Hi Nivek, welcome to the group. Kindly let us know where are you from?

Hi Nivek,

Welcome to Koi brotherhood.

Welcome Nivek,

Nice pond. I love the stone finishing.

Welcome to e forum Nivek,btw just a suggestion you may wish to remove e potted plants in e pond to make more rooms for your future kois investment.

Bro Nivek,

It would be good if you can post your filter details. Sifu's here can give you suggestion and ideas for improvement before your expensive fishes goes in.

Nivek, welcome to the Koianswers FORUM. Looks like the aeration is insufficient, and please consider removing the potted plants in the pond........

Thanks so much for the warm welcome and poinys raised :) I am from Penang so hope to bump into some Penangites here.

Bro TK,
You have a koi kaki now in Penang.......

Fantastic, now my Koi kaki in Penang is increasing \:D/

Bro Nivek,
Hope to see you one of these days. I'm visiting Yamakoshi this weekend. Want to join?
Bro @glifford86 and bro @osb, want to meet up this weekend @yamakoshi?

Cheh wah.... Some exciting koi activity brewing in Penang I see.... :-D

Hi Nivek,

Nice finishing touch there...

Is that an elephants head? :/

Yaa... An elephants waterfall... :-D

Good start Bro...

Hi bro nivek......

That is a very pond that u hav.....ur from penang island or mainland?

Bro Thinesh......

I will try my best to meet u in yamakoshi......but wat time u will be there?

Can form a mini group there in Penang........ :-D

Haha yes 3 cement elephant head fountain and i'm from island. Won't be able to join you all this weekend but i just saw them posting up their merdeka sale.

Sis Gerry, Not as active as Koikichi's from Klang valley but something to start with ;-)

Bro Glifford, I'll be in YM maybe around 10 am. Initially just want to see my Koi in the mud pond but now got sales, wonder what will happen :-ss

Bro Shukri, Mini group in Penang sounds good. Trying to gather Kichi's in Penang as there are many shy kichi's in Penang :-D . Imagine, my taman itself got almost 15 houses with pond but talking to one by one is challenging :-( .

Bro Nivek, No problem if can't meet up this weekend. I normally go to YM every weekend. PM me when you are free, we can meet up.

Hi Bro TK,
Just went there last weekend to see their harvest. Most slightly can't make it but will try.

Bros, I am visiting Penang this Raya holiday, anyone open their pond for visit? ;;)

Bro osb,
No worries. PM me if going bro
Bro Megatron,
You are most welcome to visit my house in Juru. But don't put high hopes as I only have small pond with cheap koi's. Had alter the pond here and there, piping running everywhere banghead
PM me your schedule bro

Rgds

Just sharing a video of the pond. Sorry for the potted plants but Home Minister says they stay or Koi goes hahaha so you know we shouldn't argue with HM :p

http://youtu.be/zoFsCQb1jv4

Hi bro Nivek,
welcome to the koi circle....very,very addictive....but very rewarding....worth every penny...

Bro Nivek,
Don't all of us know it........HM's directives are very strong........But just be careful, as the potted plants could be a time bomb.......touched wood OK!

You are a bird lover too bro Nivek? Hear many bird sound in the background.
Did you cover the pot top with some gravel? For now it is ok, but after sometime there will be no plant, your will destroy it, and you can tell HM "i told you so" and throw all the pot.

Bro Shukri, yea just hope i can remove them soon...art of negotiations underway lol

Bro Harry - lots of birds around my garden hence the bird park sounds lol

Bro nivek,
It is quite easy...........just danggle a diamond ring as a carrot, and I am quite sure the pots will be removed immediately............. :-)) :-D

Bro Shukri, hahaha!

Hahahahah.....an expensive hobby got even more with a diamond ring!!! LOL!! Nice pond bro Nivek!!!

thanks Bro SS :)

Better late than never. Welcome bro nivek.

