Koi for Dummies

Author:: Patricia Bartlett; R. D. Bartlett
Format:: Softcover

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Short description

Features 8 pages of full-color photos

All you need to know about setting up a Koi habitat, selecting Koi, and keeping them healthy

Want to keep Koi? This friendly guide shows you how to get started, with expert tips on everything from buying Koi and keeping them healthy to feeding, breeding, showing, and enjoying these gorgeous fish. You'll see how to set up and maintain an indoor or outdoor pond or an aquarium, select filters and heaters, and handle your Koi properly.

Discover how to Select healthy Koi Get all the right equipment Diagnose and treat common illnesses Keep your Koi safe year-round Raise baby Koi

Long description

The fun and easy way to select and care for these popular fish Koi, a variety of carp, are among the most popular fish species, especially for people with ponds. Koi come in many colorful varieties, can grow up to two feet long, and will come to the surface of a pond to be stroked and fed by hand. Small Koi (three or four inches long) can be bought for less than $10, but larger specimens can cost over $1,000, with some rare fish selling for as much as $10,000. This practical guide explains how to set up a pond or aquarium for Koi, select filters and heaters, and choose and care for the fish. Complete with eight pages of color photos that picture popular Koi varieties as well as tips on food, health care, and protecting Koi from predators, this book is an indispensable reference for Koi owners and would-be owners everywhere. R. D. Bartlett (Gainesville, FL) managed a large commercial tropical and gold fish farm in central Florida. He has written more than 650 articles and six books and has cowritten an additional 40 books on natural history topics. He was a columnist for "Tropical Fish Hobbyist" magazine for seven years.;His wife Patricia Bartlett (Gainesville, FL) is a freelance writer and the author of "Reptiles & Amphibians For Dummies" (0-7645-2569-7).

Product details

Publisher:: For Dummies
ISBN:: 9780470099131
Publication date:: March 2007
Length:: 155mm
Width:: 231mm
Thickness:: 15mm
Weight:: 431g
Pages:: 272
Illustrations:: Illustrated
Readership:: Research & professional
Illustrated:: Illustrated

Introduction.
Part I: Koi Basics.
Chapter 1: Going Koi Kichi Crazy for Koi.
Chapter 2: Knowing Your Koi.
Chapter 3: Making Sure Koi Are Right for You.
Chapter 4: A Koi Buyer's Guide.
Part II: Living with Koi, Inside and Out.
Chapter 5: Preparing for Your Koi's Homecoming.
Chapter 6: Planning Your Koi Pond.
Chapter 7: Building Your Pond.
Chapter 8: Making It Pretty: Landscaping the Pond.
Chapter 9: Maintaining Your Pond.
Chapter 10: Keeping Koi Inside.
Part III: Caring for Koi and Keeping Them Healthy.
Chapter 11: Koi Nutrition 101.
Chapter 12: Diffusing Koi Stress.
Chapter 13: Spotting and Treating Common Koi Ailments.
Part IV: The Big Leagues: Koi Breeding and Showing.
Chapter 14: Breeding Koi.
Chapter 15: The Small Fry: Bringing Up Baby Koi.
Chapter 16: Koi Shows: Your All Access Pass to Koi Kichi dom.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 17: Ten Things to Do When the Power Goes Out.
Chapter 18: Ten Things to Check If Your Koi Seem Sick.
Index.