Alternative title : Not all Koi are valuable

One of the most common questions asked on this site is that posed in the title. People seem to have an assumption that all koi are valuable - and while the value of the life of a fish as a pet can never and should never be discounted or trivialised, some Koi do have a high financial value; but the vast majority do not.

Buying and selling of fish

hi all i love keeping my koi but have always tryed to keep to a budget so that i could afford good food and treatments !,but now i have a problem this saturday when building a pergolar over my pond the worst thing ever happend my battery drill fell in the pond with a drill bit and put a small hole in the liner ! so my question although rather embaressed to ask is dose any one know where i can get a repair kit to fit the problem ? as refitting the liner is not really an option now . thanks all jamiegoi

Well it's that time of the year in the Brox and Val houshold to do the old spring clean and when I say spring clean I mean it with a controled thermo nuclear explosion of a spring clean (well maybe not that bad) but starting at the top of our setup working our way down to the bottom.

Thoroughly cleaning the gravel with the Adapted external filter which is used as a Vacuum cleaner ,also cleaning large rocks of any alge that has built up over the year, remembering to check undergravel filter for any breaks (coming up on five yearly change).

Over the years Val and I have amassed quite a library of Koi related books and have written a list to help both the Newcomer to the hobby and those with greater experiance, when choosing Koi books, we have left out the Author where ever possible only leaving it in when there is no ISBN Number to be found, and also adding comments to each book

• Mini Encyclopaedia (Keeping Koi) ISBN 1842861069. ( An Informative little Book).
• Goldfish and Koi in your home ISBN 0866220410. ( More our style of Koi Keeping)

While going green is generally regarded as a good thing these days, it's probably not what you want after coming back from holiday with 10 days to go until your club's photo contest. After some encouraging results last year, our big Sanke was injured and couldn't participate, but we were hoping for big things this year. However, we can't even see the koi at the moment (unless you count vague cream-ish shapes moving in the murk), let alone catch them. To add to the issue the UV bulb has gone, and it's an odd size (a big one) and is still on back order.