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A list of the articles we've written about Koi keeping in general... (feel free to reproduce unmodified as is with a link back to www.happykoi.co.za being our only request).

Our latest Happy Koi News is right here: Issue 133. Spring. Converting swimming pools into Koi ponds - fact or fiction?

Below are our previous articles in chronological order -

Issue 132. Feeding Koi - how when and where, along with the Jhb Koi Show feedback...

 Issue 131. Pictures of the new Pearl Ginrin Koi and metallic Shusui ...

Issue 130. New Pearl Ginrin Koi! National Koi Show coming up. And metallic Shusui??

Issue 129. Colder water and Koi, Dark Horse feedback, Bloem Koi Show...

Issue 128. Auction time! New by law rears it's ugly head, again and Koi ponds that leak...

Issue 127. Koi pricing - another win for Hikari and more more more!

Issue 126. Happy New Year!

Issue 125. February Koi Trip 2010, How NOT to build a Koi pond and more!

Issue 124. Koi Moot Feedback, ULP Ponds and Koi disease (Not KHV!)

Issue 123. Our first Koi Moot

Issue 122. Live from Japan - September 2009

Issue 121. Baby Koi Show and sealing your Koi pond using MatCrete.

Issue 120. Buying fish in Japan - a hobbyist who's been there done that described his experiences. Plus how to psyche out your competition in an online auction...

Issue 119. Bubble Bead Filters. Plus using just 48W to run your filtration on a Koi pond...

Issue 118. We're clearing Koi fish - plus we're off to Japan. Come and Join us.

Issue 117. KZN Koi show. Auction over the results and the Dark Horse, Pond running costs vs building costs vs demolition costs...

Issue 116. New Koi book - Nishikigoi Mondo the best book on Koi ever? Also - Free 3d Models on Koi ponds!

Issue 115. Saki Hikari is cheap relatively. Biggest online Auction in Africa, Ever! And don't overdose your medications!

Issue 114. Who is Happy STAN? What goes into your Koi food? What is the correct salt levels to maintain in your Koi pond?

Issue 113. Upcoming and pending legislation. Hopefully by the time you read this it won't be an issue any longer...

Issue 112. Special Koi offer. Gardenex and the Johannesburg Koi Show. Bao Bio Naturale - montmorillonite clay is good for your pond

Issue 111. The algae issue. More regulations. UVs, algaecides and Viresco Aqua and more!

Issue 110. Pond plans and red tape. Sakai food being passed off as Saki Hikari Koi Food - they're NOT the same thing!

Issue 109. New Koi fish for sale online...

Issue 108. All about water pumps and electricity running costs - and new Koi about to be published online

Issue 107. Fishies land, The Hikari Germ explained as promised and new Nano tanks have us excited....

Issue 106 - long one! Japan Koi hunt over, New Hikari pricing, how to spot a good parent Koi and Hikari's Fukusaki factory behind the scenes tour

Issue 105 - Correction! October Japan Trip and a step by step guide to successful quarantining procedures...

Issue 104 - the Dark Horse of the Koi auction, buying Koi in Japan and a great idea of how to install your bubble bead filter...

Issue 103 - auction time, what happened to spring, and Happy Koi now love sand filters...

Issue 102 - Filter Capital Costs, Europe and Koi.. and more....

Issue 101 - New SAKTA Koi Show Debuts... Costia be damned (again)....

Issue 100 - 100th Issue! Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa Koi show wrap-up... plus extra special Hikari Offer...

Issue 99 - Cold water and feeding your Koi, Another quarantining nightmare story & KHV in the news…

Issue 98 - The Dark Horse revealed...  The iPaq survives, again, and more...

Issue 97 - How the no water pump Koi pond works, Koi show update, Show us your pond and a new auction...

Issue 96 -What’s The Best Cell Phone Ever?, Standby Airpumps and The No Water Pump Koi Pond...

Issue 95 - Pedrollo Water Pump Nirvana, Bloem Koi Show, How to produce show ready Koi...

Issue 94 - auction progress, new fishies, new shop hours and competition winners....

Issue 93 - new auction and new propolis product

Issue 91 - Power failures and the implications & The Final Word Ever on KHV...

Issue 90 - KHV - The implications, Design your Dream Pond, Tosai Challenge Winner...

Issue 89 - Nedbank Closure followup, Maintenance after holidays, Air Pump Special and Tragedy Strikes...

Issue 88 - We closed our Nedbank account, DIY ponds and DIY Filters, MyFishFood.com up and running as it should be!

:Issue 87: Auction feedback, What really happens in your bio filters, New Koi arriving soon & Greedy Wilhelmina. Published 26 November 2007.

Issue 86: Owls, Risk, Oxygen and look out PayPal!Published 9 November 2007.

Issue 85: Temperature changes, Koi growth rates

Issue 84: Stuff you need to know

And our previous diatribes (not in PDF). Feel free to read them and please feel free to comment! The more feedback the better - we can take it, honestly!

Happy Koi Articles from our newsletters...

These are a series of articles that have been written and they all contains tons of useful information pertinent to Koi keeping...

