KOI CLUB OF SAN DIEGONEWSLETTERAugust 2024 |
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KOI CLUB OF SAN DIEGO ANNUAL FRIENDS OF KOI AUCTION
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Dive into the Fin-tastic Koi Auction! Get ready to bring some real treasures into your backyard pond without breaking the bank!
Need to say farewell to some of your precious koi? Find them new water haven to call home at the Auction! |
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WE NEED A SECRETARY! Please help your Club by taking notes once a month at our Steering Committee meeting |
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BIOFILTER CLEANING AT JFGM
Join us on Saturday, September 14th, at 8:00 am to help clean the koi pond’s biofilter. We clean the particulate filter once a week but the biofilter gets cleaned annually each fall. Park behind the Organ Pavilion and walk up the service driveway to the back gate of the Japanese Friendship Garden. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a towel. This is an excellent opportunity to give back to your community and view the inner workings of the pond’s filter system. Any questions, call Linda (619-200-4146) and let her know if you plan on helping. |
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LOOKING FOR GIFT TABLE VOLUNTEER AND GIFT TABLE ITEMS
Anyone can bring an item, koi related or not, for the opportunity table. It’s so much fun to end our meetings on a positive and fun activity. Plants, books, jewelry, unused wedding gifts, Aunt Millie’s old vase anything that someone else might like. Although we no longer sell tickets, your donations help to pay our monthly bills as well as bills for our auction and annual koi show. Please help our club by participating. We also need a volunteer to take charge of the table to distribute the tickets, read them off at the end of each meeting and take home any leftover items.
Please tell an officer if you’re interested in helping your club in this way. |
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JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR MONDAY MORNINGS AROUND 8:00 AM
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We are looking for a member who can help us at the Japanese Friendship Garden on Monday mornings around 8:00am.
Before there was a koi pond in the upper Garden area there was grass. That’s all. We suggested for years that we would take care of the filter system if they would build a koi pond which would become the central jewel to the Garden (there was no canyon Garden at the time). Norm Meck of our club designed the pond (with a few modifications) and Voila! we have a koi pond. We have been taking care of and cleaning the filter system since 1999 really as a community service to Balboa Park.
We would appreciate any help even if you can’t commit to every Monday. Being able to lift 35-40 pounds is necessary to open each section of the deck where the filter is located. AND you get to pick the brain of our KHA/Show Entrant Chairman, Koi Jack, who has been overseeing the fishes health since 2005
If interested, call me and leave a message at 619-200-4146 and/or email me at lpluth@cox.net. Linda Pluth
Japanese Friendship Garden Liaison
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August Koi Club of San Diego Meeting
August 11th, 2024 |
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OUR HOST WILL BE
Scott Holder
Social hour - 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Meeting begins at 1 pm
Please bring a chair and a potluck item
Koi Classification for August’s meeting will be on Goshiki by Koi Jack
2825 B Street, Unit A, San Diego, CA 92102
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ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS
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STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
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Wednesday, August 14th at 7:00 pm (earlier if you are ordering food) ALL MEMBERS WELCOME!
Dennys
2691 Navajo Road El Cajon, CA 92020
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PONDER PROFILE
by Lenore Wade, photography by Bill Newell
Scott Holder |
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In the nine years I have belonged to our Koi club, I have gone to dozens of ponds, many more than once. I have traveled from one end of the county to the other (even to one in Riverside County). I never expected to find one within walking distance of downtown San Diego, especially one at a home built in 1909.Scott Holder’s home is truly from a different time. It was built as the country was transitioning from the Victorian era. The historic designation says it’s a California Bungalow with neoclassical elements. San Diego has delighted in giving different parts of the city special names. So, this treasure of a house is in the Golden Hill neighborhood, which was where wealthy doctors and lawyers once lived.
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When he bought the house in 2000, it was in such bad shape, the bank would not finance it. So, after evicting those who lived there including gang members and a mechanic who littered the yard with automobile pieces and parts,
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he gradually transformed the house into a comfortable and livable four-unit dwelling. After a while and with a bank loan, he changed it into two units. One totally upstairs and his unit totally downstairs.
