a fish story : owners go to great lengths and depth for koi
Banker Bob Bonner sat at his table and looked at the plan that might be the biggest hand --dug, back-yard hole-in-the-
On the ground of Reseda.
When it was finished and filled with water, a tourist asked, how many koi carp would there be there?
\"Oh, about a hundred.
In the kitchen, Jeff Hershfield smiled and shook his head unbelievably.
\"Of course,\" he said, \"as if we were to stop in a hundred minutes.
\"A yawn outside the window of the restaurant.
Two and a half years ago, when they started digging in the backyard, it was planned to be a beautiful little pond for the water lily and several goldfish.
However, insurance adjuster Bonner and Hershfield passed through the beautiful little pond stage. Far past.
Now this hole is on their head.
It\'s so deep that they can\'t see the outside, it\'s actually the yard.
This hole will hold nearly 20,000 gallons if filled with water-
More than the back.
Swimming pool. And the koi-
The obsessed duo is still digging.
Koi, a colorful fish that has been cherished by pets in Asia and the Middle East for centuries, has now formed its own breed in southern California.
More and more members of Koi Club, more and more family members
The number of local koi importers is increasing, and some nurseries have started shipping pond supplies.
\"Everyone has made dogs and cats,\" said Alex King . \" He runs KOI import business in Lancaster garage.
\"It\'s time for something new.
\"When you look at the subway, Koi won\'t take the morning paper or crawl into your lap, but fans claim the fish is smart to meet their owners and even eat with your hands.
However, it is not only for fish to raise koi.
Get some koi people together and discuss topics that will soon turn to filtration systems, parasites, deammonia agents, aeration pumps, and other topics that promise to color the eyes of minors.
Many enthusiasts even make their own filtration systems with PVC pipes, plastic buckets, various filter media and electric pumps.
\"You \'d better be careful once you\'re involved in koi,\" said Bonner, president of 200 --
Members of the Ikiru Hoseki koi Club in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley.
The name of the club is Japanese, meaning \"live treasure \".
\"Collectors of Ruby and Sapphire lock their obsession in velvet --
Lined jewelry box.
The koi dug holes in the backyard.
\"You\'re addicted and then everything is over,\" Bonner said . \".
\"Next, you know there\'s a really big hole in your backyard and you\'re dreaming of a new filtration system.
Until Bonner and Hershfield finish their project-
Which will include a 25,000-
Gallon pond, near waterfall and stream system, granite boulders, Marsh Gardens, bridges and 1,200square-
Added a foot to their house designed to optimize the observation of the water environment-
They currently live in large plastic buckets under the shade of the edge of the yard.
They gave names to several of them. -
One is Charo and the other is Tanuki (
Badger in Japanese)
There is another one called Gamon, which must be restored to health.
\"If someone had told me a few years ago that I would have feelings for a fish, I would have said they were nuts,\" Bonner said . \".
But when the fish got sick, I was really upset.
\"Few people will be as fascinated by such a grand scale as Bonner and Hershfield do.
But for many, Koi has become almost all. consuming.
Respiratory Therapist Joe Estrada has spent about $8,000 on his back.
Waterfalls, boulders and river beds--
It\'s all made of fiberglass. -
He installed the device at his residence in the quartz mountain of Antelope Valley.
He\'s invested 4,500 now.
The gallon fiberglass swimming pool is sold to his koi as a swimming pool.
\"It\'s all part of the cocoons,\" said Estrada, who wore a Mutian tool cap and visited his future koi oasis.
\"People have more space here, so they have space to put in and enjoy the settings like this.
\"The local nursery is responding to this interest.
\"When I took over the nursery, they didn\'t have koi at all,\" said Jacklyn Nagasawa, owner of Sunland nursery.
Until the beginning of 1980, she took over from her grandfather a nursery specializing in cactus cultivation.
The company now operates only pond fish and plants, prompting Chanse to change the name of the nursery to a sunny water garden.
