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Koi For Dummies Paperback – March 12, 2007

by R. D. Bartlett (Author), Patricia Bartlett (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars 26 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 296 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (March 12, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470099135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470099131
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsAt second glance I like better, but there aren't any coloration pictures
By Paula Taylor on November 26, 2010
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It has a lot of practical information but I have had fish since 1965, so it was limited as far as new information for me. It is a good little book, but not my favorite or even in my top 2. For the new koi owner it would be very helpful to show basic requirement for healthy koi living standards. In the right bginners hands it could save them from making expensive mistakes, so there is a nitch for this book. :-)
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot what I was looking for.
By C. B. Smith on November 9, 2009
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I usually like the Dummies books but this one wasn't what I was looking for. There was too much focus on things like pond design and building and not enough on caring for koi, which is what I needed. Fortunately, Amazon has a terrific return policy so they rate 5 stars.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book if getting into Koi
By Sunhill Palms on August 19, 2011
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I getting ready to chance an old rose garden into a Koi pond and this book gives a great review from top to bottom. This is a must have! I rented 1st from the local library and then bought it. Can't wait to get started!
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent source.
By Norman K. Saito on June 28, 2009
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Excellent source of information for beginners. Covers the obvious and also the important but most often overlooked aspects of Koi. Could use more descriptions on the color varieties, but there are other books for that. If you want to know what's involved in keeping Koi, this should be your first book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsfull of good info
By Douglas Grigg on September 26, 2013
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This book gives a lot of information about Koi care, types of koi, as well as pools/ponds. Are there better books out there for say diseases? Yes. But this book gives an excelent overview of all topics relating to having Koi.

I saw someone was upset about the info on ponds, but I feel exactly the opposite. Their living area is a very important topic for keeping fish of any type. If the pond is too small, or the water quality goes out of wack you might as well hook them, scale them, and gut them. I am not advocating this (I don't know how they would taste).

My one comlaint would be the number of color photos, but again you can get those in other books, which don't have the vast amount of info in here.

Buy it you'll like it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsKoi for dummies greatly helps!
By AdaminSD on November 2, 2011
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Super information. Clear info, easy to understand. I bought this book before I had my 3,000 gal. pond built. It really helped me understand what type/kind of filtration I would need/want.
I still look things up, now 3 years into the hobby of keeping a pond with great fish!
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4.0 out of 5 starswhat was I thinking
By toney koi's on October 17, 2010
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What a wonderful idea for the yard. The sound of splashing water. Pretty flowering water plants and Koi fish swiming around. The pond was built,skimmer and filter set in place, fish added along with the plants and off to the side was a pile of instruction books in about 15 different languages. Woops--Where do I start? There is a lot of information that I need to keep these finned friends alive- "Koi for dummies" answered all my problems in a language I could understand with out going back to school for Fish 101. The Koi are a joy to watch--the pond is quite peacefull to sit by but believe me, its a lot of work. This book has made my "new job" much easier
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3.0 out of 5 starsWay above me
By JJ on January 6, 2013
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This book is for intelligent people wanting to build a big pond. This isn't for true beginners wanting help with a small pond. It's very technical and mainly talks about large scale koi ponds. Definitely not a book for "dummies".
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great book for start-up ponds

Published 6 months ago by Jan Coventry
5.0 out of 5 starsGood reference for the beginners

Needed something basic for my spouse. Good reference. Hopefully we can keep our koi happy.

Published 7 months ago by Spring Tiger
2.0 out of 5 starsTwo Stars

Ok

Published 9 months ago by DMM
5.0 out of 5 starsKoi for Dummies

Great book for beginners.

Published 11 months ago by Walt Gray
5.0 out of 5 starsgood read

good informative book

Published 17 months ago by fixbooks
4.0 out of 5 starsShe was very happy with it

I gave it to my friend for her birthday and she said their was a lot of information she got out of it for her new Koi pond. She was very happy with it.
Thx.

Published 18 months ago by Mary A. Hunter
4.0 out of 5 starsGood guide to planning your koi habitat.

Not bad. We are planning an indoor koi pond and there is a lot of good info in this book.

Published 18 months ago by R. DePeche
1.0 out of 5 starsSave your Money

While I usually enjoy the dummies series books this book is mistitled; it should read how to plan and build a koi pond, the information on the care of koi is similar to the free... Read more

Published 24 months ago by Eastern Shore
5.0 out of 5 starsgood

Good Information to those who know nothing. The koi pond came with the new house we purchased. The pond was not the reason we made the purchase
It's also too big to get rid... Read more

Published on April 9, 2014 by safety here
5.0 out of 5 starsSimple

The book is no nonsense and easy to understand. It covers the major points for taking care of the Koi.

Published on March 17, 2014 by Mark S

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