Article 1 - The Nexus and Answer. Some of the more important benefits these wonderful Koi filtration devices offer.

Article 2 - Koi keeping basics - let the buyer beware! Why you need to know what you're doing. It all comes down good Koi filter systems and an understanding of the biological filtration process that takes place in the bio filter.

Article 3 - Koi keeping basics - let the buyer beware! Why you need to know what you're doing. It all comes down good Koi filter systems and an understanding of the biological filtration process that takes place in the bio filter.

Article 4 - Koi keeping basics - Koi pond organic wastes are bad news bio filters do not get rid of them!

Article 5 - Koi pond testing. Testing Koi ponds regularly is a necessary part of successful Koi keeping. You have to know what is happening in your pond at all times and it is important to understand longer term trends.

Article 6 - Ozone and koi ponds. Is ozone evil? can it be successfully used in Koi ponds? Will it kill my Koi?

Article 7 - Spring startup - beware the solids - your Koi's immune system - Kaldnes and Alfagrog in sand filters. Logging feeding patterns helps enormously

Article 8 - Kaldnes and bio film - build your own really effective bio filter quickly and easily.

Article 9 - new look and toxic sludge - time to clear out your filters

Article 10 - More on sand filters and sludge and moving solids OUT in intimate contact with your pond water - any which way you like!

Article 11 - Buying Koi and Hannes' Japan trip. Book your Koi online

Article 12 - Algae, UVs and organic dead algae clumps

Article 13 - bio film, bio media and substrates, give your biofilm a chance to grow and develop naturally, especially in new ponds

Article 14 - algae, the bane of any Koi pond, or is it?

Article 15 - life in Koi ponds is not limited to just Koi. Check out leaches, worms and snails! All perfectly natural...

Article 16 - is Koi keeping only for the rich? Hardly!

Article 17 - do Koi taste good to eat?

Article 18 - importing your own Koi - good idea or bad?

Article 19 - heating Koi ponds

Article 20 - oxygen air pumps and aeration of koi ponds

Article 21 - Aeromonas and Pseudomonas - overlooked in SA?

Article 22 - Winter feeding

Article 23 - Air pumps and spares

Article 24 - Water Sources by Leslie Ter Morshuizen

Article 25 - Selecting Tategoi - how to pick the perfect winning Koi fish- can it be done?

Article 26 - Selecting Koi when in Japan and Koi fish health - more information...

Article 27 - The Johannesburg Koi Show - SAKKS' National Koi show - May 21 - my Wedding day!

Article 29 - Ozone and borehole water - Ozone is a great thing - how do we use it?

Article 30 - Quarantining Koi - why and how you should do it...

Article 31 - Trips to Japan to buy Koi - all the ins and outs of coming along with us. You can come from anywhere in the world if you like - it's be great to meet you!

Article 31- How to buy Koi on Pre paid orders - you can get Koi cheap as chips using our pre paid system

Article 33 - Mud ponds and earth dams - in aqua culture - Leslie reveals all about the attraction of earth dams

Article 33 Koi food and feeding in spring - after a warm(ish) winter like we've had matters Koi are not completely predictable. Hold off on high protein food for a while yet...

Article 34 - Koi Gadgets and Gizmos by Kevin Harrison (from SAKKS) - A brief run down on the gadgets and gizmos that Koi pond owners might find most useful...

Article 35 - Koi Health Issues - Keep an eye out...

Article 36 - Koi foods are NOT all created equal - and sometimes you need to use plain old common sense. Price tells you something. At least, it should...

Article 37 - Baby Koi show - in Boksburg. No, really.

Article 38 - Chris Neaves writes for us - What more can we say? We're delighted!

Article 39 - How bio media works - specifically Kaldnes. OK, we're biased. But this explains WHY we're biased...

Article 40 - Proposed Koi Ban - Are Koi to be banned?

Article 41 - Koi ban follow up - things look up...

Article 42 - Dainichi Showas - it sometimes all goes your way in Japan

Article 43 - Dainichi Showas sold out and how to deal with ulcers.

  1. Japan Koi Trip Summary

  2. Dainichi Showas Bad News

  3. Good News…

  4. Bacteria and bad news - how Bao Bio Koi can help prevent ulcers...

Article 44 - Closing the nitrogen cycle by removing nitrates and hence algae...