Kaiser\'s koi, which she sells at the nursery for $3.
Get $50 to $3,000 per piece from Asian and domestic sources.
She now buys about 300 fish a week at the wholesale market. -
About 25% more than last year.
\"Now people have more interest in the water garden, but koi is the part that really grows,\" she said, sitting on the edge of a huge concrete pond, where the top of the pond is screened, to prevent the larger koi from jumping out.
\"This is more and more of me.
\"Koi has a lot of equipment and additives to keep them healthy.
According to local sales representative Warren Wong, Tetra is one of the largest companies providing pond padding and other products used by koi fans, adding 200% of Southern California\'s business this year.
\"A lot of it is because of the end of the drought,\" said Huang, who represents the Germans --
Worked here for three years.
\"It\'s been a long time to want a pond, but people who are afraid of getting it are doing it now.
\"According to pond experts, it only makes psychological sense not to put in the pond because of the drought.
Once the pond is filled, they say, the water used is much less than a lawn or botanical garden of the same size, because only the water lost by evaporation needs to be replaced.
However, the koi pond is far from being maintained for free.
Water needs to be filtered and inflated 24 hours a day.
\"It\'s like dialysis patients,\" said Barbara Johnson . \" She has a pond maintenance service called Barbara Fish woman.
\"If the filtration system does not work, the patient will die.
\"Koi is affected by some diseases caused by parasites or bacteria.
While they are usually too big to be caught by cats or birds, they may be victims of racoons and other predators swimming into the yard.
Johnson said she took care of about 150 local ponds, including the pond of film directors John Badan and Richard Downer, and she advised newbies to expect some casualties, especially in the first place.
\"I told them not to name the fish until they really knew what they were doing,\" she said . \".
\"The first one is always the favorite.
\"These fish that have received so much attention and care have no peculiar biological lineage.
They belong to the cyprin fish family, and the more common is carp.
However, Koi has undergone carefully monitored mutations to enhance its bright colors and patterns.
\"If you put them in a pond and let them go for generations, they go back to the normal carp,\" said Kim . \".
As common carp, their value is very small, especially in this country, they have never been valued as edible fish.
But the precious koi is another matter.
No matter how good the taste is, you won\'t want to eat one.
\"There are stories about how expensive the price of koi is, there are a lot of fish, but that\'s the truth,\" Bertrelle Caswell said . \", Former President Ikiru Hoseki and koi hob enthusiasts in Southern California.
\"I \'ve been to some shows in Japan where there are hundreds of fish each.
\"I know there is a house there that is bidding more than $1 million.
From its pictures, it looks perfect in every way: its shape, color, pattern.
I have never seen anyone like this.
You want a price to give up something like this.
\"The elaborate but tranquil 80,000 of Caswell-
She has been introduced in several magazines in the gallon pond system at the San Gabriel family, most recently on PBS\'s \"victory garden\" show.
It has always been one of the main sources of inspiration for koi enthusiasts.
Bonner and Hirshfeld saw her pond two years ago and saw their huge koi, which did eat from her hands, and that\'s how they greatly expanded the Water Garden
\"People always ask us what we get from this,\" Hirshfeld said . \".
Shorts and T-shirts
Shirt, he just came back from work in the yard and is on his way to the local hardware mall to buy more supplies.
\"It\'s very, very soothing.
This is the kind of thing you need at the end of the day.
\"Almost all of the people interviewed mentioned that relaxation is the main motivation and that they have a koi pond, large or small.
Chris Bachmann of North Hollywood said: \"With all the stress and stress in the world, there is nothing better than sitting at a pond and watching these very quiet pets swim around, \"who teaches a beginner\'s class of local chapters of Zen Japan Airinkai (
Fish Appreciation Association of Japan), a Japan-based koi club.
But what if after a period of time a person is tired of Koi?
What if you put a huge water system in and want to move?
Bonner and Hirshfeld said their project could become a swimming pool as the filtration system changed.
But they are not going to act.
