Identifying and Selecting Identifying and Selecting

Santa Clara Valley Koi
& Water Garden Club
March 21st
2008
• March Presentation - Koi
Varieties and How to Pick
that Grand Champion
• Upcoming Event - Cherry
Blossom Festival
Koi...
Identifying
and Selecting
A Presentation by Mike Perret
• Let’s Get Serious - The
State of the Club by Terry
Denevan
• A Sly Killer - The Common
Float Valve
Visit our Web Site at www.sckoi.com
February Meeting Minutes
February’s meeting saw a great surge in attendance. Over 300 people crowded into the American Legion Hall for the second montly meeting of
2008 (just kidding).
New President, Barbara Jackson, brought the
meeting to order. Since we had quite a few new
members and guests, Barbara asked for introductions and some background from these new
visitors.
The upcoming annual Pond Tour was discussed,
including our need for Ponds to show and volunteer Docents and Ticket Takers.
We discussed prepartations for the San Mateo
Home and Garden Show, and our participation
with an informational booth and a display, this
year, of Koi in a show tank.
A sign-up sheet was passed around for the 2008
Cherry Blossom Festival in April. We still need
more volunteers to work the tables and hand out
flyers on the Pond Tour. Barbara reminded everyone that participation in Club Events made them
eligible for a complimentary Christmas Dinner.,
The first annual Koi Club Calendar was discussed. Because of the cost for printing, the
calendar will be available as a download on the
web site (without the photos) and on a CD from
Carole Bruch.
Mike Perret went over the Koi Growout contest
again. Although checks were to be in for the
February meeting, because of a delay in receiving
the Koi from Japan, payments can be made at the
March meeting. After a year of growing, the Koi
will be judged and the 10 best will be featured in
an issue of the Splash newsletter.
Pizza’s and cookies were served during the refreshment break - YUM!
Bob Long’s name was drawn for the Attendance
Incentive, but he was not at the meeting.
Larry Templeton and Ken Snarr delivered a presentation on upgrading a Kit pond.
Attendance Incentive Drawing
Win Just
for
Showing Up!
$95
Well, we just can’t seem to give money away.
Hard as we try, we have not been able to select
any member’s names of that small group willing
to attend meetings regularly. So much the better
for that lucky member attending one of the next
meetings when his or her name is called. Be there
or be square!
Santa Clara Valley Koi and Water Garden Club
Meetings & Events
March Presentation
Koi Identification and Selection
Monthly Club Meetings - 7:30pm
By Mike Perret
Willow Glen American Legion Hall So just what is that fish that is black and
1504 Minnesota Ave., San Jose white and red all over (just like the newspa•
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March 21st, 2008
April 18th, 2008
May 16th, 2008
June 20th, 2008
July 18th, 2008
August 15th, 2008
March Meeting
March 21st, 7:30pm
Presentation: See the column to the
right
F
per)? Mike will answer all your questions,
but you’ve got to show up first!
2008 Club Calendar Available
For the past few months, Carole Bruch has
been working on a 2008 Club Calendar to
distribute to all of our members. A PDF of
this calendar is now available on the club
web site, unfortunately without the photos because of the large file size. Anyone
wishing a copy of the full calendar should
contact Carole Bruch at the next meeting.
Pizza Fest for refreshment break!
Board of Directors Meetings
Each month on the Thursday following the monthly club meeting
First Day of Spring
March 20th
April Meeting
April 18th, 7:30pm
Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival
April 25th-27th
Cupertino Memorial Park
Camellia Koi Club
Annual Koi Auction
April 27th
www.camelliakoi.org
First 2008 Monthly Pond Social
May17th, 1pm to 4pm
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“I like pigs. Dogs look up to
us. Cats look down on us.
Pigs treat us as equals.”
~Sir Winston Churchill~
Koi Growout Contest Update
Hi All
I am updating the koi growout contest information. After speaking with Russell Peters of PSKoi, I find that the next shipment
will be coming in around mid April. So we
will have the fish available to us in the early
part of May. This is good as it gives the fish
a chance to continue to grow in Japan for a
couple more months!
Also, due to the high response rate (now 37
fish ordered), I will extend the deadline for
entry until March 21st. That is the date of
the next meeting.