  1. I'm Back!

  2. The Nitrogen Cycle in further detail - we close the loop… and we remove ALGAE!

  3. Help us test our new Koi buying database…

  4. A day in the life of a Hannes (curious creatures)

Article 45 - Hikari Fish Foods

  1. The most important news. Hannes is almost back!

  2. More important news www.myfishfood.com goes live...

  3. Even more important news

  4. There is no more important news!

Article 46 - A free competition and settlement chambers

  1. Some Fun - a FREE Competition

  2. DIY Filters

  3. Some Common Questions on Hikari

Article 47 - Quarantine your plants

  1. I'm Back!

  2. The Nitrogen Cycle in further detail - we close the loop… and we remove ALGAE!

  3. Help us test our new Koi buying database…

  4. A day in the life of a Hannes (curious creatures)

Article 48 - Vertical Circulation in Koi ponds

  1. Circulation in Koi Ponds. Vertical Circulation that is!

  2. And the Bigmouth Winner is.

  3. Brand New Auto Feeders

Article 49 - Misconceptions about Gas bubble disease

  1. First things first

  2. Misconceptions about gas bubble disease

Article 50 - Gas Bubbles Clarified

  1. Gas Bubbles Clarified

  2. Upcoming Events

Article 51 - Bottom drains and curious Koi fish

  1. Bottom drains and curious Koi fish

  2. Upcoming events and Hannes' lecture

Article 52 - Moving water garden pictures

  1. More Koi literature - moving pictures on DVD

Article 53 - What to feed Koi and when to feed it

  1. Ponds and when to build them

  2. When to feed, what to feed etc...

  3. See you next weekend in Pretoria

Article 54 - Koi and how to buy them

  1. I'm Back!

  2. The Nitrogen Cycle in further detail - we close the loop… and we remove ALGAE!

  3. Help us test our new Koi buying database…

  4. A day in the life of a Hannes (curious creatures)

Article 55 - Quarantining plants

  1. Plants and quarantining them

  2. Clay in Koi ponds

Article 56 - Show results and G1 project

  1. National Show Results

  2. G1 Project - all is revealed

Article 57 - Water quality and cold water miracles

  1. Water quality

  2. Cold water blues and miracles

  3. Hannes becomes a TV star

Article 58 - Hannes leaves us

  1. The feathered fiend

  2. Hannes leaves us

Article 59 - Winter and Koi

  1. Winter and Koi 

  2. Worms

Article 60 - Japan Sale and welcome Patrick

  1. Japan

  2. Koi Sale

Article 61 - Koi do look after each other

  1. Happy Koi goes broke on auction

  2. Koi do look after each other

Article 62 - How much does it cost to build a Koi pond?

  1. How much does it really cost to build a Koi pond?

  2. Why Koi are so addictive...

Article 63 - Drags and liner ponds for Koi

  1. What a drag!

  2. Baby Koi show

  3. Liner pond blues

Article 64 - Koi and How to Buy them - the ultimate Koi buying guide

  1. How to buy your Koi - what you need to know

Article 64a - Koi and ulcers

  1. Ulcers & Koi

Article 65 - Quarantining plants and the benefits of Clay in Koi Ponds

  1. Quarantining new plants! No, really!!

  2. The benefits of clay in Koi ponds - why we like montmorillonite best of all

Article 66 - Winter, worms, and a doctor

  1. Winter and Koi

  2. Worms, worms and really small worms

  3. A Doctor in the family

Article 67 - Koi look after each other, KHV update from Japan

  1. Koi DO look after each other

  2. KHV update from Japan - Happy Koi stays cautious!

Article 67a - Building a Koi pond

  1. Building a Koi pond

  2. Hikari Koi food menu

Article 68 - How much Koi ponds really cost and much more

  1. How much does it really cost to build a Koi pond?

  2. Why Koi are so addictive

  3. A question on Pre Paid Koi buying from Happy Koi

Article 69 - Ulcers and Koi

  1. Ulcers - and why we hate them so much

Article 70 - Icicle the miracle Koi and Randall the Bling Bearded Dragon

  1. Icicle the miracle Koi, brought back from the edge

  2. Randall the bearded dragon makes his debut

Article 71 - Pond building and Koi food menu

  1. Building a Koi pond

  2. Koi Menu – What treats do YOU feed YOUR Koi?

  3. Koi food & protein explained.

Article 72 - How to grow big Koi

  1. How to grow your Koi into BIG Koi

Article 73 - Summer time and Koi asphyxiation

  1. Summer and asphyxiation

  2.  We've been quiet - this is why…a Koi pond

Article 74 - Why a cheap Koi is not different from an expensive one

  1. 1. All Japan Show Winner

  2. Why a R50 Koi is no different from a R1000 or even R10k Koi…

Article 75 - Free Koi identification chart

  1. Free Koi Identification chart

Article 76 - Ever fallen into a Koi pond?

  1. Ever fallen into a Koi pond?

Article 77 - Sand filters and pressurised filters

  1. At the risk of repeating ourselves on sand filters

Article 78 - Protein skimmers, KHV and sand filters

  1. KHV Alert – a few confirmed cases opened! Please be careful!

  2. A quick word on protein skimmers

  3. Sand filter responses…

  4. Final call on prepaid orders

  5. Finally! A new face at Happy Koi!

Article 79 - How to quarantine and why you should

    1.    How to quarantine Koi

Article 80 - Why we sell Koi the way we do

    1.    How and why we sell Koi

Article 81 - How to deal with Costia on your Koi

    1.    Dealing with Costia

Article 82 - What to feed your Koi in winter

    1.    Feeding Koi in winter

Article 83 - Our Koi pond kit filters for you

    1.    Kit filters for you to DIY

 

More Koi pond articles by other people...

Then for free, download our own document below on the basics of filtration and stuff you need to know about Koi ponds before you even begin. If you are experiencing problems with your pond you might find some answers here as well.

Product Positioning Document - the basics of Koi pond filtration...

 

 

 

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