AKA Reporter Feb-Mar 2015 - Australian Koi Association

February - March 2015
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AKA Reporter
February - March 2015
Administrative Members and contact details______________________________________ 2
President’s Report___________________________________________________________ 3
Meeting Notices and Agendas, New Members, AKA Auction Dates, AKA Committee
Meeting Dates, KSA Auction Dates _____________________________________________ 4
Koi Critique—Kin Kikokuryu __________________________________________________ 6
Two eyes are better than none________________________________________________ 11
The swim bladder___________________________________________________________ 11
ZNA 50th Golden Jubilee International Show 2014_______________________________ 13
Tokyo Terry’s Japanese Koi Terms_____________________________________________ 19
Table Show results__________________________________________________________ 20
AKA’s 34th Annual Koi Show__________________________________________ back cover
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2015 KSA Koi, Pet and Garden Show____________________________________________ 9
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Koi Keeper’s Supplies________________________________________________________ 19
AKA Members’ Supplies_________________________________________Inside back cover
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The Australian Koi Association Inc.
Patron
Professor Simon Chapman AO PhD FASSA
Executive Officers
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Public Officer
Ian Andrews
Graham Fameli
Carol Durrant
Bryce Hough
John Rhodes
0418 255 897
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Committee Members
Show Coordinator
Paul Miglionico
(02) 9862 0472 / 0415 834 529
Show Support Group
Graham and Lee Fameli
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Martin Rocliffe
0407 475 757
John Ling
0411 156 648
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AKA REPORTER
President’s Report
Welcome to our first
AKA Reporter for
2015. I trust all our
members had a great
holiday break and
those members who
have spawned their
koi, I hope you are
maintaining a good
culling rate of your
fry. This will ensure
that only the very
best are retained; that
way your remaining
babies have a better
chance of attaining
their full potential; we
do not achieve success if over-crowding of young
koi occurs.
Congratulations to Terry McNeil for taking out
both Grand Champion and Reserve Champion at
our Christmas Small Koi Show. The quality of koi
entered this year was very pleasing. Special thanks
to Lee Nguyen for taking on the difficult task of
judging.
Our focus now is on our 34th Annual Large Koi
Show being held on Sunday 12 April at the Sydney
International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park (just
off the M7 at Saxony Road).
Our guest International
ZNA Judges will be Leung
Hong Man from China and
Thomas Lim from Singapore
and Jun Hun Gou as Trainee
Judge from the Koi Society
of Western Australia.
We are looking forward
to welcoming them all to
what I hope will be a big
show with an increased
number of exhibitors.
Because of the wet
conditions last year our new
venue is under cover and
offers a bit more comfort
and ease of unloading and
loading our koi.
Set up for the Show
will be on Saturday 11 April
with as many helpers needed
as possible and the koi will
need to be in their bins
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before 8.30 am on the Sunday.
My special request is to all members to make
this, our 34th show, one of our best. If all members
could make the effort of entering a few fish, this
will boost the number of entries and make the
show an outstanding showcase to our magnificent
koi. Think about what koi you would like to enter.
If you need help with entry forms, photographing
or transporting your koi, speak to me or any of our
Committee—we will be only to happy to help.
Coming up at our next monthly meeting we
will be running an Information Forum on the Do’s
& Don’ts of the use of chemicals in your koi pond.
Principal focus will be on potassium permanganate
(Condy’s Crystals) and sodium bicarbonate. Of
late there has been some terrible disaster with the
incorrect use of the products so on this night we
hope to discover as much as possible regarding their
usage.
Finally just wanted to wish some of our
Members who are facing difficult times that our
thoughts and prayers are with you, to Fred and Rita
Grech and also Brian and Margaret Smith. ■
Yours in koi…
Ian Andrews, President AKA
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AKA News & Events
Join our monthly meetings
All members and friends are invited to attend our
meetings, at which we discuss the general business
of the Association, hear presentations from koi
experts and enjoy the social company of other koi
fanciers. Our meetings also include a table show
competition and a raffle draw.
