| Air-domes make kois couch potatoes
Apologies, for lack of a more appropriate title….
General consensus is that for a koi to develop a good muscular body, it must have the space to swim unimpeded; hence the preference for a long pond .. A leading breeder recommends 45 feet!
He and a few others in the industry also adviced against fitting an air-dome/ air-ring on top of the bottom drains that are usually at the centre locations of the pond. This they say defeats the purpose of having a long pond.
They say that the airdomes will encourage the kois in huddling around the aridomes and the kois will swim around the airdome and not swim freely the length of the pond as they should. They adviced that the pond should be free from any obstruction and the airlines should be fitted to the sides. We do not need to worry about solids as the sloped floor and the constant water intake will draw the solids into the bottom drain.
What is your take on this? |