KOI CLUB OF SAN DIEGONEWSLETTERDecember 2024 |
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We need a Secretary to take notes once a month at our Steering Committee meeting.
Gift table volunteer to distribute the tickets, read them off at the end of each meeting and take home any leftover items.
Japanese Friendship Garden volunteer to help with filter cleaning Mondays at 8 am. 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. If interested, please email Linda lpluth@cox.net.
Item donations are needed for the gift table. 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.
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December Koi Club of San Diego Meeting
Sunday, December 8th, 2024 |
OUR HOSTS WILL BE Frank and Nancy Cannizzaro 11727 Invierno Drive San Diego , CA 92124
Social hour - 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm Meeting begins at 1 pm ATTENTION - SEVERE ALLERGY: PLEASE DO NOT bring or wear anything containing cinnamon; you do not need to bring food or a chair. We will be doing a Secret Santa gift exchange, please bring a gift under $25 if you would like to participate. | |
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ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS
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STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
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Wednesday, December11th 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 John Svelan and Lenore Wade, photography by Bill Newell
Nancy and Frank Cannizzaro |
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I want to thank the Cannizzaro’s who have been hosting our special Christmas event for a number of years. They go above and beyond the ordinary hosting duties to make a memorable event for us. Those of you who have hosted know what this entails, but Frank and Nancy prepare and serve ALL of the food for us, so their involvement is way beyond what is expected. I know you will appreciate spending the day with the Cannizzaro family and your fellow club members. |
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Frank & Nancy reside in a one-of-a-kind home on a canyon ridge in a quiet neighborhood of Tierrasanta. In the 19 years they have lived there, they have transformed the house and yard into a nature paradise surrounded by eclectic treasures created by the talented couple. Both Nancy and Frank are now retired. Nancy, with a little help from a few friends, dug out the 7,000 gallon Koi pond then with the help of Frank, they built the cover. Regardless of how you slice the projects you’ll find that teamwork is definitely the key to making this home a paradise. As you will see in the photos captured by Bill Newell, every direction is filled with a jaw dropping surprise. One example is the Huge Octopus that Nancy constructed from pvc pipes and papier-mache (and has been weathering with age over the past several years). When asked why is it sitting on top of a fence? the answer became obvious… it catches the rainwater off the roof in one tentacle and disburses the water to the canyon through the other seven! I should have known that I guess. I might add that Nancy recycles ‘everything’ into some new form of artwork from bottle caps to plant cuttings… nothing goes to waste!
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This beautiful pond with 2 full size bridges is the home of 12 medium (12” to 30”) size very healthy Koi that were adopted through the Vagabond Koi Rescue Program. The extensive plants help maintain the crystal-clear water. They also have a fully enclosed junior pond for 5+- junior Koi and a hand full of gold fish for color. Living on a
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canyon with hungry and curious raccoons, bob cats and cougars helped redesign many aspects of both ponds. For example… they had a bee problem. It was hot, the bees were thirsty and the pond was the place to find a little refreshment. No biggie, right? Well maybe not until they told their friends about this cool place. Before long hundreds of bees were dropping by for a visit. Frank and Nancy placed a small pond in the direct flight of the bees and filled it with landing plants so the bees mostly stay out of the big pond. This was safer for the bees as the largest Koi enjoys waiting silently where bees come to land in the big pond; then he lunges at them and smiles.
This year, the latest addition is Elephant Ear plants. They are huge and delightful. The leaves droop as they disintegrate and the Koi nibble on them. No waste – no cleanup. They also covered the bridges with fake grass. Totally different look now.
Thank you, Frank & Nancy, for sharing your home and your Ponder Profile! |
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEby Matt Rhoades |
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Two months to go!!!!
Cory and Shannon Burke held over their fantastic Halloween decorations to show off their wonderful home for the November general meeting. After enjoying a Thanksgiving - themed potluck, we were given talks on a solar powered pond pump system and Koi Jack went over the Hikari Muji variety of koi. Lots of interesting discussion. Cory played a game of guessing the number of mini “suns” in the jar ( no Koi Jack - not the “red dwarf stars”). Great meeting, great talk, great people.
The show is progressing along with two months to go. The trucks are ordered, the vendors are signing up for booths, and exhibitors are slipping in to reserve their tank(s) for the show. If you are going to show your koi, it's a good time to reserve your tank…now. Let me know (ASAP) if you are able to volunteer to help set-up/at/ tear-down the show. I especially need around 6-7 people to do these tasks: 1.) truck one (Ben) goes to San Diego Pond and Garden to retrieve tanks and bring them to the show arena. That truck needs at least four people (per trip to pick up tanks) to meet at SD Pond and load the truck. This truck makes two trips.
2.) Truck two (Julia) goes to the storage site and picks up the equipment needed for the show. That truck needs two people at Dean Strasser's house to load the truck. Contact me at showchair.kcsd@gmail.com if you can help ANYWHERE/ ANYTIME before/during/after the show; thank you in advance. Much appreciated.