HM and kois can either be good friends or enemy. Any advise needed with regard to this... just name it, many experienced old timers can give good and tricky advice :-))

hi bro Nivek,
i also from penang. which area u from? i stay at island, balik pulau, :)

bro megatron,
u r welcome to visit my pond but also don put too much hope, as all my koi are budget jap koi, :D. also small pond.

hi jayson, i'll be meeting up with @Bthineshkumar this Saturday for coffee at belisa row, coffee bean at 4pm. come join us and all can chat about kois hahaha

Bro Nivek, I try to join u all. But I will going to yamakoshi too. :)

Hi Bro Jayson,
When and what time you planning to go to Yamakoshi?

Hi Bro Nivek,

It was nice chatting with you yesterday. We should meet more often with more Penang Koikichi's. :-D

Nice meeting up and yes we should organize more Penang gathering :)

Feeding time~! :)

thanks bro TK..dunno why my save draft - > preview -> post comment doesn't seem to work for youtube :P

Bro, It didn't work when I click the link. So this is what i did:
1) Clicked the link posted by you
2) Copied the entire web address in navigation
3) Paste it here -->save draft - > preview -> post comment

oh i see, that could be it..thanks! :)

Latest addition - Hoshikin Kohaku 30cm male. Think I will buy male kois moving forward as they are cheaper with more vibrant colors. Ok they might not have the bodies of females. lol
www.koianswers.com/discussion/download/9068/1346460411390.jpg

Nivek,
Males are not bad especially those with female like body.......

Ya the pondan kois..lol but price gone case.

Bro,
Looking good (Y)

Thanks bro TK. After putting him in, the rest of the kois looked like..errrr...habis already this time haha

:-)) :-)) habis lah, now got serious infection redi. We go for koi hunting again after new arrival

Bro Nivek,
Sore eye already ka??? It is confirmed that you have been bitten by the koi bug.......
You can always give away those kois to charity and replace them with soothing looking
Nishikigois.......... :-D

Its been 1 month+ since I started to join the bros and sis here in this wonderful hobby and I must thank all of you for the advices/poisons that you have shared. Happy to report that all 8 kois are doing great albeit a bit fat from my overfeeding. Water and filter are in good state and looking forward to add a few more kois to my pond in the near future :)

That's wonderful Bro Kevin, glad to hear that. becareful of the poison dosage :-))

Good to hear.

Keep good job, this is just beginning of a long journey, enjoy it

Bro Kevin,
As I said on the beginning of this thread, a journey to overstock :-))

Bro TK,
If you have not experience what overstocking is all about, you are still not addicted yet... :-)) :-D

Thanks bros. The beautiful readings taken just now :)

www.koianswers.com/discussion/download/9257/1347604863534.jpg

Sifu Shukri
Mine already overstock redi :-D
Kevin,
Fantastic readings (Y)

Bro @Nivek,

The top reading is good, the bottom of the graph reading is bad right? :/

What brand the 3 tester are U using?

Bro mangkell,

Yes correct..all top readings - 0 is good. Tester brand is called API that I got from Yamakoshi.

Bro TK,

Thanks. Couldn't have done it without your advice :)

Damn ... even Nitrate is 0 @-)
Never have Nitrate reading of 0 since my NPS days. My Nitrate fluc from 40 to 80. Bravo if you can maintain 0 Nitrate.

Bro Nivek,

Try another brand? In a pond, it is almost impossible to get 0 nitrate reading. Is this same product which bro Idris use?

Bro Nivek,

Did you shake the drop nitrate bottle for at least two to three minutes before use?

Bro where can buy the tester?

Brother HDCu,
What band you suggest to test the water apart from API

Yup shake shake shake then leave for 5 mins then check color. Got the testers from Yamakoshi.

The other alternative nitrate test kit is Salifert

What is the lot number of the Nitrate test kit? This is stamped on the bottle. Mine is Lot 18A1209. means it is manufactured by API on december 2009 and it will expire after three years.

Normally the instruction says shake thirty second first before apply on water. I shake for more than three minutes because it gets stock in dealer for a long time.

Mine 17A1111 so meaning November 2011 and expiry date is 2016.

Latest addition to the pond. Dainichi Showa 53 bu :X

Well, addiction is pretty strong among the Penanglites........... :-D

More and more new kois........... :-D

Bro Nivek,
Thanks for sharing.........

