- Clubs, books, blogs, and videos
- Clubs
- Are you thinking
about building a
pond, raising fish,
and/or planting
water plants in a
water garden? Not
sure what to do and
where to start? You
can read books about
pond building,
raising fish and
water plants but the
best advice will
come from someone
who has already done
it. That is one of
the number one
reasons to join a
water garden/koi
club. You will
obtain endless
knowledge about what
to do and what not
to do when building
a pond from someone
who has already done
it. You will learn
from the experts.
You will see
first-hand the ponds
built and maintained
by others in the
club. They will
share their knowlege
about everything
having to do with
fish, water, ponds,
predators, plants,
etc. Many clubs have
a library of books
and magazines they
will share with
other club members.
And you meet lots of
new people who are
interested in the
same hobby as you.
Ready to join? Just
fill out the
application and
be ready to meet
some friendly and
knowledgeable people
with beautiful ponds
and fish.
The Inland Empire Water Garden and Koi Society is also a member of the K.O.I Organisation International and Pacific Northwest Koi Clubs Association. - Ponds and flowers just go together so if you live in the Spokane area, you will want to check out the Inland Empire Gardeners and join their club too. Their website is located at www.tieg.org.
- Books/Magazines
- There are many
great books/magazines on the
market that will
educate you on
raising and
maintaining healthy
fish to building
water gardens of all
shapes and sizes.
Just go to your
favorite browser and
search by typing in
"books on koi" or
"books on goldfish"
or "books on water
gardens" and you
will get pages of
books to chose from.
And guess what, some
of the books/magazines are
available for
download directly to
your computer or
hand-held device.
* ABCs of Ponds by Carolyn Weise - Pond Primer book
* https://www.pondtrademag.com/- Pond Trade magazine
* http://www.koiusa.com/ - Koi USA
- Blogs
- Blogging is the act of posting content on a blog (a Web log or online journal) or posting comments on someone else's blog. Blogging is very popular today because it allows people to interact with each other.
Anyone can blog and
any and all topics
are available. What
is important to
rememeber is that
not all bloggers are
experts in the
subjects they blog
about. Many vendors
and suppliers also
blog in order to
sell their products.
* www.koiusa.com - Koi blog
* http://www.koiphen.com/forums/ - Koi forum
- Videos
- You Tube video's have become a very popular way to share knowledge too. Again, technology has made it so easy to create your own video and upload it to a website like You Tube. From time to time, we will be sharing videos on this site that relate to fish and water gardening.
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Begin Japanology -
Nishikigoi -
this is a great
program on Koi. It
is about 28 minutes
long and not
technical. Whether
you are koi kichi or
not, it is well
worth watching.