Meetings are held in a family-friendly
venue at the Scottish Hall, 4 Weigand Avenue,
Bankstown on the first Wednesday of each month.
February Meeting
The February General Meeting of the Australian
Koi Association Inc will be held at the Scottish
Hall, 4 Weigand Avenue Bankstown, Wednesday
4 February 2015, 7.30 pm.
1. Welcome to members and guests
2.Apologies
3. Confirmation of minutes of previous monthly
general meeting held 14 January.
4.Raffle
5.Reports
6. General Business
7. Information Forum: Do’s & Don’ts with
Chemicals in Koi Ponds
8. Raffle Draw
March Meeting
The February General Meeting of the Australian
Koi Association Inc will be held at the Scottish
Hall, 4 Weigand Avenue Bankstown, Wednesday
4 March 2015, 7.30 pm.
AKA Committee
Meeting Dates
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Wednesday 22 April 2015
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1. Welcome to members and guests
2.Apologies
3. Confirmation of minutes of previous monthly
general meeting held 4 February.
4.Raffle
5.Reports
6. General Business
7. Presentation—Terry McNeil 7th Asia Cup
Koi Show
8. Raffle Draw
New members
New members are always assured of a friendly
welcome when attending the AKA’s monthly
meetings. Help and advice is available if required
and our Supply Officers can provide you with koi
food and accessories at favourable prices. Call
our membership officer (see details on page 2).
AKA auction dates 2015
Held at Auburn Botanic Gardens (entry from
Killeen Street, Auburn). Commencing at 10.00
am. Quality fish at reasonable prices! Food and
refreshments available. Fish food and other fish
keeping supplies also available.
Bankstown City
NSW Chapter
Zen Nippon Airinkai
Sunday 22nd February 2015
Sunday 26th April 2015
Sunday 21st June 2015
Sunday 30th August 2015
Sunday 18th October 2015
Sunday 29th November 2015
KSA auction dates 2015
10.00 am at Auburn Botanical Gardens:
Sunday 8 March 2015
Sunday 31 May 2015
Sunday 12 July 2015
Sunday 2 August 2015
Sunday 20 September 2015
Sunday 8 November 2015
AKA REPORTER
The sale of koi by members of the AKA can only
take place between members of koi clubs and
associations only, as per NSW Department of
Primary Industries (Fisheries) guidelines.
Facebook
The AKA is on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/
AustralianKoiAssociation. ■
Orca
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AKA now carries Orca Quick Grow
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See inside back cover for all
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At the recent 7th Asia Cup held in Thailand, a small ceremony took place where AKA’s Terry McNeil
was presented with his ZNA Assistant Certification Plaque by ZNA Head Judge and Director Misaji
Yamazaki. A lot of hard work and judging at many international shows these last few years had been
recognised by ZNA with this promotion. Congratulations Terry from all AKA.
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Koi Critique—Kin Kikokuryu (Kawarigoi or
Kawarimono)
Kate Andrews
Kin Kikokuryu (Kin-kee-koh-cue-rye-you)
Kawarigoi or Kawarimono (something strange)
holds some very interesting and sometimes
extremely unusual varieties, although I find
it something of a mystery that ZNA classify
a clearly metallic group of koi in what is
generally a non-metallic group! However, the
metallic versions of Kumunryu (Kikokuryu) and
Beni Kumonryu (Kin Kikokuryu) are currently
classified with Kawarimono, as is the metallic
version of the Matsukawabake, the Ginga.
Kikokuryu (black and silver) and Kin
Kikokuryu (gold/orange/red, black and silver)
are always doitsu, as are Kumonryu and Beni
Kumonryu. Being metallic, exceptional shine
or lustre is a prized feature of these koi. Their
breeding lines in Japan are unknown, but in
Australia they have appeared spontaneously from
several different crosses, often unlooked for, as
well as being specifically line-bred.
