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All you need to know about setting up a Koi habitat, selecting Koi, and keeping them healthy
Want to keep Koi? This friendly guide shows you how to get started, with expert tips on everything from buying Koi and keeping them healthy to feeding, breeding, showing, and enjoying these gorgeous fish. You'll see how to set up and maintain an indoor or outdoor pond or an aquarium, select filters and heaters, and handle your Koi properly.
Discover how to
- Select healthy Koi
- Get all the right equipment
- Diagnose and treat common illnesses
- Keep your Koi safe year-round
- Raise baby Koi
All you need to know about setting up a Koi habitat, selecting Koi, and keeping them healthy
Want to keep Koi? This friendly guide shows you how to get started, with expert tips on everything from buying Koi and keeping them healthy to feeding, breeding, showing, and enjoying these gorgeous fish. You'll see how to set up and maintain an indoor or outdoor pond or an aquarium, select filters and heaters, and handle your Koi properly.
Discover how to
- Select healthy Koi
- Get all the right equipment
- Diagnose and treat common illnesses
- Keep your Koi safe year-round
- Raise baby Koi
Patricia Bartlett grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began keeping fish at age 10. She has journeyed to Costa Rica and Peru to net and write about angelfish, discus, and knife fish. She is a recent convert to the wonderful world of koi.
The Bartletts have co-authored numerous pet care books, mostly centering on reptiles and amphibians.
Introduction 1
Part I: Koi Basics 7
Chapter 1: Going "Koi Kichi" - Crazy for Koi 9
Chapter 2: Knowing Your Koi 17
Chapter 3: Making Sure Koi Are Right for You 35
Chapter 4: A Koi Buyer's Guide 47
Part II: Living with Koi, Inside and Out 61
Chapter 5: Preparing for Your Koi's Homecoming 63
Chapter 6: Planning Your Koi Pond 77
Chapter 7: Building Your Pond 93
Chapter 8: Making It Pretty: Landscaping the Pond 119
Chapter 9: Maintaining Your Pond 133
Chapter 10: Keeping Koi Inside 151
Part III: Caring for Koi and Keeping Them Healthy 169
Chapter 11: Koi Nutrition 101 171
Chapter 12: Diffusing Koi Stress 183
Chapter 13: Spotting and Treating Common Koi Ailments 191
Part IV: The Big Leagues: Koi Breeding and Showing 215
Chapter 14: Breeding Koi 217
Chapter 15: The Small Fry: Bringing Up Baby Koi 231
Chapter 16: Koi Shows: Your All-Access Pass to Koi Kichi-dom 241
Part V: The Part of Tens 255
Chapter 17: Ten Things to Do When the Power Goes Out 257
Chapter 18: Ten Things to Check If Your Koi Seem Sick 261
Index 265
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
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Genre: | Importe |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Tiere/Jagen/Angeln |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780470099131 |
ISBN-10: | 0470099135 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Bartlett, R D
Bartlett, Patricia |
Hersteller: | Wiley |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 234 x 156 x 16 mm |
Von/Mit: | R D Bartlett (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2007 |
Gewicht: | 0,447 kg |
Patricia Bartlett grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began keeping fish at age 10. She has journeyed to Costa Rica and Peru to net and write about angelfish, discus, and knife fish. She is a recent convert to the wonderful world of koi.
The Bartletts have co-authored numerous pet care books, mostly centering on reptiles and amphibians.
Introduction 1
Part I: Koi Basics 7
Chapter 1: Going "Koi Kichi" - Crazy for Koi 9
Chapter 2: Knowing Your Koi 17
Chapter 3: Making Sure Koi Are Right for You 35
Chapter 4: A Koi Buyer's Guide 47
Part II: Living with Koi, Inside and Out 61
Chapter 5: Preparing for Your Koi's Homecoming 63
Chapter 6: Planning Your Koi Pond 77
Chapter 7: Building Your Pond 93
Chapter 8: Making It Pretty: Landscaping the Pond 119
Chapter 9: Maintaining Your Pond 133
Chapter 10: Keeping Koi Inside 151
Part III: Caring for Koi and Keeping Them Healthy 169
Chapter 11: Koi Nutrition 101 171
Chapter 12: Diffusing Koi Stress 183
Chapter 13: Spotting and Treating Common Koi Ailments 191
Part IV: The Big Leagues: Koi Breeding and Showing 215
Chapter 14: Breeding Koi 217
Chapter 15: The Small Fry: Bringing Up Baby Koi 231
Chapter 16: Koi Shows: Your All-Access Pass to Koi Kichi-dom 241
Part V: The Part of Tens 255
Chapter 17: Ten Things to Do When the Power Goes Out 257
Chapter 18: Ten Things to Check If Your Koi Seem Sick 261
Index 265
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Tiere/Jagen/Angeln |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780470099131 |
ISBN-10: | 0470099135 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Bartlett, R D
Bartlett, Patricia |
Hersteller: | Wiley |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 234 x 156 x 16 mm |
Von/Mit: | R D Bartlett (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.03.2007 |
Gewicht: | 0,447 kg |