May 2013 Workshop with Rich Squires

North Idaho Koi Keepers

May 2013 Workshop with Rich Squires

Rich Squires of Hoshi Koi joined our May workshop at Dan & Sharon's home. He just returned from a month "working vacation" at Isawa, Japan with the Sakai family and had a lot to share with us.

The Koi Doctor is a book that Rich found userful in Japan - it is available through the AKCA website.

Rich shared some of the procedures Sakai's shared with him. Their technique of sewing a torn fin and dealing with Dropsy by lancing and cleaning the area are shown above.

Some of the medications used in Japan are not readily available in the US - OTC is a water-borne antibiotic, Bayer Antec “Virkon S”, and Terraco Spray (oxytetracycline hydrochloride and hydrocortisone).

Gene presented Rich with one our beautiful NIKK Friendship Awards and thanked him for sharing so much new information with our group!!

And none of our pondside workshops end without some koi watching and conversations about filtration!!