The Kin Kikokuryu featured in this critique
was posted on Facebook and discovered by
Ian when trawling the site. Wherever this koi
is in the world, it is certainly a koi to treasure,
displaying many of the most desirable features of
the variety—very difficult to achieve.
To begin, the koi has an excellent figure;
given that a well-known problem for Kikokuryu
and Kin Kikokuryu is that they tend to be thin.
However, this example shows good
proportions between head, body and fins
with only a slightly lean tail or peduncle area
following a muscular looking body. The silver
base is very lustrous; look at the dorsal area
where the shine is most obvious. It is wonderful
to see such a clean base colour on a Kin
Kikokuryu. Another common problem for this
variety is that the base is often heavily speckled
with black or pewter, producing a “dirty” finish
rather than showing clear margins between the
three colours. This example really gives us an
excellent idea of what we need to achieve for Kin
Kikokuryu. The red (hi) is strongly coloured for a
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metallic koi and the markings are neatly laid out
with lovely sharp edges to the pattern elements.
The only visible problem is that the red
bleeds slightly into the tail; forgivable on a koi
of this quality. Note how the clearly developed
black (sumi) patterns run head to tail—typically
Kumonryu style and a useful way of recognising
both Kikokuryu and Kin Kikokuryu.
Motoguru, neatly symmetrical in this case,
is also a feature of the variety as is sumi on
the head, typically on the nose and around the
cheeks, as demonstrated.
The neat forehead sumi marking is an
additional, very charming feature on this
beautiful koi. ■
The swim bladder
Article courtesy of the Koi Society of WA
Inside the koi is a gas-filled sac, known as the
‘swim bladder’, which acts as a buoyancy organ
so koi can stay at any depth with the minimum
use of energy.
Koi can control the gases inside it, with gas
added or removed by blood vessels running over
the surface of it. There is also a thin tube to the
koi’s throat so they can add gas by gulping air.
There are various conditions that can
affect the swim bladder, from fungus to filling
with fluid. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to
determine what disease is affecting the swim
bladder and so offer any treatment. ■
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Buy, swap and sell
Buy, swap and sell notices can be placed free by members.
Please call Ian Andrews on 0418 255 897 or email [email protected]
for more information.
For Sale
Second-hand table show display tanks $5.00 each
Contact Ron and Max 02 9533 2546 or 0403 029 532
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We also have for sale a pond 8.2 m x 2.0 m wide x 1 m deep, (Pic D) including 7 filters (Pic
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transactions advertised under Buy, Swap and Sell.
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AKA REPORTER
Two eyes are better than none
Article courtesy of the Koi Society of WA
I was mucking around with my spare UV. I
plugged it in and checked it out after just
changing the tube. OK, no problem—it is ready to
go for the summer.
At 11.45 pm, I woke up with a pain in my
eyes. I got up and made my way to the bathroom
and splashed cold water into my eyes. It was then
I realized I could not see!
Panic set in and my wife called an
ambulance as the pain mounted to a level that
had me rolling on the floor. It was so bad I was
sure I was losing my sight.
I arrived at the hospital still unable to see a
thing. The medics, although professional, were
unable to give me anything to relieve the pain.
A senior nurse met me at Emergency and asked
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me to open my eyes. I told her I couldn’t so she
called the only doctor on duty. After some initial
discussion the doctor told me he would put some
anesthetic in my eyes which would hurt like hell.
I never felt a thing as my eyes hurt so much. He
kept asking me questions about my work then
asked me to go back through the things I did in
the last six hours. I was sobbing the pain was so
bad
It was then that it hit me. The UV! I had only
looked at it for 1-2 seconds when I tested the
new tube. The doc explained UV blindness and
stated that I may be lucky and regain all my sight
in 1-2 days. I ended up with all the eye tests my
eyes have been declared permanently damaged
for which I will suffer later in life I expect.
