[B.Scott]

Kudos Mike,
You hit the nail on the head. Too many people trying to re-invent the wheel
A while back I posted often on the koi board for the Dutch chapter of the ZNA. I stopped. Got so tired of explaining KOI 101 to all the people raving about the new plant filters they were about to build. I would write pages of responses only to be told "Well I'm going to do it anyway" The a couple of days later it would start all over again with a new member. Made me look and feel like some sort of know-it-all. What's to know?
For the person $20 fish, I say "sure do what you feel is right", why believe me? But to see serious hobbyists absolutely convinced this was the answer to all troubles and would even eliminate the need for water changes just left me slack-jawed. What is so hard to accept?
The more I see the rest of the koi world the more it becomes clear or me that humble and ignorant as I feel about my knowledge of koi, we are in fact the elite. I'm sure that the average member of this board is infact in the top 10% of the hobby. Simple things like water regular changes, no plants, having a good net, having a q-tank, owning a microscope and having a set of test kits... This will all class a ponder above 90% of the worlds koi owners. Hard to believe isn't it? Is it because we are so good or that the rest of the world is so abysmally bad? I think the latter. Sad really.
B.Scott