After checking, my RM5 Koi are not crossbreed goldfish.

But my RM5 Koi, after almost half year, their color are getting nicer, more shinning.
Not like what others said the color will fade off when it grows.

Mayb bcz of the food. I'm feeding them calcium food & live probiotic, sometimes yogurt.

1 of a koi orange, now the head turning red slowly.

"Japanese Koi are better than Malaysian"; I guess this is only because malaysian are feeding cheap food.

Live Probiotic are very important, but is very costly.

The live Probiotic also will help to kill bad bacteria in the water.

This post has been edited by zgtern: Mar 3 2016, 10:51 PM

Sifus, is it okay if I only feed my kois 3 times a week? (tues, thurs, sunday)

can........ wont die geh.... but just that they grow very slowly...... you want them to grow fast right?

I'm more concerned about the water quality. Cause that time I feed once daily and the amount of waste produced overwhelmed the filter. I currently do not have a water test kit.

Is it really necessary to get one? I do water change every 2 weeks or if I feel the water is abit smelly.

i see, in that case, you may want to try doing water change like every week? see if it improves? or change a better filtration system? water quality is very important for fishes, they may be able to survive, but you want them to thrive right?

regarding the feeding pattern, i dont see any issue with feeding 3 times a week.

Yeah. I'll try to find time to do more frequent water changes. Oh ya. Do I need anti chlorine after each water change?

if you use tap water, then you should add a bit. for pond is too big to have reserve water. we normally have a reserve tank, and i dont put it. just run it with water pump.

Hi All,
I am thinking to build a koi pond with aquarium view, something like photo below, do you think the pond will looks good?
I worry the filter compartment will look bulky .
Please feel free to give comments, thanks


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Btw, anyone have good koi pond contractor to recommend?
My house is under reno at Shah Alam area.
Thanks

why not. best of both worlds. if you like it. i'd say, go ahead with it

Nice, but maybe better if you can have it higher a bit than ground level

New Pond With 3 New Fish about 4 To 5 inches

Got a prob kem

They keep To the bottom and cant see the Food floating

Pond quite large 3x4x12 feet

Pls and solution?

I got some questions. What filtration and pump system you guys are using?
How often do you change the water or how to ensure the pond looks clear and not murky.

Hope all the sifus here can answer. Thanks!

What murkiness are u referring to ?
I usually do a change every 2 weeks about 25%

For algae I also have a uv light so keeps the floating algae murkiness away

if your pond is exposed to too much sunlight u might experience a booming of green algae bro

This post has been edited by mamril: Oct 24 2017, 01:24 PM

currently im using some pellets apparently specialized for koi which are packaged and sold by one of the koi shops near my home. looking to change this

would like to know, what other koi food you guys use here and use it successfully?

heard of Kenkokanri Hi Silk and Hikari gold but not sure what the price for these are and more importantly, are they that good?

try giving them food on the same time everyday, like morning before you go to work, this will help them to synchronize their eating time, and thus they would waiting eagerly every morning for food, and stay closer to the surface during that time

wanna start this koi hobby. can i know where in kl/pj to get some nice looking fish at reasonable price ? someone mentioned in ipoh can get cheaper ? coz i'm going to ipoh this weekend.. any info ? tks all

Any recommendation for filter and pump for outdoor pond with the size 3m x 1.5m x 0.3m

This post has been edited by nabilishes: Dec 12 2017, 06:35 PM

Whats your budget? go to any big sized fish shop, canister filter is good to start of, but please dont add too many fish, and cover your canister filter from sunlight to increase the lifetime, you need to clean it once a month too.