\"Did so much work? \" Bonner asked.
\"Next time I move to a new place, it will stand up first.
On the ground of Reseda.
When it was finished and filled with water, a tourist asked, how many koi carp would there be there?
\"Oh, about a hundred.
In the kitchen, Jeff Hershfield smiled and shook his head unbelievably.
\"Of course,\" he said, \"as if we were to stop in a hundred minutes.
\"A yawn outside the window of the restaurant.
Two and a half years ago, when they started digging in the backyard, it was planned to be a beautiful little pond for the water lily and several goldfish.
However, insurance adjuster Bonner and Hershfield passed through the beautiful little pond stage. Far past.
Now this hole is on their head.
It\'s so deep that they can\'t see the outside, it\'s actually the yard.
This hole will hold nearly 20,000 gallons if filled with water-
More than the back.
Swimming pool. And the koi-
The obsessed duo is still digging.
Koi, a colorful fish that has been cherished by pets in Asia and the Middle East for centuries, has now formed its own breed in southern California.
More and more members of Koi Club, more and more family members
The number of local koi importers is increasing, and some nurseries have started shipping pond supplies.
\"Everyone has made dogs and cats,\" said Alex King . \" He runs KOI import business in Lancaster garage.
\"It\'s time for something new.
\"When you look at the subway, Koi won\'t take the morning paper or crawl into your lap, but fans claim the fish is smart to meet their owners and even eat with your hands.
However, it is not only for fish to raise koi.
Get some koi people together and discuss topics that will soon turn to filtration systems, parasites, deammonia agents, aeration pumps, and other topics that promise to color the eyes of minors.
Many enthusiasts even make their own filtration systems with PVC pipes, plastic buckets, various filter media and electric pumps.
\"You \'d better be careful once you\'re involved in koi,\" said Bonner, president of 200 --
Members of the Ikiru Hoseki koi Club in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley.
The name of the club is Japanese, meaning \"live treasure \".
\"Collectors of Ruby and Sapphire lock their obsession in velvet --
Lined jewelry box.
The koi dug holes in the backyard.
\"You\'re addicted and then everything is over,\" Bonner said . \".
\"Next, you know there\'s a really big hole in your backyard and you\'re dreaming of a new filtration system.
Until Bonner and Hershfield finish their project-
Which will include a 25,000-
Gallon pond, near waterfall and stream system, granite boulders, Marsh Gardens, bridges and 1,200square-
Added a foot to their house designed to optimize the observation of the water environment-
They currently live in large plastic buckets under the shade of the edge of the yard.
They gave names to several of them. -
One is Charo and the other is Tanuki (
Badger in Japanese)
There is another one called Gamon, which must be restored to health.
\"If someone had told me a few years ago that I would have feelings for a fish, I would have said they were nuts,\" Bonner said . \".
But when the fish got sick, I was really upset.
\"Few people will be as fascinated by such a grand scale as Bonner and Hershfield do.
But for many, Koi has become almost all. consuming.
Respiratory Therapist Joe Estrada has spent about $8,000 on his back.
Waterfalls, boulders and river beds--
It\'s all made of fiberglass. -
He installed the device at his residence in the quartz mountain of Antelope Valley.
He\'s invested 4,500 now.
The gallon fiberglass swimming pool is sold to his koi as a swimming pool.
\"It\'s all part of the cocoons,\" said Estrada, who wore a Mutian tool cap and visited his future koi oasis.
\"People have more space here, so they have space to put in and enjoy the settings like this.
\"The local nursery is responding to this interest.
\"When I took over the nursery, they didn\'t have koi at all,\" said Jacklyn Nagasawa, owner of Sunland nursery.
Until the beginning of 1980, she took over from her grandfather a nursery specializing in cactus cultivation.
The company now operates only pond fish and plants, prompting Chanse to change the name of the nursery to a sunny water garden.
Kaiser\'s koi, which she sells at the nursery for $3.
Get $50 to $3,000 per piece from Asian and domestic sources.
