Japanese Koi Fish

Your guide to the different varieties and appreciation of these wonderful fish!

Chris on Koi | Glossary | Varieties & Appreciation | Koi Shows & Judges | Koi Breeders

This website is dedicated to helping you understand the different varieties of Koi as well as on how to keep them

   Pond Dynamics Intro - Water

   Pond Dynamics - Oxygen

   Pond Dynamics - pH

   Pond Dynamics - Temperature

   Pond Dynamics - Ammonia

   Pond Dynamics - Fish & Man

   Sand Filters - Intro

   Sand Filters - Flow rates

   Sand Filters - Conclusions

   Pond Depth - Myths

   Pond Depth - Facts

   Water Temperature and Koi

   Montmorillonite Clay and Koi

Koi Varieties

Go Sanke Varietals

   Kohaku

   Sanke

   Showa

The rest

   Asagi

   Goromo/Koromo

Glossary of Japanese Koi Terms

Koi Shows

   Kate Mc Gill on Koi Shows

   Kate McGill & Koi Show Judges

   Kate McGill - as a Koi Show Judge

Koi Appreciation

   What makes a serious Koi serious

   Appreciation for the Koi owner

Koi Breeders

    Takeda (Yamatake Koi Farm)

Keeping Koi

    Happy Koi Website

Kuragake

Saddle. term used to describe a pattern that crosses over the backbone and covers both sides of the body in the shape of a horse's saddle. It is one of the most stable patterns. It is usually used to describe a Hi pattern but it could also describe a Sumi pattern.

Sourced from Kokugyo Volume II