Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Koi Basics 7 Chapter 1: Going “Koi Kichi” — Crazy for Koi 9
Chapter 2: Knowing Your Koi 17
Chapter 3: Making Sure Koi Are Right for You 35
Chapter 4: A Koi Buyer’s Guide 47 Part II: Living with Koi, Inside and Out 61
Chapter 5: Preparing for Your Koi’s Homecoming 63
Chapter 6: Planning Your Koi Pond 77
Chapter 7: Building Your Pond 93
Chapter 8: Making It Pretty: Landscaping the Pond 119
Chapter 9: Maintaining Your Pond 133
Chapter 10: Keeping Koi Inside 151 Part III: Caring for Koi and Keeping Them Healthy 169
Chapter 11: Koi Nutrition 101 171
Chapter 12: Diffusing Koi Stress 183
Chapter 13: Spotting and Treating Common Koi Ailments 191 Part IV: The Big Leagues: Koi Breeding and Showing 215
Chapter 14: Breeding Koi 217
Chapter 15: The Small Fry: Bringing Up Baby Koi 231
Chapter 16: Koi Shows: Your All-Access Pass to Koi Kichi-dom 241 Part V: The Part of Tens 255
Chapter 17: Ten Things to Do When the Power Goes Out 257
Chapter 18: Ten Things to Check If Your Koi Seem Sick 261 Index 265