SEP 2008 - Valley Of The Sun Koi Club, Inc.

NEWSLETTER
September
2008
Issue 5
www.vskc.net
Meeting Notice: September 21
1:30pm Pond Viewing 2:00 Meeting
Bryan and Robbi’s House
Presidents Message
By Bryan McCleney
Hope all is well with you, your family and your koi. I look forward to a
busy and successful year as we start to meet again. The first meeting
is a special meeting for current club members with the first viewing
and selecting of auction koi. Please make a special point to attend
the first meeting. Come hungry, we will have lots of good eats. Bring
some cash or your checkbook if you want to buy a koi. Come
revitalized from your summer vacation to have some fun!
Dollar an Inch Koi Auction!
Join us for a koi auction for current club members at the September
meeting. We have had a busy summer rescuing koi and currently we
have many beautiful koi in our rescue pond looking for a new homes.
In addition to the Lansing’s donated koi, Robbi and I have purchased a
few new babies and will be donating some of them for the auction.
You must be a current club member. These Koi are not for resale, they
only for your enjoyment. We have bags, bands, and oxygen, but you
need to bring your own boxes or containers such as an ice chest to
take your koi home.
Business Note
If you want an item placed on the board agenda please contact Bryan
prior to the
McCleney at or
st
meeting on September 21 .
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Rocky Mountain Koi Club Show
Robbi and I along with Michael Cox (KOI Nations) took a few days out of the
heat and joined the Rocky Mountain Koi Club for their annual show at the
Tagawa Garden Center in Parker Colorado. We left Phoenix during a
monsoon storm of rain with a temp over 100 degrees. We arrived in
Colorado for a once in a lifetime rain and hail storm with high in the low 60’s
and 50’s. The show did not skip a beat as it is held in green houses full of
beautiful plants and wonderful koi hobbyist. If you are looking for a show to
visit or want to show your koi this is a wonderful show to attend. John and
Barb Flowers are the show chairs and they did an awesome job and next year
is the 20th RMKC show.
Ultra Balance
Koi Nations at work!
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Eastern Nishikigoi
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VSKC Officers
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
FINANCE & NEW MEMBERSHIP
AKCA REPRESENTATIVE
WEBMASTER
MEMBER AT LARGE
EX-OFFICCO MEMBERS AT LARGE
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
BRYAN MCCLENEY
NIKKI PRITCHARD
DEREK TANG
DAVID YEE
DENNIS BEARD
TOM AYERS
ROBBIE MCCLENEY –
CORREY GARRETT
MEYA COX
Membership Information
Not sure when your membership expires? Contact Derek at:
Valley Of The Sun Koi Club
C/O Derek Tang
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Support our Supporters!
CTK Quality Pond Products at 623-907-5505 or
[email protected] is owned and operated by Brain,
manufactures filters and pumps, builds, designs and performs pond
repair. He and his father also manufacture Koi food sold at about $3 a
pound in bulk. You can customer order Koi from Japan and he can
provide advise on ill Koi.
At Pond Perfecter, we know that our customers want
their experience to be convenient and efficient. Our goal
has always been to provide our customers with the
highest quality workmanship. They also require a wide
selection of services and knowledge about all aspects
of water features, fish and aquatic plants from us. To
meet these needs, we provide our customers with the following:
• Custom Design Water Features
• Aquatic Plants
• Fish
• Supplies Maintenance & Repair Service
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ASK BRYAN
Can I eat Koi?
Carp, common – Cyprinus carpio
The carps original range was limited to temperate Asia and the rivers of the Black Sea
and Aegean basins, notably the Danube, in Europe. Today, they are widely distributed
in North America below the 50th parallel south to the Florida panhandle. Besides North
America, Europe, and Asia, it is also now found in South America, Africa, Australia and
New Zealand. The word "koi" comes from the Japanese, simply meaning "carp." It
includes both the dull grey fish and the brightly colored varieties.
This is one of the largest members of the minnow family, Cyprinidae, and a close
relative of the goldfish (Carassius auratus), with which it hybridizes freely in nature. It is
very prolific, an excellent survivor and is able to tolerate a wide range of conditions and
bottom types, therefore making it an excellent species for pond culture. The common
carp, as a food fish has the ability to survive and adapt to many different climates and
waterways. This adaptation allowed carp to be bartered and spread to many different
areas.
In Europe, where the carp is highly regarded, farmed, and selectively bred, cultivated
carp (referred to as king carp as opposed to wild carp) come in a variety of body shapes
and patterns. They may be fully scaled, partially scaled (mirror carp), or completely
nude (leather carp). They are still the same species and after a few generations in the
wild, will revert to their normal wild form.
Natural color mutations of these carp have occurred
across all populations. However, earliest records of carp
with distinct colors have been found in Japan. Depictions
of carp or 'koi' with different color variations have been
found on 18th century Japanese drawings and paintings.
The ornamental cultivation of carp originated in the Niigata
region of Japan during the Japanese Edo Period. Koi
varieties are distinguished by coloration, patterning, and
scalation. Koi will recognize the person feeding them and gather around him or her at
feeding times. They can be trained to take food from one's hand. If kept properly, koi
can live about 30–40 years. Some have reportedly lived up to 200 years.
(http://www.takemefishing.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi)
So the answer is yes, you can eat Koi but would you want too?
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Valley Of The Sun Koi Club
2427 S. Gaucho Drive
Mesa, AZ 85202
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