And this is only the tip of the iceberg, but many helping hands make the task light and more fun; so please sign up to volunteer for this big event (help my peace of mind so I can sleep better at night). Again, my email is: showchair.kcsd@gmail.com
See you all at the Christmas theme general meeting at the home of Frank and Nancy Cannizzaro in Tierra Santa. There will be a White Elephant gift exchange, with a $25 maximum. It is always a good time.
The hosts will be providing all the food, so please bring no food items for the potluck. Also please remember the host is allergic to cinnamon, so no cinnamon-based scents (i.e. perfumes and colognes),
Until then; Enjoy the koi and your holidays,
Matt Rhoades
Go kichi for koi |
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November Meeting Photos by Bill Newell
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WELCOME BACK RENEWING MEMBERS!
Tony and Sasi Limvorapun
Carla Montijo and Micheal Ramirez
Zhi Hu and Monica Ma |
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KHA KORNERby "Koi Jack" Chapman |
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Winter Time in Southern California (updated)
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So, your pond temps are now down in the lower 60’s F and some of us are in the upper 50’s for past couple weeks. You may not need your additional oxygen with colder water temps and a reasonable fish load. You should have noticed a slowing down of all thing’s koi do during the summer months. You should have adjusted your feeding schedule and greatly reduced or eliminated any High protein food (40+%) as your koi can no longer fully metabolize it and most of it just goes out the vent and turns into food for the bad bugs and increased potential for issues with your koi’s health come spring. Koi are a four-season fish and when pond temps drop below 56F your feeding schedule needs to be further reduced to less than daily and consider stop feeding all together at 50 to 52F.
A few general winter time reminders:
- 1. Reducing your heavy summer maintenance schedule during winter is not a bad thing – but this does not mean to totally eliminate maintenance for three or four months. I still recommend weekly water quality checks (pond temp, pH, NH3 – ammonia, KH - alkalinity and at least a 10% weekly water change).
- 2. Having milder winters in our area (especially on the coast) can lead to a collection of the bad bacteria (disease causing) in any detritus on the bottom of your pond. Remember this stuff (Aeromonas) continues to multiply down to around 49 degrees. So, if you have a collection of organic matter in your pond or filter system it will feed the bad bacteria and you could end up with sick koi. Note: This is all during the time when your koi’s immune system is at its lowest capabilities. Sick koi in cold water are VERY slow to respond to treatment and often require being moved to a sick tank with a heater. $$ And, while most parasites are taking a break during winter, Chilodonella Cyprini is a winter time parasite (active in the 40s and 50s degree range) and we had a couple cases last winter season. And lastly with this junk in your pond – come spring it will severally increase your chances of developing sick koi early on!!!!
- 3. So not the time to stop looking at your koi. With cooler water temps the koi spend more time around or sitting on the bottom of your pond (normal behavior) – and if you’ve got the bad bugs growing in the stuff on the bottom of your pond or in the water column you could have FIN ROT on the anal fin and the bottom of the tail or even pec fins. When they forage on the bottom you can even have mouth rot appear. Additionally, you will also notice a change in your koi’s color during this time of year. The sumi (black) on most koi will show improvement in all ways and very nice to see and observe during the colder water season. However, a few koi will do just the opposite as in Ochiba Shigure can lighten the sumi outlines on the scales (right down to gone). We have one at the Japanese Friendship Garden and for the fifth year now she does not look as good during winter and come spring the sumi outline will return. Also, it is the time of year that Kumonryu will increase the amount of white for the first few years of life before becoming more stable later in life. It’s a cool time to observe your koi; LOL.
- 4. Some people (me included) have been slow to reduce feeding as we move to winter temps (for us) and the amount of waste in the ponds has increased – just another reason to keep up with maintenance and you know what? “Early morning poop watch.” IT CAN TELL YOU SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOUR KOI ARE OR ARE NOT DOING WITH THE FOOD YOU ARE FEEDING. When you see a lot of waste, that’s undigested food from the koi and food for the bad bacteria. Maybe it is time to reduce amount and review food choices. It’s the one thing that makes me change my feeding regimen.
- 5. In winter your koi don’t assimilate (digest) protein as well from animal sources. So, it’s time to look closer to what’s in your koi feed, even the All Seasons labels, and consider the wheat base koi feed for this time of year.
- 6. Don’t change from your winter-feeding schedule just because it has been or will be warmer for a couple days. Just Don’t Do It! With pond temp at 58 degrees in the AM – it’s time to consider not feeding every day (maybe every other day); at 55 degrees maybe every third day; and at 50/51/52 degrees consider stop feeding. I like to have my no-feed time to be four to six weeks each year. Usually about Jan15 to Feb15 as that’s the recorded coldest time of the year for my location.
- 7. When I get into the temps contained in paragraph 6 (actually at 63 and 58 degrees) I change out all my higher protein foods for all season and/or Wheat-Germ. And yes, I also add Manda Fu when my pond temp reaches 58. But we all know how much I love experimenting with all things we feed our koi, (cooked long grain white rice, red yams and edamame) but you can rest assured your koi will do fine with a diet of just commercially sold koi food pellets developed for winter time, and a proper feeding schedule.
Taking care of your four-season koi during winter is important and basic to the health and welfare of our koi. Stay healthy and safe.
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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