Scott had quite an interesting journey getting to this part of his life. He was born in Atlanta, but spent most of his youth in North Carolina. (In fact, he was raised in the same Charlotte neighborhood where I lived and taught a few years after he had gone off to college.) He graduated from Duke University with an engineering degree involving the math and science that he loved. Still not being content, he moved to New Zealand in 1991 where he worked for 6 months. Following visa problems, he moved to Hawaii then to Brazil where he taught ESL, then on to Thailand with stops in Europe. In 1998, he ventured to San Francisco where, willing to do anything, he worked in a real estate office. Soon after, he realized he could do better, got his license, and moved to San Diego. Although virtually retired, except when something catches his interest, he still owns Orion real estate just a block away from his home. |
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In 2022, Scott decided he wanted to build an eco-system pond with plant and animal diversity. His dream hit a few snags when his pond was leaking in 31 places. After 3 variations and a lot of back-breaking work, he created a work of art in his large protected back yard. The flowers and plants that surround the pond are a gardener’s dream. There is so much to look at, and to ask questions about. (See if you can find the treasure hidden in the tree.)
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We have all been told that it is not a good idea to mix fish in a koi pond. Scott does NOT have a koi pond, he has 6-7 Shubunkin goldfish, 4 Golden Dojo Loach which love to hide, Hill Stream Loaches that look like little flounders, Medaka Rice Fish and 5 KOI. His fish love Honey-nut Cheerios, and |
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Scott spoils them with fresh baby shrimp. Scott would love to explain the nuts and bolts of his unique creation. I just thoroughly enjoyed looking at and enjoying his world. You may be privileged enough to meet Shambo the cat who adopted Scott! There is plenty of shade in the yard, but be sure to bring your chair. Parking could be a problem, but with patience and a little walking, you will find what you need. |
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEby Matt Rhoades |
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First of all, a big thank
you to Lenore Wade for taking on the responsibilities of the club presidency
for the last two years. She steered us through some rough patches with grace
and professionalism. I hope I can live up to these high standards.
Last month’s meeting was
at the house of Julia Schriber in Sorrento Valley. A couple of Julia’s fish were pulled out of
her pond and Koi Jack commented on the possible ailment of the fish and
possible treatments. It also gave a member of the club the opportunity to net
Koi and learn the proper way. He did
well! Koi Jack also presented the story
of the Asagi variety with tips on how to select a superior Asagi. I heard many lively conversations going on
during the social hour; many of the subjects of koi. After the meeting, Julia
opened up her filter and went about explaining the process and positives of the
Anoxic filtering system that is widely used in Europe.
With the help of Buck
Buckles, Rick Leach, and others, I have been collecting donated koi that I will
house until the auction towards the end of September. Some of these fish are in
the 35-40 inch range and there are some butterfly koi in the lot. My gated
driveway is taking on the appearance of a backyard koi shop. And when the
auction comes around; I’ll probably be asking for a volunteer to help me
“car-pool” the koi to the auction.
The August general meeting
will be taking place at a new venue for the club and I always like to see how
others enjoy their koi. I do hope I am given the opportunity to see the filter
system set-up.
Until then,
Matt Rhoades
Go kichi for koi |
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Photos from the July Club meeting at the Schriber house by Bill Newell
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Art Lucas and Linda Nickerson John and Courtney OBrien WELCOME BACK RENEWING MEMBERS!