True story and the learning is: never ever
look at UV light. ■
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ZNA 50th Golden Jubilee International
Show 2014—a milestone event
Kate McGill-Andrews
Early in 2014, I asked Yuko Shirako, at ZNA Head
Office, if there was any way I could be included
on the team for the ZNA 50th Golden Jubilee
International Show held in November this year?
The experience of participating in this show
would be very valuable and both Ian and I really
wanted to attend this milestone event.
Since, as an Assistant Certified Judge, I was
not qualified for involvement in the judging,
Yuko very kindly arranged for me to be part of
one of the logistics teams who accompany the
groups of judges; directing them to appropriate
koi vats and recording the results.
This was a superb opportunity for me, to
be involved in such a prestigious show, fielding
some incredible koi. Being so close to the action
turned out almost as valuable as actually judging
Hard to miss the logistics team menbers!
The showground and show bins.
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With my team during judging.
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the classes myself. Particularly since one of my
team, Aaron Lit (Certified Judge, Hong Kong
Koi Club) spoke excellent English and was quite
willing to discuss judging decisions with me.
Led by Tanaka san, my team were
responsible for the 60 bu class; which took a
considerable time to judge, as it contained very
large numbers of koi, especially in Go-Sanke
(Kohaku, Sanke and Showa) varieties. We must
have walked many miles that day amongst the
literally hundreds of show bins.
There were over a thousand koi exhibited for
this Golden Jubilee event, demonstrating superb
quality. We noticed especially that the grade
of Sanke shown this year was really excellent.
Numbers of jumbo koi (over 80 bu) were also
high; judging Grand Champion, the first event of
the day, was hard work for all the judges, with
so many potential koi to check. This was made
even more difficult because of the size of the
show site.
English Style shows mean you have to
visit a great many bins to check individual koi,
whereas in years gone by, a Japanese Style show
allowed all koi of the same size and variety to be
Counting the votes for GC.
A top quality Sanke at the show.
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placed together; judging them was far easier. I
remember visiting the Shinkokai and ZNA shows
in the 90s and marvelling over the huge tanks
containing large numbers of jumbo koi, creating
an incredibly impressive display. Nowadays,
with KHV an ever-present threat, this practice is
unsafe for modern shows.
Judging occupied most of Saturday after
initial ceremonies and Judges’ meeting. We
were fortunate in having a superb day weatherwise, as well. It was a real treat, in November to
have such a warm and sunny day. In fact, our
whole long weekend was the same, giving us a
wonderful opportunity on our spare Friday to
explore the area around Hiroshima.
Yuko had recommended that we visit the
Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, just off
the mainland coast, south of Hiroshima City. We
decided to make this our destination and set off
after a rather leisurely breakfast, later regretted,
as there was so much to see on Miyajima Island,
we needed far more time than we actually had
available! Just getting there took over an hour,
requiring two trains and a ferry. However,
Miyajima and its beautiful shrine were indeed
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The gate to the Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima.
The gate to the mountain walk.
One of the small shrines on Miyajima.
A favourite spot on Miyajima.
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Autumn colour on Miyajima.
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One of the deer on Miyajima.
Ian with his favourite maple on Miyajima.
Special black pine and ginko trees.
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very well worth the visit.
There are in fact several shrines on the island
plus wonderful walks up into the hills. The trees,
all in full autumn glory of colour, just took our
breath away, magnificent golden Ginko and
scarlet leaved maples in every direction. Not
forgetting the wonderfully pruned and sculptured
black pine trees everywhere, any one of which
Ian would have given ten years of his life to
transport back home.
We had a truly wonderful day exploring as
much of the island as we could plus sampling
some of the tasty snacks on offer at many little
shops lining the narrow streets around the ferry
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Takahiro Omosako makes sure my glass is filled.
ZNA Golden Jubilee GC.
