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KOI NET

THE ON-LINE KOI MAGAZINE

Welcome to the 12th Issue of Koi Net and the first
Issue of 2019. After a year when everything seemed to
be busy and going well in the Koi industry, it was sad to
hear Gatwick Koi’s tragic news that after checking some
newly imported Koi, Gary called in CEFAS, who
confirmed that the recent import in Gary’s quarantine
facility had tested positive for KHV in two ponds.
Thankfully, Gary’s quarantine facility is in another
building, a short walk from the shop, so no chance of
cross infection. However, Gary has made the decision to
destroy all the Koi in all his quarantine ponds, just to be
on the safe side, which apart from being upsetting, is a
considerable cost to his business.
Koi Net is published by I think this brings everyone’s attention to the importance
Buzz Digital, Fircroft House, of quarantine, but also a reminder, particularly to newer
Fircroft Way, Edenbridge,
Kent TN8 6EJ Koi Keepers that we need to be careful who we
Email: david@buzz-digital.com purchase our Koi from. Thankfully, Gary, like all
reputable Koi Dealers, has an effective quarantine
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On a lighter note, I finished 2018 with a splash, when I
visited my friend Mick Preston with Andy Baker to take a
© Koi Net. Nothing in this
magazine may be reproduced look at the Koi in Mick’s main pond, and bowl a few of
in whole or part without the them. The decking around the pond had become quite
written permission of the wet and slippery, then as I returned the last Kohaku into
publishers. The publisher,
editor and authors accept no the pond, the water and the bowl proved to be heavier
responsibility in respect of any than me and I went in head first. But help was at hand,
products, goods or services
that may be advertised or and after photos had been taken on mobile phones, I
referred to in this issue or for was helped out of Mick’s pond, given the facilities of a
any errors and omissions. hot shower and a full change of clothes. Luckily, Mick is
The views expressed are not
necessarily those of the only about a foot taller than me, so they fitted perfectly!
publisher, editor or anyone
else, but the author of the David Brown
editorial.

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