Articles Building a Liner Pond Dan's Concrete Pond AKCA Pond and Filter Construction Understanding pH Spawning Using Salt in Ponds Koi Herpes Virus Hit "BacK" to return to Florida Koi

• Filtration
  There are four basic types of filtration; mechanical, biological, chemical and vegetative.  This article written by Graham Quick of the UK is comprehensive review of filtration methods and equipment.
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• Perfect Water Go
  This article appeared in the Lonestar club newsletter.  The information was compiled from J.R. Jones hobbyist website.
   

• Do you know the names of the beneficial bacteria in our filter that help remove ammonia and nitrite from the water.  Learn this and more about water quality parameters; visit here.

• Pond Biology Basic information for beginners. here
   

• Thinking About Taking Koi to a Show
  Advice on transporting koi here
   

•  Koi Classifications
  Doug Dahl's article on Koi Classifications  here
   

• Thinking About Hiring Someone to Build Your Pond?
  Two articles about one couple's disastrous experience and how it was fixed.  These articles appeared in the Mid-Atlantic Koi Club magazine.  Koi Pond Building Lessons Learned  and A Koi Pond Rebuilt The Phaneuf Pond
   

• Thinking about building a liner pond? (Click)
  See: How Much Does It Cost To Build a ProperKoi Pond?  By Tom Burton  Mid-Atlantic Koi Club.  This is a fairly large pond with two bottom drains and additional filtration.  Some prices, rubber liner for example, may be lower depending on where one shops so costs may be lower in some areas.
   

• Block and Pumped Concrete Pond Construction
  Dan Phillips' Pond Construction Pictures
  http://www.nckws.com/images/dans_pond/dans_pond.htm
   

• Before you build read this Pond Safety Article at: WGI ONLINE Journal Volume 2, Number 1
  Scroll to bottom of page. See table of contents for "Pond Safety."
   

• Note: Koi Pond construction Filtration information available in the Articles section and Koi Health Advisor area at www.akca.org
   

• Ben Plonski on Filter/Pond configurations: Where to put the pump! Go
                                       Note: When this site opens scroll down to "Filtration"

• Understanding pH in relation to your pond.  Short article from Werner (Click)  This is easy reading and not too techie.

• March to April are prime months for spawning. See Duncan's website for his NEW articles on the topic. Click Here
   
• What to do about green water?  (Click below)
   Water Garden approach        Koi Pond answer
   
• A good article on the use of salt in the pond.    Go
   
• KHV Article IFAS University of Florida    Go