 Koi pond water holds Koi, bacteria, algae, debris of all kinds and miscellaneous micro organisms and is constantly building up the end products of their multiple metabolic activities. The water is also losing many minerals and compounds over time as the ponds many biochemical reactions begin to impact on them – in short, Koi pond water quality is permanently in a state of gradual decline and it is the keepers task to rectify and manage this situation.
‘We don’t keep Koi, we just keep water’
(Peter Waddington - Koi 2 Kichi - The Path to Understanding – From mistake to mystique)
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