| Aki-San,
You say you were surfing websites and ran across this kohaku for sale. Would you mind disclosing what koi web business is offering this fish? Or if that is not kosher here, you could PM me the info.
Also, you mentioned the use of oyster shell by a breeder you visited. I have seen many references to this by other koi hobbyists also. I have a question for all of you who read this who use or have used oyster shell in your koi ponds....in what form do you use it? Do you put whole oyster shells in the water path? Or break them up into smaller pieces with a hammer, for example? I have also seen reference to using the ground up stuff that is sold at farm feed stores for chickens to eat for the calcium. Whee do you put it in the water path? Submerged? In a trickle tower type application? Or doesn't it matter? Put it in a mesh bag and submerge it somewhere in the pond? Will it leach out into the water that way?
Being land locked in the central US, it would be most easy to get the bags of 'chicken scratch' oyster shell, but I would like to know the pros and cons of using oyster shells in that or other forms.
Thank you,
Dale Torok |