Koi Fish will give you an overview of the Koi breeds and diseases as well as many ‘how to guides’ from building your first Koi pond to reviews of all the latest equipment, food, and water treatments.

We have been keeping Koi since 2004 and as any Koi keeper will tell you, it’s a roller coaster of ride with many high and lows.

This is our Koi pond. The dimensions are 3m * 2m * 1.5m with a raised wall 60 cm above ground. The filter is a Kockney Koi KF10000 with a Aquamax 8000 pump and UV. It has a side drain that will act as a skimmer. The pond has a liner, and is exactly 10,000 litres.We started building it on the 7th June, and finished on the 20th september 2005.

This was our first pond which was built just as a fish pond to have some goldfish, comets and shabunkins. However we bought some sterlets and then a couple of koi, and in no time the pond was far too small and after 18 months we decided it would need to be filled in, and we would need a bigger one.

I think there are not too many pond owners who can say they have only ever had one pond!