If you are reading this probably your pond has turned green or your fish look languish, may be a disease has wiped your beautiful Koi collection. If your 1,500 Gallon or less pond looks like this. It’s definitely overcrowded! Now we know what we’re dealing with… Oh wait but “I’ve had the same amount of koi for years” I’ve heard this time after time, and here’s the short answer to that. 30 koi that are no bigger than 4-6in would do just fine. The problem being when they grow and their food requirements increase too, slowly but surely maxing out the system (that doesn’t grow with them) to unbearable living conditions.

One of the three major problems with an overstock pond is the ability of the biological filtration system to cope with the excessive amounts of ammonia that the koi, uneaten food and incoming debris produce, not the mention water run-off, and the list goes on.

The second one is not enough oxygen in the system, due to biological activity and koi oxygen uptake.

The other drawback is that even if your biofilter is set up large enough and the aeration being sufficient, the mineral bioavailability within your system gets exhausted and the chemical balance in your koi pond along with your precious pets goes out of balance, creating stressed out conditions for your Koi.

This is the perfect combination for diseases to take over and wipe your entire koi collection.

Do yourself a favor and listen to your Koi expert, or an Aquatic Vet that is knowledgeable in this subject.

Have you thought about losing power in the middle of the night or while in vacation?

What do you think would happen to your precious pets in that overstocked pond with the oxygen depleting by the minute?

Learn why your pond needs a thorough cleanup, and while you’re doing that let’s remove some koi and get your Koi Pond to safe levels.