If you already signed up, please send me
your entry form and check ASAP. If anyone
has any questions regarding the contest, feel
free to contact me at
(408) 226-7802.
Regards
Mike Perret
Editor’s Note:
For more information on the Koi Growout Contest, check the February Splash newsletter.
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Let’s Get Serious!
By Terry Denevan
The mission of the Santa Clara
Valley Koi and Water Garden Club
is to educate the public about Koi
and water gardens. We are organized to accomplish that goal. We
have the structure, the expertise, the
time, and the relative funding at our
disposal.
We are a non profit organization.
Our Executive Board and our Board
of Directors are drawn from our
membership. Each officer is a volunteer. While we have
many volunteers for
meetings and activities
during the year…..We
could always use a few
more. The Club needs
YOU.
We participate in the
San Mateo and the
Santa Clara Home and
Garden Shows. Each
year we have an information booth
at the Cherry Blossom Festival in
Cupertino.
Our moneymaker each year is our
Annual Pond Tour.
Our club maintains a library and a
warehouse of equipment.
This year we made scholarships to:
SLV High Aqua Culture Dept. and
two deserving Aqua Culture students.
Six times each year we have garden
and pond social events at selected
members’ homes.
Each December we have a special
Santa Clara Valley Koi and Water Garden Club
dinner. It is open to all members.
Those having volunteered their time
during the year are given free tickets
to this enjoyable event.
Our club holds monthly meetings.
We have a speaker at each of these
gatherings. A portion of each meeting is allocated to answer members’
questions regarding pond problems.
Light portions of food or dessert are
usually served.
always free to members.
Each year some of our members
travel, on their own, to Japan for koi
selection.
With a tranquil garden, filled with
the sounds of water and the colorful
animation of selected fish, a serenity at day’s end can await those who
wish to participate. Our club can
help make these things possible,
Of concern is that many
new members join our
club, use our resources,
and build a pond…only
to stop attending our
meetings. Too often
they drop out of our
club. They are missed.
Our Leadership Meetings are held
each month at 528 Minnesota
Avenue in San Jose. Members are
encouraged to attend. Warm chocolate chip cookies or freshly made
brownies await those attending.
(408) 279-4567.
The greater the membership and the
greater our monthly turn out, the
greater our pool of volunteers.
Most of our members have ponds or
water gardens. We have members
who design, build, and/or maintain
koi ponds. Some of our members
have a high level of sophisticated
knowledge regarding koi. Over
one hundred years of accumulated
know-how is always available, and
It is my hope that we
are able to not only attract people to our club
and help them with our free and
sophisticated resources…but that
we might create a social atmosphere
that encourages people to become
friends, volunteers, as well as active
participants in the governing of our
club.
As noted above: The organization,
expertise, longevity, and funding of
our club is on solid ground…very
solid ground.
Without attendance, we have no
club. Without volunteers, we have
no club. Without officers, we have
no club.
What can you do to help YOUR
CLUB? CALL (650) 969-0715
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New Shipment
of Fancy Goldfish
E Large selection of hand picked
Japanese Koi & Fancy Goldfish
E Authorized Dealer For;
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E Large selection of Plants,
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Cherry Hill Koi & Water Gardens
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351 Spar Ave.
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(408) 260-1445
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Store Now Open!
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707-251-3781
fax 707-251-3735
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• Pond Maintenance
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• Quality Koi Food
• Pond Aeration System Installation
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Santa Clara Valley Koi and Water Garden Club
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Club Resources
The following items are available from the club on loan.
