Npvember 2007
Fall Festival – October meeting held in Walnut Cove
The fall festival was held in
WALNUT COVE, about two
hour from Charlotte.
A
large group turned out to
enjoy Mary‟s chicken stew
and to cook hotdogs over an
open flame.When is the last
time, you actually put a
hotdog on a stick(straight
from the tree) and roasted
your own over an open
flame. Did someone say – “a
long time ago”.
It was
great to see Ron and Mary‟s
place and the commercial
setup they have to raise
and sell fish.
Tanks and
tanks of gorgeous babies
were there to tempt even
the hardcore among us.
(No, I am not adding any
more fish to my pond – well,
maybe just one or two.)
Geoffrey won the halloween
costume contest wearing
his famous soccer player
outfit. Marcia Theroux was
a close second in her cowgirl costume, with a two six
gun (er, water bottle) holster. Geoffrey won a nice
garden koi statue.
Pumpkins were carved and
put out by several members, but it was hands down
winner with Mary Ann Penix„s pumpkin, carved with
an artist‟s touch and handpainted with exquisite koi.
several ask Mary for her
chicken stew recipe and
she indicated that she
just added this and that
and really didn‟t have any
clue as to how she made it.
Yeah, right, it‟s a closely
guarded family secret….
Inside this issue:
Fall Festival
1
Chlorine Poisoning
1-3
Calendar
2
Officers
2
Help wanted
2007
Social Calendar
AKCA NEWS
Membership form
3
3
5
Nov 2-4 Koi Show
Thanks to Ron and Mary for
opening their home and preparing the food. I heard
Dec 9 – Tanya & Tracy
McCorkle = Christmas
Party
CHLORINE POISONING
SUBMITTED BY JACK MCNEARY
It seems that every fishkeeper runs into this problem at one time or another
and yours truly has had his
share of misadventures. I
will try to tell you what I
have learned by way of relating some experiences
that are common to all of us
who keep fish.
My first misadventure was
when I just trickled water
from a garden hose into a
300 gallon holding tank
here at my office. The office is where we have a
6000 gallon koi pond and
several smaller tanks for
plants and fish. I forgot
the hose and left it running
all night. The next morning
all the fish were dead except a few that had washed
I forgot the hose
and left it running
all night.
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Out the overflow and were flounder- I was violating one of my cardi- . The gills will be burned which
ing around in the mud puddles at the nal rules: What ever you do to
in this case is a gray color on the
base of the tank.
fish, do it slowly.
edges of the otherwise red gills.
In this case they were small gold fish
that had volunteered and a couple of
small koi. Since there was nothing of
high value I thought that it was a
cheap way to learn a lesson. Well
unfortunately, it seems very common
to make the same mistake twice...or
more.
This was many years ago, since I have
been keeping koi for over twenty
years. I remember reading about
someone who bought one of those
bulky wind-up kitchen timers. Anytime he opened a valve or added water, he stuck this thing in his pocket
and it reminded him he had stuff going on at the pond. What a great
idea. For a time I tried to remember
to display a flag on a pole when adding water or draining a pond. This
did not seem to work and presently, I
have at least four ponds with fish
that frequently need water changes
or additions. I cannot count the
number of times I have left the water
running longer that I wanted. I always seem to be in a hurry.
As an example:
.
Add water as smally trickle
into the waterfall water. Let it
run overnight if you can, or all
day where you can keep an eye
on the level of the pond.
. Chlorine
often is neutralized
by the distance it has to go in
the pipes before it gets to your
location. Sometimes, there will
be no chlorine in the water at a
given water tap and sometimes
there will be traceable amounts.
.
Add a few fish at a time to . One person knew someone
your pond.
who worked at the wter department and he stated they vary
. Make frequent small water the amount of chlorine based
changes rather than a massive on the time of the year and the
one.
From some post on the my koilist, I have learned some things
of interest concerning chlorine.
. Fish become listless and sometimes come to the surface for
air when there is too much
chlorine.
