Koi A complete guide to their care and color varieties
Book - 2015
Keeping koi (often called "living jewels") in top-quality condition takes dedication and year-round care, but it is a challenge that thousands of koi enthusiasts are happy to accept in pursuit of perfection. They are a fiercely devoted group willing to spend hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars to nurture, show and build their collection.
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- Genres
- Handbooks and manuals
- Published
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Richmond Hill, Ontario :
Firefly Books
2015.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes indexes.
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781770855199
- Part one. Koi-keeping: the enduring hobby
- Water quality
- Filtration
- Designing and building a koi pond
- Physiology and health care
- Buying a koi
- Feeding koi
- Showing koi
- Breeding koi
- Part two. Kohako
- Sanke
- Showa
- Utsurimono
- Bekko
- Asagi and Shusui
- Koromo
- Kawarimono
- Hikarimuji
- Hikarimoyo
- Hikari Utsuri
- Kin-Gin-Rin
- Tancho
- Doitsu.