Introduction To My Site

This is my first attempt at a website, and I would like you to enjoy your visit with me and my family, please feel free to copy the many koi photographs on the site. Each of the buttons on the left will take you to one of the many pages on the koi site. To help you find what you're looking for quickly, a brief description of what you will find on each page is provided in the following text of this page, along with quick links to those pages.
The site has been split into two.
The site has been split into two. The Antonio family site, ware you will find pictures of me and my family and friends
and secondly my kois site. Here I have tried to describe how I got started with koi keeping and how the hobby has progressed.
On the my koi page there are pictures of my own fish, and as the fish get older I will try and show how the koi colours and pattern changes as the fish grow and there body's fill out these are just some of the types of koi that I have
Kohaku , Sanke , Showa , Utsuri , Bekko , Asagi and Shusi , Koromo , ogons but I am trying to get at lest one of each of the 13 varieties of koi
On my pond page you will find description's on how I built my first pond including the filters and pagoda and how the pond changes through the seasons .
If you need help with your own koi pond, please fell free to email me or check out koi chat on my links page. which is just one of hundreds of koi site links I have put together
the koi care page is the latest page on my site where I try to show you how to keep your koi at there best

what are koi ?

Koi carp or Nishikigoi were introduced into Japan by the Chinese as food fish. But after thousands of years of selective breeding the common carp have now become of grate value. Available in a selection of colours and varieties. For a full list of Koi types and varieties check out my Koi descriptions page. Generally quality is determined by over all shape to size, colour and more over even patterns and distinctive markings. Koi are still however common carp and behave very much like there ancestors requiring well oxygenated water, good circulation and filtration, adequate nutrition and plenty of room as they will grow substantially in a short while 6 to 8 inches in there first year if given food and space and up to 2 foot fish in 5 years or less .
Koi breed in schools typically, but as few as three will cluster as long as both sexes are present and healthy. Generally in the early to late spring depending on weather and water changes which usually trigger spawning. The Koi will eat their eggs and do so even while spawning plants or spawning mats may be helpful if any quantity of fry are to be raised. Spawning mats may be removed and the young hatched out away from the breeders in separate quarters .breeding can be very stressful for your Koi coursing rips in fins damage to scales and even death! So a lot of Koi keepers prefer to keep just one sex in there ponds at any given time.
Once settled in to your pond, Koi are very intelligent and if happy with there new pond will soon start to follow you for food.

helpful Tools and calculators for your pond

Keeping your pond in good order means knowing how much water you have in your pond. So I have put together some handy tools to work out how much water you have. This is helpful when you have to treat your pond .if something goes wrong.