Koi For Dummies

by R. D. Bartlett, Patricia Bartlett

Overview

Known throughout the world for its beauty and personality, koi is one of the most carefully bred fish species around. Raising koi is especially time-consuming and requires more than just sprinkling little flakes in the fish bowl. But thankfully, you don’t have to be an expert to maintain your own koi pond.

Koi For Dummies shows you how easy and fun it can be to own and care for these delicate fish. Whether building a pond or aquarium for the indoors or outdoors, this easy-to-understand guide explores all of your options. Clear, concise advice helps you:

• Appreciate your koi’s beauty
• Build, design, and maintain your koi pond or aquarium
• Find and select koi and the proper supplies
• Keep your koi happy and healthy
• Treat your koi for parasites, bacterial infections, and viruses
• Breed and care for baby koi
• Show off your koi to other koi enthusiasts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118068175
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/04/2011
Series:	For Dummies Books
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

R. D. Bartlett began his pet fish-keeping when he netted minnows out of the brooks near Springfield, Massachusetts. He moved to Florida and began working as the general manager for Aquarium Supply, a tropical fish, goldfish, and koi wholesaler, and then opened his own pet shop.

Patricia Bartlett grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began keeping fish at age 10. She has journeyed to Costa Rica and Peru to net and write about angelfish, discus, and knife fish. She is a recent convert to the wonderful world of koi.
The Bartletts have co-authored numerous pet care books, mostly centering on reptiles and amphibians.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Koi Basics 7

Chapter 1: Going “Koi Kichi” — Crazy for Koi 9

Chapter 2: Knowing Your Koi 17

Chapter 3: Making Sure Koi Are Right for You 35

Chapter 4: A Koi Buyer’s Guide 47

Part II: Living with Koi, Inside and Out 61

Chapter 5: Preparing for Your Koi’s Homecoming 63

Chapter 6: Planning Your Koi Pond 77

Chapter 7: Building Your Pond 93

Chapter 8: Making It Pretty: Landscaping the Pond 119

Chapter 9: Maintaining Your Pond 133

Chapter 10: Keeping Koi Inside 151

Part III: Caring for Koi and Keeping Them Healthy 169

Chapter 11: Koi Nutrition 101 171

Chapter 12: Diffusing Koi Stress 183

Chapter 13: Spotting and Treating Common Koi Ailments 191

Part IV: The Big Leagues: Koi Breeding and Showing 215

Chapter 14: Breeding Koi 217

Chapter 15: The Small Fry: Bringing Up Baby Koi 231

Chapter 16: Koi Shows: Your All-Access Pass to Koi Kichi-dom 241

Part V: The Part of Tens 255

Chapter 17: Ten Things to Do When the Power Goes Out 257

Chapter 18: Ten Things to Check If Your Koi Seem Sick 261

Index 265