She now buys about 300 fish a week at the wholesale market. -
About 25% more than last year.
\"Now people have more interest in the water garden, but koi is the part that really grows,\" she said, sitting on the edge of a huge concrete pond, where the top of the pond is screened, to prevent the larger koi from jumping out.
\"This is more and more of me.
\"Koi has a lot of equipment and additives to keep them healthy.
According to local sales representative Warren Wong, Tetra is one of the largest companies providing pond padding and other products used by koi fans, adding 200% of Southern California\'s business this year.
\"A lot of it is because of the end of the drought,\" said Huang, who represents the Germans --
Worked here for three years.
\"It\'s been a long time to want a pond, but people who are afraid of getting it are doing it now.
\"According to pond experts, it only makes psychological sense not to put in the pond because of the drought.
Once the pond is filled, they say, the water used is much less than a lawn or botanical garden of the same size, because only the water lost by evaporation needs to be replaced.
However, the koi pond is far from being maintained for free.
Water needs to be filtered and inflated 24 hours a day.
\"It\'s like dialysis patients,\" said Barbara Johnson . \" She has a pond maintenance service called Barbara Fish woman.
\"If the filtration system does not work, the patient will die.
\"Koi is affected by some diseases caused by parasites or bacteria.
While they are usually too big to be caught by cats or birds, they may be victims of racoons and other predators swimming into the yard.
Johnson said she took care of about 150 local ponds, including the pond of film directors John Badan and Richard Downer, and she advised newbies to expect some casualties, especially in the first place.
\"I told them not to name the fish until they really knew what they were doing,\" she said . \".
\"The first one is always the favorite.
\"These fish that have received so much attention and care have no peculiar biological lineage.
They belong to the cyprin fish family, and the more common is carp.
However, Koi has undergone carefully monitored mutations to enhance its bright colors and patterns.
\"If you put them in a pond and let them go for generations, they go back to the normal carp,\" said Kim . \".
As common carp, their value is very small, especially in this country, they have never been valued as edible fish.
But the precious koi is another matter.
No matter how good the taste is, you won\'t want to eat one.
\"There are stories about how expensive the price of koi is, there are a lot of fish, but that\'s the truth,\" Bertrelle Caswell said . \", Former President Ikiru Hoseki and koi hob enthusiasts in Southern California.
\"I \'ve been to some shows in Japan where there are hundreds of fish each.
\"I know there is a house there that is bidding more than $1 million.
From its pictures, it looks perfect in every way: its shape, color, pattern.
I have never seen anyone like this.
You want a price to give up something like this.
\"The elaborate but tranquil 80,000 of Caswell-
She has been introduced in several magazines in the gallon pond system at the San Gabriel family, most recently on PBS\'s \"victory garden\" show.
It has always been one of the main sources of inspiration for koi enthusiasts.
Bonner and Hirshfeld saw her pond two years ago and saw their huge koi, which did eat from her hands, and that\'s how they greatly expanded the Water Garden
\"People always ask us what we get from this,\" Hirshfeld said . \".
Shorts and T-shirts
Shirt, he just came back from work in the yard and is on his way to the local hardware mall to buy more supplies.
\"It\'s very, very soothing.
This is the kind of thing you need at the end of the day.
\"Almost all of the people interviewed mentioned that relaxation is the main motivation and that they have a koi pond, large or small.
Chris Bachmann of North Hollywood said: \"With all the stress and stress in the world, there is nothing better than sitting at a pond and watching these very quiet pets swim around, \"who teaches a beginner\'s class of local chapters of Zen Japan Airinkai (
Fish Appreciation Association of Japan), a Japan-based koi club.
But what if after a period of time a person is tired of Koi?
What if you put a huge water system in and want to move?
Bonner and Hirshfeld said their project could become a swimming pool as the filtration system changed.
But they are not going to act.
\"Did so much work? \" Bonner asked.
\"Next time I move to a new place, it will stand up first.
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