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Entertainers welcoming guests to the banquet.
terminal. Like Nara, visited in 2013, Miyajima
is home to a large herd of sacred deer, which
wander everywhere and are happy to get their
noses into everything! Although there are
instructions not to feed the deer, of course they
manage to con a lot of visitors into giving them
the odd bite to eat.
Miyajima, like Nara, provides an incredible
contrast to mainland cities in Japan, so heavily
industrialised. Places like this are a visit to
another world, lifting spirits with the beautiful
landscapes, shrines and quaint old-fashioned
streets and houses. We definitely would like to
return to Miyajima, preferably to stay for a night
or two and really make the most of a very special
place.
On Saturday, after the successful conclusion
to the judging process, which saw “Lion Queen”,
the 2014 Shinkokai Grand Champion Showa, now
an incredible 103 cm, again unbeatable at the
ZNA Golden Jubilee event, we headed back to
the Hotel Clayton Bay, in Kure, for the banquet.
We were staying at this hotel, alongside many
other attendees to the show. It was wonderful not
to have to travel anywhere else for dinner; this
weekend involved a huge amount of travelling!
The banquet was superb, wonderful food and
seemingly endless supplies of beer and sake. It
appears to be the custom that you take a bottle
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Grand Zipangu winning Matsukawabake.
Australian Friendship Award winner.
of beer or sake with you when table hopping
to greet people, filling their glasses at the same
time!
This means you don’t really know how much
you have had to drink, because the second the
level goes down even a centimetre in your glass,
it is filled up again!
We were entertained early on by a troupe
of players who cleverly pantomimed a fairly
complex story involving fishermen. During the
dinner, several of the major show winning koi
were also presented and discussed and their
owners applauded. All in all, it was a really
lovely evening during which we had chance to
catch up with many old friends, for example
Takahiro Omosako, with whom I judged the
Washington Koi & Water Garden Show (Seattle)
in 2008.
Sadly, on Sunday, we had to pack our bags
to leave. Although we were able to spend half the
morning at the showground, enjoying a closer
look at the special show winners, because of the
distance back to Narita airport to catch our flight
home, we decided to err on the side of caution
and make sure we had plenty of time to get there.
This meant we missed the awards ceremony,
so we organised with Yuko to present the
Australian Friendship award, for which Ian had
selected a jumbo Tancho Showa, in honour of
this “special variety” selected for the Golden
Jubilee show.
Retracing our journey across Japan involved
a local train first to Hiroshima, then the
Shinkosan to Osaka. Since we had a flight out
of Kansai Airport in Osaka, we needed another
train for the hour-long journey from Shin Osaka
station to Kansai. Osaka is a truly massive city.
We caught the shuttle from Kansai to Narita
without any problems and arrived in good time
for the Sydney flight. It is a very long trip to
Hiroshima, but it did give us more experience
of travelling in Japan, always valuable. The
Shinkosan high-speed trains are incredibly
efficient, eating up huge distances in very short
time. We could do with a few in Australia! The
only sad thing about them in Japan is that they
seem to largely travel through tunnels. I guess in
such a mountainous country, it is inevitable, but
it means you don’t have chance to enjoy much
scenery when travelling!
Until next time, my grateful thanks to ZNA
for a wonderful Japanese show experience. ■
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Tokyo Terry’s Japanese Koi Terms
Tokyo Terry
varieties).
Dear Koi Club Members,
(iv) HANATSUKI (Han Nahr Soo Kee)—this means
the Hi (red) extends down the nose.
Every month or so I hope to improve our
understanding of common koi terms (and the
pronunciation) used by both the Western koi
keepers I have met around the world and our
of course by the Japanese breeders and keepers.
By improving our knowledge and use of these
relatively commonly used koi descriptions we
expand our overall enjoyment of the hobby.
This month, more terms about koi head patterns...
(i) HACHI (pronounced Hah Chee)—this means
the head.
(ii) GAKU HI (Gah Koo Hee)—red on the upper
part of the koi face (forehead).
