

Stocking density is an important part of keeping your pond healthy. If your fish are crowded, they are more likely to have problems. There are different guidelines for stocking density depending on how easy you want your pond to be. If you want a lower maintenance pond, you should stay around a half inch of fish per ten gallons of water. This Read more...

Koi Care, how to Quarantine Koi Many beautiful collections of koi are lost every yearbecause pond keepers do not quarantine their new koi fish. One of the major causes of koi deaths and sickness this year and every year is the failure of pond keepers to quarantine their new koi. Collections of koi that were family pets for years, to a collection Read more...

The Five Most Common Causes of Sick Koi Every day I receive many requests from koi pond hobbyist across the country for help with their sick koi. I would like to share with you the top five most common causes of sick koi. 1. Poor Pond Water Quality: 70% of all koi sickness is caused from poor pond water quality • Filter not large enough for Read more...

Plants can be a great addition to your koi pond. There are three types of pond plants: Floaters, Drifters, and Potted. Drifters are pond plants such as anacharis and cabomba. They will eventually put down roots, but drift for the most part. Floaters are plants such as hyacinths and water lettuce. Planted ones are those such as water celery or Read more...

Basic Koi Care Keeping pond Algae under control Pond Algae The Causes and Controls A real problem for many koi fish pond keepers is Algae and how to keep algae under control. You wake up one morning and there it is, a real “pain in the neck” that can give you headaches for months if it’s not kept under control. So what is algae, what Read more...

We are grateful to the dedicated professors and researchers at our universities for their contributions to aquaculture. Because of their hard work and attention to detail, they have given us the information we need to keep our ponds and fish healthy, so we can enjoy the wonderful past time of pond keeping. Dissolved Oxygen for Fish Production Read more...