Manual of Koi Health (Hardcover)

by Keith Holmes (Author), Tony Pitham (Author) "The best way of preventing disease is to control and limit the levels of stress to which your koi are exposed..." (more)
Key Phrases: affected koi, koi specialist, local koi dealer, North America (more...)

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Comprehensive descriptions of all the common koi diseases and advice on how to recognize, treat, and prevent them... thorough guide. -- Alison Dingle, Garden Center Merchandising and Management 03/2005

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Comprehensive descriptions of all the common koi diseases and advice on how to recognize, treat, and prevent them... thorough guide. (Alison Dingle Garden Center Merchandising and Management )

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books (November 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552979776
• ISBN-13: 978-1552979778
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #471,083 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Koi Reference, December 6, 2004

By	Greg Speichert "garden guy" (Cedar Lake, IN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a fantastic book for anyone needing tips on keeping the environment their koi live in heathy and free of disease. This book is very easy to understand and has many photos to help you better understand what you are reading. Everything is well photographed with excellent instruction on identifying, prevention and the treatment of diseases. When the photography was not good enough, then wonderful and highly detailed illustrations were used.
The text is straight forward with little jargon so that it is easy to understand for even a non-fish person like me. This is a great book for anyone interested in going to the next level with their pond.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Little Book on Koi, December 30, 2007

By	Pamela M. Kinkade "Pam Kinkade, Koi keeper" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This little book is the best reference I've found for the amateur koi keeper. Specifically, it not only talks about Koi health, the diseases they get, and the medications that may help; but it provides you with excellent photos of these little critters that can decimate your pond. With this book and a beginer's microscope I have been able to diagnose many problems and save my fish. I just bought four more copies to have ready for newcomers to our Koi Club this spring when we will once again start receiving calls from distraught pond keepers.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars review of manual of Koi health, October 26, 2005

By	tinnette (kansas) - See all my reviews

The book was well thought out as far as content. The author spoke to the reader taking into account that the reader might be a novice koi keeper