Koi Depot of San Diego
12134 Lemon Crest Drive #1
Lakeside, CA 92040
(619) 749-1409
Preparing for spring
Well spring is just around the corner folks....as a matter of fact I see spring walking this way right now!
Every pond keeper and Koi keeper can't wait for spring after a hard winter, some less harsh then others some darn brutal!
Here in San Diego we don't have a real four season type year, either were hot or were cold. Very short in between weather changes, spring season and fall season. Most overall water temp is in the mid 40's to low 50's depending on what part of county you reside. To sum it up were in ideal wintering conditions and don't have a need to heat/cover our ponds.
For some of you will need to take some extra steps in wintering your Koi over. One is to cover your pond and use a heating system of some sort. You also want to keep your system online while doing this. Here again you will stop feeding at around 50 and keep the temperature around the 45-48 degree range, and maintain this for the next 6-10 week period.
You might ask: Does it matter what type of pond, or is because of mainly water quality.
Yes....Water quality is the main factor.You may not like this answer but, it has to do with water quality of course the higher quality the better odds. Aeromonas bacteria counts will be lower and thus allows the Koi immune system to have a better chance to fight it off. If Koi is in a stressed environment the lower the immune status and if bacteria count is high then the odds are koi will get dosed.
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Need Water Garden Service...
Why wait till spring for a clean out! Have your pond healthy and ready for spring, this allows the pond to come into its own natrual balance in spring and be in full bloom. If you have Koi this will allow less stress coming from winter into spring. Allowing there natrual inmune system to build up. Ponds with excessive mulm and debris will allow pathogens to take root before fish's inmune system has fully kicked in.
We have 20 yrs experiance in all forms of the Koi hobby and water gardens.
Systems we service:
Aquascape Systems
Russall Water Gardens Systems
Atlantic Watergardens Systems
EZ-Pro Systems
Pond Sweep Systems
Flow Ranger
Were a full service company that can take care of all your Ponds needs from thinning out plants to full clean-outs! We also can assist you retro fitting existing Ponds with bottom drains and upgrades with filtration systems. We also can help you if you need new pumps or repairs on your pond.
If you are going to be away for any period of time, be sure to leave a contact phone number with your pond watcher so they will know who to call in case of an emergency.
Automatic feeders can also play an important part of your vacation plans.