Bill and Jeanette Newell
Deborah Szekely
Augusto and Colleen Angelucci
Janet and Leo DeCastro
Chen and Rufina Chiushan
Debbie and Rick Collicott Scott Holder
Diane and Bruce Hartcorn
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KHA KORNERby "Koi Jack" Chapman |
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Koi
Nutrition Protein/Amino Acids |
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Well, there has been more than the usual interest over the past couple months about feeding your koi so when I looked at past KHA Korner articles, I did a nutrition series in 2014, 18 and 22 so must be time to review/update and do a 2024 nutrition series which consist of three basic areas with the first being on protein and amino acids. So, without further introduction welcome to an overview of protein and associated amino acid requirements in a koi’s diet. Protein is an essential element in koi food. I think Duncan Griffiths explained it best when he compared koi key nutritional elements to a car’s engine when he wrote “Generally protein is for building cells and growth, whereas carbohydrate and in particular lipids are the energy to drive the engine, vitamins can be viewed as the spark plugs in the process. Look at it this way ‘protein’ is the mechanical metal lump of a car engine and all what goes to maintain it. The carbohydrate and lipids are the fuel it burns to make it function. Last but not least vitamins are the spark plugs and injectors that make the whole process take place.” There has been a lot of science and research into fish nutritional needs as they are raised as a food source for us humans. From that research fish meal has proven to be the best available and usable protein source in koi processed foods – period. For the science nerds – koi can break down fish meal into smaller amino acid chains than other animal sources of protein – so bottom line look for fish meal in your processed koi food. It’s been said that below 25% protein in your koi’s diet will result in reduced growth potential AND yes you can overdue protein with the non-metabolized protein going out the vent and reducing your water quality and wasting your money. Younger koi during the summer feeding can and do utilize up to say 55% protein, while adult koi are said to be able to process up to 40% protein and mature koi will only need 32 to 35% protein. Yes, this will make you scratch your head for the average back yard koi hobbyist has a mix of aged koi in their pond. I feed to the requirements of my younger koi and deal with the water quality issues appropriately and waste some money. Fish meal also provides all the required 10 essential amino acids (arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine) and another10 or so that are broken down during metabolism by enzymes in the koi digestive track which is about 3.5 times as long as the koi, but no stomach. If any of the 10 essential amino acids are missing in your koi’s (protein) diet then growth/reproduction will suffer and overall health status more than likely will be reduced. Koi cannot synthesize any of their essential required amino acids. Most plant sources of protein are missing one or more of the required 10 amino acids. I’m cutting the science nerd part short in this area as most hobbyists are interested in the basics, but I can’t help myself and will cover protein-sparing as it can affect ammonia production within your koi based on the koi diet. DVM Nicholas Saint-Erne explains it quickly as “Excessive proteins not needed for growth or reproduction are utilized as an energy source instead of fats or carbohydrates. However, because proteins average 16% nitrogen, the breakdown products of protein metabolism are ammonia (NH3) and a small amount, less than 2%, of urea… The ammonia is passively released into the water through the fish’s gills and can lead to toxicity if levels increase. Non-protein energy metabolism does not cause ammonia production. Fats and simple carbohydrates added to the diet have a protein-sparing effect in that they can be used for energy instead of protein, without increasing ammonia production.” Subject for later article. Also, appetite and efficiency of digestion depend on water temperature. They increase proportionally with water temperatures until water temps reach the 80’s. Growth rate, however, increases at a faster rate because koi eat more as temps increase and what they eat gets converted into tissue growth more rapidly at higher temps. Please don’t forget to keep your opened koi food in an airtight container at room temp as air, sunlight, moisture and high temps all degrade the nutritional value of your stored koi food over time. I suggest all your koi processed food purchases be consumed in 90 days if possible. Well, I hope this is helpful the next time you look at the label on your next koi food purchase or even better if it encourages you to review any of the plethora of available info on this subject. AKCA bookstore use to have a couple small pamphlets covering koi nutrition and if you can’t find one you can borrow mine. I also like, Healthy Koi Made Easy by DVM Jessie Sanders which has an excellent chapter on koi nutrition. There are other ample resources on this subject deserving a search and when you find one you like don’t forget to tell me about it - please.
r/koi jack |
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PLEASE VISIT OUR APPAREL SHOP!THANK YOU JAMIE KANES FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS! |
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Koi Person of The Year 2024 Dean Strasser
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First VP-Program: Cory Burke |
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Second VP-Venue: Ben Adams |
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Newsletter editor/ Webmaster: Julia Schriber |
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Membership Chairman: Jill Leach |
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Koi Health Advisor/
Librarian: Jack Chapman |
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Club Historian: Dr. Galen Hansen |
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Property Manager: Al Pierce |
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Correspondence Secretary: Shirley Elswick |
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Japanese Friendship Garden Liaison: Linda Pluth |
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Koi Health Advisor/
Water Quality: Jack Chapman |
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To Host a Meeting: Ben Adams |
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To Submit an Article: Linda Pluth |
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Program/Activities Suggestions: Cory Burke |
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