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Everything You Ever Wanted

to Know About Koi

Synopsis: Keeping Koi has enjoyed phenomenal growth over the last few years. However, many people believe that a vast array of equipment and knowledge is required, together with a very deep pocket. This video will completely explode those myths, and show that a fully operational, efficient Koi pond system is within the reach of everyone.

The program explains, step by step, all you need to know, and contains sections on the following:

Ideal Conditions, Filtration, Pond Construction, Landscaping, Equipment Required, History of Koi Choosing and Buying Koi, Water Quality and Pond Maintenance, Koi Shows…..

Although Koi are not difficult to keep, they do require fairly specific conditions in which to grow an thrive, and throughout the course of this program we will provide you with all the information you need to do this effectively.

Producer: New Vision Videos, Run-time: 55 minutes. PAL (Region 0) format. This DVD will play in all computer based DVD drives, and most home DVD players.

Price: $27.91

Hands on Health care

for Koi

 

Synopsis: Over the course of this program Bernice Brewster, one of the UK's leading Koi experts, shows not only how to maintain a health pond and healthy Koi, but also how to both recognize and treat a parasite attack, should one occur.

Throughout this intensive, one hour program, Bernice discusses many areas of Koi health care and demonstrates many things on camera including:

• correct water testing
• anesthetizing and treating Koi
• taking skin scrapes
• microscope use
• correct netting techniques
• individual parasite recognition
• salt bathing Koi

If you're serious about caring for your Koi and you only want to buy one video this is the one. No Koi keeper should be without it.

Producer: New Vision Videos, Run-time: 60 minutes. PAL (Region 0) format. This DVD will play in all computer based DVD drives, and most home DVD players.

Price: $27.91

Project: Koi Pond

Koi are without doubt some of nature’s most beautiful and fascinating fish. Truly unique in the animal kingdom. However, to successfully enable Koi to develop and grow to their full potential they require certain fairly specific conditions. This program follows a team of professional pond builders as they construct a system designed specifically to house Koi.

From the initial planning stage, through the entire construction process, to the introduction of the Koi themselves, everything is discussed and explained on-screen, including:

• Preparation & Initial Excavation
• Pipework and Bottom Drain Installation and Design
• The Fiberglassing Process
• Koi Pond Filtration
• Landscaping and Finishing
• Water Quality and Maintenance

   

If you are considering the installation or upgrade of a Koi pond, this program is an absolute must. Significant and relevant information, obtained through years of practical experience is imparted in this high quality production, as a disused area of the garden is transformed into the pond shown here.

WARNING: This program could save you a great deal of worry, time and money!

Producer: New Vision Videos Run-time: 60 minutes. PAL (Region 0) format. This DVD will play in all computer based DVD drives, and most home DVD players.

Price: $33.16

Breeding Koi the Japanese Way

 

The New Vision Production team has a track record of koi programming that speaks for itself. However, even by their high standards, this is a remarkable look into the incredible process of creating high class koi. For anyone with a desire to understand more about the fascinating culture of Nishikigoi, this DVD is essential viewing.

Never before has such unprecedented access been granted to the secrets of the world's largest koi farm. Incredible footage includes;

• Preparation of parent koi
• Extraction of the female's eggs
• The exact moment of fertilization
• Breathtaking close ups of the tiny, newly hatched fry
• Feeding fry ponds & mudponds
• The first and second culls

   

For the Japanese breeders of Nishikigoi, summer is a time of early mornings and late nights. The time of year when parent koi are spawned and the all-important process of growing and nurturing fry take place. Over the course of this programme, we will follow the staff of Sakai Fish Farms through the entire process in a fascinating "access all areas" look into the breeding and culling of koi.

Producer: New Vision Videos. PAL (Region 0) format. This DVD will play in all computer based DVD drives, and most home DVD players.

Price: $27.91

Varieties of Koi

 

Learning the correct Japanese names for Koi, and the classifications they are judged in, can seem very daunting. However, this interactive DVD not only explains why and how certain varieties are categorized, but more importantly it shows you various examples and discusses the merits of the individual Koi.

Filmed at the largest Koi show in the world, superb examples of every classification are shown throughout the program.

Producer: New Vision Videos, Run-time: 50 minutes. PAL (Region 0) format. This DVD will play in all computer based DVD drives, and most home DVD players.

Price: $22.66