Koi Fist Art

What You Should Know About The Koi Fish Art Anatomy

Sitting in the garden, relaxing by a beautiful pond, listening to the soothing sound of the running water and watching beautiful koi swim lazily around, this is the dream of every koi keeper. Nishikigoi are wonderful fish, with a wide range of color and pattern unlike any other coldwater pond fish.

When swimming in clear water, their size gives them a majestic apperance. We begin with a brief guide to the different categories of koi and an appreciation of their qualities and attributes. Color for instance, is not the only factor in deciding which fish to choose.

Creating a koi pond can be a major, expensive and time consumin gtask. It will mean giving up a large part of the garden, but when properly planned it will give much pleasure for years to come.

The heart of it is concerned with helping the koi keeper make the right desicions and the best choices to create a pleasing and sustailable pond. Good filtration and water quality are vital if koi are to remain healthy all year round. Many of the techniques and equipment used in the modern koi system were not available 10 or 15 years ago.

Ultra violet clarifies and protein skimmers are just two recent pond system developments. Some modern designs of filter, using new techniques, can reduce the size of a filter system considerably. With advances such as these, it is probably that this fast growing hobby will continue to evolve.

With thepond up and running, koi keepers can begin to enjoy caring for their fish. Feeding, health care, breeding and buying and showing are all discussed. Take some time to investigate this wonderful hobby, learn more about these fish that can be trained to ear from your hand, and enjoy Nishokigoi for many years to come.

The inner ear detects vibrations of the swimbladder caused by sound waves in the water and send signals to the brain via the auditory nerve. A series of small bones links the swimbladder to the inner ear.

Water passing over the gills gives up oxygen into the blood in exchange for carbon dioxide. In addition, the gills maintain an osmotic balance within the body, water is taken into the body and excess salts are passed out. The toxic waste product ammonia also passes out through the gills.

The swimbladder provides buoyancy control so that the koi can take up an appropriate position at any point in the water, head down when grubbing for food, swimming level in midwater or head up when taking pellets from the surface. It has two halves and the gas inside is mainly oxygen.

This is the position of the reproductive organs. The ovary and testes produce eggs and sperm (milt) respectively and these are passed through a tube to the anal vent.