Step By Step Building Koi Pond

KOI POND -- Building a koi pond is different from a water garden because koi limit the amount of plant life available to be grown. A water garden typically contains both goldfish and a variety of aquatic plants. A koi pond should also be larger because koi Fish get quite large despite the size of the pond, it is recommended that a koi pond be no less than 1000 gallons in volume, the bigger the better. It also needs to have an area of the pond at least 3 feet deep, 4 - 5 may be better. Large Koi Pond make Koi growth bigger.

Why Koi Pond Use Air Pump

AIR PUMP -- Aeration, in one word, sums up the reason why your Koi  pond needs an air pump. Pond aeration is as essential to ponds as air, particularly oxygen, is essential for us to live. In lakes and ponds, not only fish are dependent on dissolved oxygen (DO) supply in the water. Many other organisms in the water also depend on it to function well and survive. A shortage of oxygen opens a Pandora’s Box of problems to your pond’s water quality and clarity, which can rapidly escalate to fish deaths sooner than you expect. So unless you are willing to take the risk of suffering the consequences from poor pond aeration, a pond air pump is a must.

Koi Herpes Virus

Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) is a very damaging and easily spread virus that affects common carp and carp varieties such as koi Fish. Koi Herpesvirus (KHV) represents a third cyprinid herpesvirus formally designated Cyprinid herpesvirus 3(CyHV-3). Other nomenclature (Carp Interstitial Nephritis and Gill Necrosis Virus (CNGV)) has been suggested. Koi Herpes Virus is not new. It has been around for decades, even before we knew what it was. Koi were said to have a sleeping disease or some other explanation.