Koi

January 2011

We started off the year with 11 of the best Koi straight from the thick of it – Niigata! Here’s just a few of them…

February 2011

Iain Kirkbright’s son, Nathan wowed crowds at the CKC Show when his £8 Koi claimed baby Champion. Just goes to show you can get a ‘champ on the cheap’.

March 2011

We were honoured with the presence of an Italian Koi-keeping godfather. Bruno Beltrame, who had filled his Koi pond with All Japan winners – and even had a 300-year-old, show stopping bonsai tree! 

April 2011

Koi enthusiast, Adam Byer, had had enough of his time-consuming filtration system and decided to build his own automatic solution.

May 2011

Our previous Editor, Beckie Rodgers, gave birth to a little baby girl… already a keen supporter of Koi!

June 2011

We reported on Mark Gardener’s progress in Japan and how the Koi community had really pulled together in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Mark raised over £30,000 to help those in need.  

July 2011

It was the 30^th anniversary for the Australian Koi Association Show.

August 2011

We had some crazy Koi keepers diving in and out of their Koi ponds in order to post them on the Koi Facebook page.

September 2011

Keith Holmes found a Koi keeper who had gone the extra mile for his fish and built them their own conservatory!

October 2011

Fact or fiction? Is a woman in America really going to give birth to her baby in a Koi pond?

November 2011

The winners from our ‘Snap that Koi’ competition were announced, with this beauty by Gregg Harris, taking first prize. 

December 2011

The Japanese Tourist Board is reportedly going to give away free flights to Japan… maybe we’ll see you there next year!