Page 62 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 92

Ikeage: Harvesting Koi from a mudpond. Koi sock: A special net in the shape of long wide open
stockings which are often used to move Koi.
Oyagoi: The parent Koi used for breeding.
Azukari: To grow Koi a particular time at the best General Koi variety grouping:
possible circumstances. Usually an extra year at the
Go-Sanke: Group with Kohaku, Sanke and Showa.
breeder for instance.
Non-metallic: All other Koi that do not have
T.D.S.: Total Dissolved Salts. The total concentration a metal shine.
of dissolved salts.
Metallic: All Koi with a metal shine.
KH: Carbonate hardness. The total of Carbonate and
bicarbonate concentration in the pond water.
This list of terms and abbreviations is not exhaustive.
GH: Total hardness. The total of mostly the Calcium I don’t even think one can easily make a complete list.
and Magnesium concentration in the pond water. But if you know most of these terms correctly, you can
already “talk some Koi”. A summary like this gives you
U.V.: Ultraviolet light. This or amalgam light is usually a great start where you can even enjoy the hobby for
used to kill Algae. years without having used all these terms. You will
probably make many of these part of your normal
Sieve filter: A coarse filter based on filtration of the vocabulary during your first “Koi years”.
water through a curved RVS plate with open slots.
Drum filter: A coarse filter based on filtration of the
water through a rotating drum with a fine mesh.
Airsieve: A coarse filter based on filtration of the water
through a straight up placed RVS plate with open slots.
These slots are kept from being blocked by waste
using air that flows up alongside the filter.
Trickle: A biological filter where the water falls through
filter medium before falling back into the pond.

MBF: Moving bed filter. A biological filter where the
water is lead through parts of floating filter media
which are moving by lots of aeration.
Skimmer: A drainage from the water surface to the
filter to clear floating leaves for instance.
Bottom drain: A drainage from the bottom of the pond
to remove sinking waste and pond water to the filter.

Airlift: A method of water displacement based on the
rising of air bubbles in a long submerged tube instead
of using pumps.

Qtank: An extra smaller tank or pond which can be
used to care for sick Koi or quarantine new Koi before
they are put in the main Koi pond.
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