Videos (DVD)
1. 2003 Year in Review - Photos and
Videos of Club Activities
2. Japan Koi Buying Trip- 2002
Videos (VHS)
1. Koi Care and Disease (UK)
2. Koi Classification (Finnegan)
3. Koi Classification (Spindola)
4. Breeding Koi in Japan
5. Koi Handling
6. Health Care for Koi (Galen Hansen)
(copy)
7. Building Koi Ponds (William Lim)
8. Medication and Their Uses (UK)
9. First Annual Santa Clara Koi & Water Garden Koi Show
10. Patio Ponds (Equipment)
11. English Koi Show (1990)
12. Building a Fiberglass Filter & Concrete Pond
13. English Ponds, Filters & Gardens
(missing)
14. Tetra Successful Koi Keeping
15. Building a Filter, Walton Pond & Christopher Pond (missing)
16. Part 1 - Japan
17. Patio Ponds (Equipment)
18. Tetra Successful Koi Keeping (Spindola)
19. Living Jewels / English Ponds &
Filters
20. Create a Paradise
21. Health Care for Koi (Galen Hansen)
(original)
22. Koi Health and Disease (Erik Johnson)
23. Koi Health and Disease (Erik Johnson)
24. Kokugyo
25. History of Koi (Kaz)
26. History of Niigata Nishikigoi
VHS tapes from the 1995 AKCA Koi
Seminar - SJ:
1. Q&A 1995 Seminar
2. BQ&A 1995 Seminar
3. 1995 AKCA Ecology (Ben Plonski)
4. Koi Nutrition (William Sadler)
5. Control of Algae (Kelly Rusch)
6. Koi Husbandry (Sanchez)
7. 1995 Lunch and Exhibitors
8. Recirculation Fundamentals (Malone)
9. Tategoi Koi (Megumi Yoshida)
10. Alternative Materials for Koi Ponds
Santa Clara Valley Koi and Water Garden Club
(Cowley)
11. Ulserative Disease (Hedrick)
12. Filtration for Koi (missing)
13. Koi Treatment (Galen Hansen)
14. Selecting Tategoi (Spindola)
15. How To Select Quality Koi (Norihira
Nagata)
16. AKCA Seminar Pond Tour, June
25th 1995
Books/Publications
1. Aquariology, Tetra Press Master
Volume
2. Pond Care (Aquarium Pharmaceuticals)
3. Aquascaping Your Landscape
(Wemco)
4. Koi Keeping (Fujita)
5. Kokugyo (Kodama)
6. AKCA Practical Koi Keeping Vol.1
7. AKCA Practical Koi Keeping Vol.2
8. AKCA Practical Koi Keeping Vol.3
9. Basic Koi Ponds, Filters & Water
(Koi USA)
10. AKCA Guide to Koi Nutrition II
Equipment:
• Oxygen Tank
• Aquarist Master Test Kit
• Dissolved Oxygen Test Kit
• 1/6 HP Teel Pump
• 1 HP Vacuum Pump
• 2 Speed Self Priming Pump
• Water Meter
• Enviroshade Gazebo
• 1 Microscope
• 1 Small pump
• 1 Cyprio (green)
30 Day Loan Limit on the following
tanks:
• 4-6’ Portable Show Tanks
• 12’ Diameter x 3’ Steel Tank
• 2-24” Diameter x 11” Blue Handling Tubs
• 1-12 ‘ pool
Contact Terry Denevan for Videos
and Books, Contact Ken Snarr for
Equipment loans.
Club Officers - 2008
President
Vice President
Barbara Jackson
408-446-9382
Barbara Snarr
650-969-0715
Secretary
Open
(Must be named Barbara)
Treasurer
Julaine Mullaney
408-266-1791
Program Director
Open
Committees - 2008
Koi Person of the Year
for 2007
Pond Tour
Ken Snarr
Open
AKCA Rep
Open
Koi Health Advisor
Sanjiv Kapoor
408-242-7929
Annual Banquet
Open
Club Equipment
Ken Snarr
650-969-0715
Librarian/Videos
Terry Denevan
408-279-4567
Hakone Gardens
Open
Friendship Gardens
Jim Gate
408-867-4738
Guadalupe Gardens
Open
Membership/Host
Carole Bruch
Cherry Blossom Festival
Refreshments
2008 Open
Bill & Marifran Mundy
Pond Emergency
Contacts
Ken Snarr
650-969-0715
Mike Perret
408-226-7802
Webmaster/Newsletter
N/A
Les Inanchy resigns from all Koi Club duties due to harassment from
CIGNA insurance company.
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Meridian to Minnesota Ave and turn left. The American
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As per by-laws dues are from July to July. They become delinquent
after 08/31. If they are not paid by 08/31 your name will be taken
off the roster unless some other arrangements have been made.
Anyone joining the club in mid-year will be asked to pay $2.00 per
month until the next July then they will be put on an annual renewal
basis.
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Name(s)
Street Address
City
State
Phone
eMail
Pond Details (If applicable)
Zip
Speciality
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P.O. Box 9006
San Jose, CA 95157
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