. Chlorine does not always
affect the fish immediately. I
know of a case where one 12
My most recent misadventure was inch koi survived, three 12 inch
just recently (October 5, 2007) when koi died, all the goldfish(5) surI left the water flowing too fast and vived and one small 7 inch koi
running too long in a 1000 gallon
tank with about thirty nice fish. Everything looked okay that evening, but
the next morning five fish were dead.
I hope I do not lose more fish, but
the gills have to be damaged. This is
stressful to the fish and can lead to
other problems. So far so good.
Whatever you
do to fish, do
it slowly
PKWS 2007
OFFICERS
President Vice Pres.Secretary – Myrtis Manus 704537-4234
Treasurer – Allen Lee 704-2892890
Membership – Dawn Mize 980
-235-9414
Newsletter – Carol Mathis 704
-455-8587
Property Manager – Darrell
Mauldin 704-573-3663
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potential for bacteria and other organisms.
In fact sometimes there is more chlorine in
the water than is recommended by the governing body.(I do not know if that body is
local, state or federal). The point is what
might not hurt the fish one day, possibly will
hurt the fish the next time.
. If you are adding water to a pond and can
let the water enter over a waterfall and combine with a large volume of water, there is
little to any effect a foot away from the water fall. I have been doing this in my 6000
gallon pond for years and have been safe so
far.
LATEST IDEA
HELP WANTED
Information Booth – we’re going to have a booth separate from the tents this year and need people to man the
table handing out brochures and information. Call Darlene at 704-784-1066 to volunteer.
SET-UP AND TEAR DOWN WORKERS. Change of Time
Again on Thursday. We‘re meeting at Darrell &
Elaine‘s place of business at 12:00 noon to pick
up show tanks, etc., and should be at the hotel
by 3:00 p.m. Leo Bollinger is the contact (980-6140737).
Sunday tear down begins at 3:00 p.m. and goes until everything is torn down and packed up.
Thanks to the people who volunteered. It’s still not too
late. Strong backs and “supervisors” needed.
Lastly, I have tried a new idea about making a partial water change filling the 1000-gallon pond. I
have two other empty tanks about 15 feet away
from the 1000-gallon tank. I am filling those tanks
with fresh water and letting them sit for at least a
day. By that time, the chlorine will have evaporated from the water and I can add it to the pond
without having to worry about burning gills. The
water will also be the same temperature as the
pond I am filling. Fortunately, I have a large submersible pump and can move the water very quickly
into the new tank.
We will see how that works out.
- Jack McNeary
People to man hospitality tent.
To those who did
call Mary Ellen at 704-553-2556 - Thanks! Mary Ellen will
be sending out reminders on the sandwich volunteers.
AKCA
SPEAKER
GRANT
FOR UP TO
$400
AWARDED
TO Piedmont Koi
& Water
Garden
Society.
Piedmont Koi & Watergarden was one
of six clubs in America selected by AKCA
to receive a Speaker Grant for up to
$400 for having a speaker at a club
meeting in the next 12 months.
The winning clubs were:
Santa Clarita Koi & Water Garden Club
Florida East Coast Koi & Water Garden
Society
Oklahoma Koi Society
Northwest Koi & Goldfish Club-ZNA
Northwest Chapter
Piedmont Koi & Water Garden Society
Greater Louisville Koi & Goldfish
Society
This means besides having great socials
we can include some really interesting
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KOI SHOW SPEAKERS:
SATURDAY LINE-UP
9:00 am
Pond Chemistry
Roddy Conrad
11:00 am
Building a Proper Koi Pond
Robert Lewis
1:00 pm
DIY Filtration
Ryan Smith
3:00 pm
Picking Koi
Brady Brandwood
New Members Mike and Heather Long are professional
Webmasters and have agreed to take over the PKWS
Web stie.
Allen Lee, Terry and Mary Ellen McClain have agreed to
be nominated for President, Vict President, and Treas-
PKWS
Carol Mathis
1284 Biltmore Drive
Concord, NC 28025
Phone: 704-455-8587
Email: [email protected]
the web!
We’re on
om
s.online.c
www.pkw
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