1st November 2008 -  2nd Update on Budget Showa Grow-out Event

It's another cloudy day today but with slight rain but we are still able to bowl them out for some photo shooting.

They are growing bigger and fatter now, so it is easier to catch them compare to the previous time.

They have grown by another 2cm to 5cm. The biggest one, SG3 is about 25cm now. SG4 also catching up close to the size of SG3.
1 buyer has brought back 3 of his Showa as he would like to see them everyday.
6 remaining including 2 of the largest koi, so act fast if you want to have them!

Click on the picture on the right to view the slide show.

23rd August 2008 -  1st month into the Grow-out Event

It was a cloudy day today but fortunately it didn't rain so we are able to bowl them out for some photo shooting.

It's a very challeaging task as they swim very fast and few of them literally "fly" when the net goes near them.

These baby showas have grown by 2cm to 5cm. The biggest one, SG3 is close to 20cm now.
3 of them jump out initially due to unaccustom to new environment. 
8 taken and only 9 left to go, so don't miss!

Click on the picture on the right to view the slide show.

22nd July 2008 - Budget Showa Grow-out event for beginners !

Yishun Koi House is glad to bring you the Budget Showa Grow-out event.
These baby showas (12cm~16cm) are carefully selected from off-springs of Dainichi parent kois.

There are 20 babies selected for this event. Each koi will cost $100 include 6 months stay in our partner's concrete pond.

Pictures of the 20 Showa are posted in this link.
Reservation can be done through sms on 1st come 1st served basis. Pls read the Terms and Conditions by clicking the link.

Limited stock, start ordering to avoid disappointment !!

3-4th May 2008 - 1st Asia Cup Koi Show 2008

The 1st Asia Cup Koi Show 2008 will be opened to public at Singapore Expo, Hall 3 on 3rd May 2008 (9.00am-9.00pm) and 4th May 2008 (9.00am-6.00pm).
This will be the largest Koi in Asia outside of Japan ever organised. Visitors will be able to see top quality world-class koi from Japan, Taiwan , China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore.

There are about 300 vinyl tanks to be placed in the show ground for the 1500 koi. This will be the highest number of koi and tanks that the Koi Club of Singapore has ever organized since its inception in 1989.

For those who missed the show, you can click on this link to see the slide show.

03 Mar 2008 - 4th Grow Out Event in Singapore

There is a Grow-out event happening now in Singapore.
This event is organised by a die-hard koi hobbist.
It would like very interesting for those who want to see how koi with good potential grow out in 6 months time.

I am not participating but my top picks are the 3 on the right.
Selection date is 9th Mar 08(Sunday) 3pm.
Detail of the event can be found in this link.

7 Feb 2008 - Koi in 5 Ft Glass Tank

A Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year to all the Koi hobbists!!

Majority of us in Singapore stay in highrised HDB flats or Private Condo. Keeping Koi in flats can be quite difficult as fibretank can be quite unsightly unless you have a becony.

What about keeping Koi in a glass tank? This could be a viable alternative. Check here on how I set-up a 5 Ft glass tank to keep these gracious creatures!

9th Dec 2007 - Vitamins for Koi

Some Koi hobbists fed back to me that they add different fruit juice to the koi pellets and observed very positive effect. Most observed that their koi are more active. One of them even mentioned that his koi completely recovered from fin rot after adding different type of fruit juice to the pellets. Here's the original article on how to prepare koi pellets with Barley green juice. You can apply the same procedure with using fruit juice instead.

25th Sep 2007 - Constant Dripping with Membrane Filter

Constant Dripping is a common practice among koi hobbists in Singapore.
It has many good effects but also come at a cost.
Click here to read more about it.

7th Aug 2007 - Download Free Koi Video Sample !!

Nishikigoi.TV is a new online video Koi magazine that brings approximately 40 minutes of high quality downloadable Koi videos to your PC each month. It covers major Koi shows in Japan, the UK and Europe, featured Koi ponds and Koi collections, interviews with hobbyists, dealers and breeders, Koi appreciation and judging and much more. Each monthly issue will also include accompanying text and photographs. Register here for free and click on "View Video Sample here" to download 2 free Koi Video !!

10 May 2007 - News from Pan Intercorp - USA

Saturday, May 12, 2007 ~ Starts @ 1:00pm pst

Join Pan Intercorp's 20th Anniversary celebration on May 12th @ 1:00pm with an in depth Seminar featuring guest speaker Kentaro Sakai from Sakai of Hiroshima. Mr. Sakai will be giving intimate insights on Jumbo Tosai and the Rose Kohaku Bloodline that have come to dominate koi shows the world over.

Participants will have the opportunity to obtain one of the Certified Offspring of the Grand Champion of the All Japan Show that Mr Sakai has personally selected for this occasion.

Seminar attendees will also receive a complimentary copy of the Sakai Fish Farm 2005-2006 bloodline book that charts the genealogy and performance of these phenomenal Kohaku.

6 May 2007 - Koi Pond Filtration System - Updated

I had written an article on Koi pond filtration system quite some time back. You can find this article in the "Links" page.
Some of you had fed back to me to improve on this article by adding some photos.
So I had re-work on this article and added some photos to make it easier to understand.
I hope this short article will help those who are begining on this interesting journey of koi keep and those who want to strt but hesitated due to the lack of understanding in this topic.
Click on the picture on the right to access this article.
Pls give me your feed back so that I can further improve on it. Thanks.