Group photo with Champion Nishikigoi sign

CCKS Take Party Van to Champion Koi Appreciation Day

CCKS members and friends had a fun and amazing experience at the 2025 Koi Appreciation Day hosted by Champion Nishikigoi! About 25 CCKS members rented a party van and drove themselves to meet at the annual event held at the Champion Nishikigoi koi shop in San Jose, CA. On the way back, we packed every …

Champion Nishikigoi – 2025 Fresno Koi Show Auction Sponsor

Thank you to Champion Nishikigoi for being the Auction sponsor for the 2025 Fresno Koi Show! Our friends at Champion Nishikigoi have been long-time supporters of CCKS, the Fresno Koi Show, and koi hobbyists around the country! The annual Koi Appreciation Day at Champion Koi in San Jose, CA attracts hobbyists from all over California! …

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Adventures with Our New Tosai Pond

Over the years our koi keeping was improving, but the quality of our koi had not because of spawning in our pond and not knowing how to select koi. It was time to improve the quality of our koi but we did want to spend thousands. A tosai tank allows similar sized koi to grow at a faster rate because they are not competing for koi food with larger koi. It also allows us to save on koi food costs by feeding our tosai high quality food and feeding koi in our main pond less expensive food.

MEET THE EXPERT SERIES: Dr. Jessie Sanders

The Central California Koi Society (CCKS) is hosting an educational MEET THE EXPERT SERIES with Dr. Jessie Sanders, Aquatic Veterinarian, that is free for CCKS members on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Shinzen Friendship Garden. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 202412:00 – 2:00 pm Topic: Happy & Healthy Koi By: Jessie Sanders, DVM, DABVPHead Veterinarian and …

“Panic at the Pond”

So now, we have this pond, with koi, and some instruction on what to do with the equipment, and some without. As pond keepers we go about our life, enjoying the koi, feeding them, taking pictures of them, until one day, something goes wrong.

A fish swims the wrong way, or not like the others, a koi develops a red mark, raised scale, or even worse we find a deceased koi – every pond keeper’s nightmare!

What to do? What to do? The “panic at the pond” begins.