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Articles on Fish, Koi and Ponds
The auto feeder is for the serious Koi hobbyist. People working long hours and keeping Koi sometimes forget to feed there Koi at regular intervals. With the auto feeder this is a thing of the past... read more »
Mosquito Fish
If you have a pond with some plant life where small fish can live it is fantastic to add some Mosquito fish to your pond... read more »
Professional Plastic Bead/Blower Koi Pond and Swimming Pool Filtration
There are many articles on how to keep your koi pond water clear and healthy. There is always talk about UV lights which is correct but UV lights only take care off algae in the water... read more »
Minimum Filtration Requirements for Small Fish Ponds
No matter how small your pond is it is essential to have proper filtration and UV clarifiers... read more »
Pond Food Regulation for Koi Fish
As no two seasons are the same, the safest way to regulate pond food is to use a thermometer to measure temperature, and then feed fish according to this suggested guide... read more »
Water Pollution in Fish Ponds
We have recently introduced a new solution to water pollution called Clinofish. It is a specific type of Zeolite mineral (found in igneous rock) exclusively mined in South Africa, and is a direct substitute for fish pond filter media that scavenges toxic ammonia from pond water... read more »
Do koi self regulate according to pond size?
If you have a small pond with say 3000 liters with ten small koi, the koi will be fine for a couple of months or maybe years while they are reasonably small... read more »
Isivande Bio Grog
We have been using these 15 kg bags of porous stones with great effect. In a pond 100 000 liters the water would never come clear clear until we built a 1m3 chamber with these porous stones in 15 kg bags... read more »
