100cm x 60cm x 38cm Black Tub

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

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Bro,

Thanks for your help.

Originally Posted by kutekoi

Bro, nice set up. Has your water parameters improved?

If your nitrite is still not zero, suggest you add one more packet of bio-rings. Since your set up is new, suggest you add bio-bacteria once a month to your filter box for the first few months, monitor your water until your nitrite is zero.

For nitrate, try to maintain below 100mg for start and target to stablize at or below 50mg in the long run when the filter is mature.

I would recommend the albino pleco (with red eyes) too, as I find that they don't attack my kois. One around 10cm should be sufficient for a start.

Enjoy your kois!

Thanks for the compliments.

Water parameter are better now, yesterday reading :

Ph 7.4
Ammo. 0.5
No2. 0
No3. 100(peak!)

Why my No3 shoot up so high? Is it poison? Wat should I do?

[kutekoi]

Originally Posted by SuccessNowHere

Thanks for the compliments.

Water parameter are better now, yesterday reading :

Ph 7.4
Ammo. 0.5
No2. 0
No3. 100(peak!)

Why my No3 shoot up so high? Is it poison? Wat should I do?

Bro, PH is good but ammonia should be zero. Think your filter is still running in?

Nitrate is the end product of the denitrification process and is a common problem for all ponds/aquarium. Some bros seem to manage to successfully eliminate or reduce it to very low by using bakki showers, trickle/tray filters with denitrifying media, aquatic plants etc. But others had not been so succesfful. Most will control it by WC. Cleaning your filter box regularly (and properly) will also help to remove the bio-waste accumulated there and reduce the nitrate.

IMHO, for your set up, better to do small water changes on a regular basis. Feed less for now until your filter matures.

Suggest you Google nitrate to understand more as there's no simple way to manage it.

hi brudder,

I like your pond and kois. congrats to you.
your kois look about 5 to 6 inches, why don't you buy from lfs?
only about 3 to 4 bucks/fish?


cheers,

[spencertan]

Originally Posted by gerrard0418

hi brudder,

I like your pond and kois. congrats to you.
your kois look about 5 to 6 inches, why don't you buy from lfs?
only about 3 to 4 bucks/fish?


cheers,

Haha, I don't think bro success into rearing those cheap koi, he into rearing Japan bred one right? His Showa already so ex..

Catch this beauty out and take some pictures, here's my SHOWA...




HaHa! This SHOWA is my model KOI inside my pond so far, nice right???

Feeding Time...

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[QUOTE=SuccessNowHere;8662242]Feeding Time...

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgVwIgD9gHE

Sad No one interested to comment on this SHOWA. Paiseh, perhaps those those KOI's bros/sis here might be laughing at me that such a small n low standard fish still wan to post here

By the way, this forum really poison me, admire those lovely KOIs that you all posted here, me as a newbie did benefits a lot of knowledge on KOI's keeping thru this forum.

Sincerely Thanks

[sleepyman]

Bro,

Maybe if you can provide us with more details (e.g. age, size, sex and which farm, etc). And of course a better taken photo to showcase its beauty

From this angle, it looks like a pretty garden koi.

Me got a showa similar to this pattern too! You know, its difficult to find very nice traditional type of showa

p.s. me got many garden kois too!