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How do you make sure to keep the fish in your pond healthy? There’s more to maintaining pond fish health than feeding them regularly in the right amounts according to the season and using health supplements and also keeping the mischievous cat away. Having knowledge about just a few things that are simple, but essential, is key to encouraging healthy pond fish. Here are several main areas of focus when it comes to keeping healthy fish and koi.

First-time breeders and somewhat experienced koi keepers alike have one thing in common: a keen interest in knowing what is needed to ensure their koi are healthy and grow well. If this is something you have yet to understand well, it helps to read about it and brush up on the overall information so that you can make more informed decisions in the way of caring for your koi. Koi fish are one of the largest species of fish kept in ponds, and a single koi is potentially being able to reach 36 inches in length. On the other hand, the majority of koi would be much smaller, measuring 12 to 15 inches in length, with Japanese koi usually reaching 22 to 26 inches in length. So aside from the type of koi, what are the factors affecting the growth of koi fish? We examine them below.

We might reasonably expect a pond to look clear, or perhaps even green if it starts to get a little murky. The last thing we might expect a pond to become is red – and yet, this does happen. If your pond color is turning red, don’t panic, yours is not the first and only pond to have turned red before and the phenomenon can be explained in earthly ways. Some ponds start turning brown before lightening to a reddish hue, and this is caused by the same reasons as stated below.