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KOI NET

THE ON-LINE KOI MAGAZINE

The Rugby World Cup is over and the cost of flights to
Japan returning to a realistic level is perhaps why so
many Koi Dealers are in Japan, on their way there, or
have just got back. It’s good to hear our Koi keeping
hobby is thriving.
Back in the UK Cuttlebrook Koi Farm held their Tosai
Weekend and Adam Byer held his ‘Hey Presto, Showa!’
event, both took place in November.
I visited my friend, Mick Preston, a couple of weeks
ago to take a look at the result of a spawning he
carried out with a female Yamabuki Ogon and two
males, a Beni Kikokuryu and a Mukashi Ogon. It was a
really successful spawning with many metallic colour
Koi Net is published by
Buzz Digital, Fircroft House, combinations. Mark Gardner of ‘Nishikigoi Life’ has had
Fircroft Way, Edenbridge, some great results with metallics too and used the
Kent TN8 6EJ
word ‘Yikes’ on Facebook to describe them. That
Email: david@buzz-digital.com
means spectacular!
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mailing list. the cost of heating our ponds, I have included an
article about heating your pond using a Heat Pump.
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magazine may be reproduced Thanks to Jim Shaw, Chairman of The Yorkshire Koi
in whole or part without the Society, for sending me details of their Trip to Scotland.
written permission of the
publishers. The publisher, If there are any Koi Clubs who would like me to
editor and authors accept no
responsibility in respect of any promote their Shows, Auctions or other Club Activities,
products, goods or services send me the details and I will include them in Koi Net.
that may be advertised or
referred to in this issue or for I’m looking forward to seeing the first programme in
any errors and omissions.
The views expressed are not Martin Symonds’ ‘KoiVision TV’ series which will be
necessarily those of the launched early in December, something to enjoy over
publisher, editor or anyone
else, but the author of the Christmas.
editorial.
In the meantime I’m working on Issue 20.
Cover photograph
courtesy of KoiQuestion.
David Brown
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