(v) KABUTO (Kah Boo Toh)—this means red on
the lips (as opposed to Aka Nana or red nose). ■
Never release
your koi
Members are reminded of
their responsibility never to
accidentally or deliberately
release koi into any waterways.
(iii) HAGERU (Hah Geh Roo)—this means no
blurring on the head (especially in metallic
F e b r u a r y — M a r c h 2 01 5
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Table show results
January
Sanke
Showa
Bekko Utsurimono
Hikarimoyo
Hikari Utsuri
Koromo
1st2nd
T McNeil & L Rayment G & L Fameli
John Rhodes
T McNeil & L Rayment
T McNeil & L Rayment
G & L Fameli
G & L Fameli
T McNeil & L Rayment
Judges: Paul Miglionico (shadowed by Dave Durrant)
Judge’s Choice: Kinki Utsuri (Hikari Utsuri)
Graham & Lee Fameli
January Judge’s Choice: Kinki Utsuri (Hikari
Utsuri), Graham and Lee Fameli
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AKA REPORTER
Supplies available to AKA
members
Contact Ron and Max Farrugia for all supplies listed on (02) 9533 2546 or 0403 029 532
Hours: Mon to Fri 8.00 am - 8.00 pm Sat and Sun 8.00 am - 11.00 am
FOOD
Flake-Tropical
1 kg Flake
200 mg
Fry Food
1 kg
AKA Growth Food
5 kg
No.1 High Protein Crumble 1kg No.2 High Protein Crumble
1kg
No.3 High Protein Crumble 1kg
Baby Koi Pellets
1kg
Pond Sticks
4 kg
AKA Premium Growth Food 5 kg AKA Growth Food (small pellet) 5kg
Orca Quick Grow medium
koi food 10 kg $35.00
$8.00
$20.00
$35.00
$19.00
$19.00
$19.00
$8.00
$35.00
$40.00
$35
$75.00
MEDICINE
Malachite Green
20 gms
Methylene Blue
18 gms
Phenoxotol - fin and tail rot
Clean Fish CF 50
1litre
Condy’s Crystals
200 gms
Oil of Cloves
100 ml
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$40.00
$25.00
$25.00
AIR
Air Stones small
Air Stones
50 mm
Air Tube
per metre
Green plastic air tube Roll
$1.00
$6.00
$2.00
$50.00
PUMPS
XF 171 Davey Pump
HIBLOW 20 litre/hour HIBLOW 40 litre/hour HIBLOW 60 litre/hour HIBLOW 80 litre/hour Aquarium Air Pump
P.O.A.
$215.00
$230.00
$240.00
$270.00
$25.00
SUBMERSIBLES
King 3 2400 litres/hour
King 4 4800 litres/hour
King 5 6500 litres/hour
King 6 8000 litres/hour
$120.00
$160.00
$180.00
$220.00
WATER
Sodium Thiosulphate
Tri Start
Extra Water Purifier Extra Water Purifier
1 kg
250 ml
1 Litre 20 Litres $15.00
$15.00
$20.00
$180.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Large Plastic Bags
$1.50
Carbonate hardness raising 2 kg
$6.00
Clear Pond
200 mg $30.00
Slurpy Pump — fitted for use $180.00
Algae Fix 500 ml $25.00
Clear plastic Table Show tanks $20.00
“Virkon S” broad spectrum disinfectant
250g $25.00
NETS
6” Nets
10” Nets
$3.00
$5.00
TEST KITS
Ammonia Test Kit
pH Test Kit
Carbon Hardness Test Kit
$20.00
$20.00
$20.00
Please Note: Members’ orders for supplies for
delivery at the monthly meetings are to be in
the Tuesday prior to the meeting.
Members ordering supplies for postal delivery
should send money order or cheque payable
to Australian Koi Association to 32 Hardy Ave,
Riverwood 2210. Please ensure cost of return
postage is included.