Aug 20th, 2009
by KoiWaterPeace.
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Author: Christopher Byrnes When homeowners decide to install a water garden on their property, they often expect a beautiful area where they can relax in peaceful contemplation.
However, once you’ve had a water garden in your yard for a few weeks, you will start to notice that you are not the only one who is enjoying the beauty of your new landscaping feature.
A water garden can be an attractive draw for all kinds of wildlife. When you have a water garden, you are rolling out the red carpet for some of nature’s most beautiful creatures from delicate butterflies to quirky tree frogs in bright, eye-catching colors.
A water garden brings the unique wildlife of your region out of the shadows so that you can get to know them, and you just might be surprised at what you discover.
Some of the Earth’s most beautiful insects are likely to be drawn to your water garden. Many water garden owners are delighted to start each day by discovering a few energetic dragonflies hovering over the water’s surface, or skimming through the air with their bright blue and green bodies flashing in the sun.
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Koi,
attracting birds,
attracting wildlife,
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Posted in: Predators and Threats, Water Gardens.
Tagged: attracting birds · attracting wildlife · Koi · Water Gardens · Water Plants
Jul 31st, 2009
by KoiWaterPeace.
Image by massdistraction via Flickr
Author: Doug Hoover
First of all: know what you want. If you need some ideas, visit the library or your local book store and browse through landscape books, garden and pond magazines. You can also search the web and read and study as much as possible.
Layout is the most important phase of the entire project. I have heard many complaints from disappointed clients after they had a chance to get used to their new addition to the landscape. “I only wish we had made it bigger … made it deeper … added an island … made it longer and constructed a bridge … built it closer to the house … installed a larger water pump for the waterfall … or … built the waterfall higher or wider.”
Most of these wishes could have been granted for a reasonable cost before or during construction. But waiting until afterward means incurring a major expense that may be cost prohibitive. If your choice is to omit the item or feature because of its cost, then make structural preparations to allow for adding it on later. You can plan and design the landscape to allow for easy additions to the koi pond later just by the strategic placement of trees, sprinklers, drain lines, and much more. Continue reading →
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pond layout,
Koi,
Pond Design,
berms,
building codes,
pond depth
Posted in: Pond Design, Pond-Building.
Tagged: berms · building codes · Koi · pond construction · pond depth · Pond Design · pond layout · utility lines
Jul 21st, 2009
by KoiWaterPeace.
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Author: Kirk Rogers
Koi Pond Heating
There are many reasons for heating your koi pond, maybe you just want to see your enjoy your pond in all seasons. Whatever your reason we just want to give you some insight to make it easy to accomplish.
There is now new technology, energy efficient heaters being developed for pond heating. Therefore we recommend electric koi pond heaters, submersible heaters, heat exchangers and floating pond heaters.
Pond Heating Considerations
First you must determine whether you want to de-ice or actually heat your pond to a specific temperature. Deicers melt the ice to provide an opening for harmful gas exchange only.
Heating your pond to obtain a specific temperature can be a bit technical, so if your not sure about the heater sizing we recommend that you contact our koi pond heating specialists. The outside low temperature is the key to your kilowatt requirements and unfortunately it can vary. Continue reading →
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heater failures,
electric heaters,
submersible heaters,
koi health,
Pond Heaters
Posted in: Pond Heaters.
Tagged: electric heaters · heater failures · koi health · Pond Heaters · submersible heaters
Jul 14th, 2009
by KoiWaterPeace.
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Author: Michael C. Harris
Japanese Koi carp are known throughout the world as beautiful fish comprising of vivid colors and markings. Anyone who owns them can tell you how wonderful it is to have them as part of their lives. But there as is mysterious past surrounding these marvelous fish as to where their journey of time and transformation truly began.
Over the centuries Koi have gone through many remarkable stages of migration, evolution and breeding. Still today, historical gaps in their timeline have many toiling over where they originated and how they truly came to be the revered Koi that grace the ponds of so many gardens the world over.
The word Koi is a Japanese name meaning carp, but the original name comes from the Latin word Cyprinus carpio also meaning carp. Though many believe that Koi are a product of the Japanese, it is understood that Japanese Koi carp are actually believed to have originated in the waters of the Caspian Sea and areas surrounding China.
In fact, there are records of carp fossils found in China dating back 20 million years, along with early accounts of the very first color mutations of Koi being bred in China. It was here where selective breeding of the Prussian carp led to the development of the goldfish. Now goldfish were not introduced to Japan until the 16th century. Later goldfish were brought to Europe in the 17th century.
With ongoing research and investigation, it is still unclear as to when Koi were actually introduced to Japan, but the mystery mounts as stories are told of Koi having been brought to Japan as a result of early Chinese invasions of Japan. Others tell stories of a Japanese emperor keeping Koi back in 200 AD. The history of Japanese Koi carp is sketchy at best. As to what really happed between the 2nd and the 17th century is an ongoing exploration still today. Continue reading →
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Japan,
Ojiya,
koi history,
origins of koi,
Caspian Sea,
carp,
China
Posted in: History and Lore.
Tagged: carp · Caspian Sea · China · Japan · koi history · Ojiya · origins of koi