Kois are acting very weird today and not as active as their normal self. Changed 30% of water and salted to 0.05%. Will monitor and see if any changes in the afternoon. Video of koi after water change.

Bro Nivek...is this after your new addition? Was the Showa QT'd? I always have that prob when I add new koi in...2 or 3 days back to normal...

Bro Ssman..only today. I just checked just now and they are back to normal. Looks like the water change helped :)

Great to hear....

Great Kevin

Finally all back to normal

Shiro now took over as leader fish and eats the most :)

Entering the 3rd month into koi keeping/addiction/drooling etc LOL

Very nice bro....water looks real clear and koi's looking good too =D>

superb clear water.. nice job bro nivek

Looking gud bro (Y)

Bro,
They look very calm. Good water bro. I think you will be on shopping spree soon as your new additions have changed your pond's aura. Looking good bro. Poison yourself more. :-D

Bro Kevin,
Are the BD holes covered?

Thanks everyone :)

Bro Shukri,

Sharp eyes! I don't cover the BD for better turnover and waste removal :)

Nice pond, nice kois Bro Kevin.
The water is getting better. (Y)

Bro Kevin, when i 1st started my pond I had uncovered BD too. I bought 5 tosais local which cost me RM30. In 2 days, there were all missing.....I thought "someone" or "something" got em. Then i decided to flush my pond and filter and buang the "suei". Only to find them in the filter tank after almost 80% of the water had been drained out. They were living in the BD pipe connecting to the filter!!! Thereafter, its been netted.....but suppose your kois are big enuff and as such, they wont tease around the BD

Thanks bro Smoker :)

Bro Ssmann, yes initially 2 of my tosais ended up in the 1st chamber but they learn very quickly and don't repeat the same mistake LOL. Nowadays I buy mostly nisais so I'm lucky I no longer need to worry about them ending up in the filter chamber :)

It will be good to cover them with wire netting cover.......like the one sold in Atarikoi....

can see water improving from the flower pot days Abang Kevin, quality of pond resident too! well done =D>

Bro Nivek,

Congrats!!! You should be very proud of yourself. I think you have come a long way from your very first post in August. Like TK, you have picked up the knowledge very fast.
Glad to see your pond looking very clear and good now. I especially like your Shiro. Well done, Bro. Hope to see some jumbo swimming in your pond soon.

Bro Shukri, I'll reattach the cover once I've built a roof over the pond. Currently leaves can cover the bd if I have a cover over it.

Thanks bro nocturnal and bro Danlee. Couldn't have done it without all the sharing here :)

kudos bro kevin!!..

superb water very clear and calm.. if i was there sure can sleepover next to your pond :)
your shiro is it male?

Thanks bro adlee :) shiro is a female according to the farm. Actually I turned off the air curtain..normally jacuzzi effect lol

well we have to sacrifies something for the sake of our koi rite? :)
but i think i saw somewhere in the internet where they create a system to get a glass effect pond...

all the water+air were inverted inside the inlet to the pond thus creating a very calm effect. not sure the DO is enuff or not

Nice pond,nice shiro bro....like the kohaku as well..looks expensive kois (Y)
Ur getting from newbie to sifu i guess :>

Brother @nivek, good transformation of your Lilly pond to Koi pond that too with clean water.

Thank you bro izrul and ashfaq. More and more things to learn everyday as a newbie :)

Selected this 48cm female Sakuma Showa from ZenKoi today. Currently undergoing quarantine at their facilities. Sorry for the shitty video as I was trying not to get in the way :)

Wah Bro Kevin,
Upgrading your fishes already.......... (Y)

Bro Shukri,

heheh culled one Sanke today and replaced by this fellow :)

Bro @Nivek,

Uncovered BD mouth will suck the koi occasionally , especially tosais... That'll stress them...
Haven't U seen any? :-?? Safety first bro...

That one fella really nice bro...tail tube looking strong :X
Immense beni summore..nice catch dude...very strong colour
=P~

Video of the gal undergoing quarantine.

Good piece bro but cant see it well with the brownich background. It makes the water look brown too:-)

Very very nice showa, Bro Nivek. For sure, your koi fever will never goes down with this piece.