Page 14 - Koi Net - On-Line Koi Magazine - Issue 94
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As you may know, our Show is free to enter and having Printed balloons with our
run though our projected costs for the Show, we logo was a nice gift for
children, but sadly with the
established that subject to maintaining the sponsorship hot weather they went off
we have traditionally received and with a small increase with a bang!
in dealer pitch fees, we would be able to keep our vat
SEVERAL NEW fees unchanged.
EXHIBITORS Vats proved very popular this year with several new
WANTED TO names wanting to show with us for the first time and we
quickly had all the vats allocated and a waiting list in
SHOW THEIR place. Having a waiting list is always goods news. It not
only demonstrates the Show is increasing in popularity
KOI THIS YEAR but invariably, for all sorts of reasons, cancellations do
happen and it’s good to know there are hobbyists on
the list who are hopefully conditioning their Koi in
anticipation. And this year was no exception and
everyone on the list was offered a vat at some point
and we also had to fill a couple at short notice from A small tweak was made to the centre ring layout this
elsewhere. year along with some minor adjustments to our dealer
layout to give visitors a little more room.
Monday before the Show arrived and several members
of the club convened at the garden centre to start the Even with the greenhouse sides rolled up, the heat was
build. Day one followed its usual format – brooms out to beating down, and tea breaks were essential, the team
sweep the floor to ensure nothing can damage the vats, cracked on at pace and with several club members we
multiple trips to the lock up to bring all our equipment were soon running ahead of schedule, with vats laid
on site and work with the metal framework supplier who out, dealer pitches marked out and segregated for
sets up the ‘centre ring’ ready for the Show vats (we bio-security, we were soon onto the frills of decorating
Clearwater Koi’s stand
set up ready for their have always believed this is essential for the protection EVEN WITH THE the greenhouse with Koi flags, nobori and newly
Koi to arrive. of the vats albeit a significant hit on the budget). purchased Crouch Valley bunting! The only decorative
GREENHOUSE failure was the balloons. We had purchased balloons
SIDES ROLLED printed with our logo for the Show, a gift for children,
but the heat had other ideas and if you were at the
UP, THE HEAT Show this year would no doubt of heard many loud
bangs!
WAS BEATING
By Wednesday we were ready for water and the
DOWN reservoirs were filling and by early Thursday vats were
filled with dechlorinated water, the air was running and
the ammonia binder was in – we do regular water
changes at the Show and additional changes should
the ammonia rise in a vat, but also use a binder to
protect exhibitors’ Koi and this has proved a
worthwhile investment should, for example, a
spawning event occur (we had two minor spawnings
this year). Some dealers also started their set up on
Thursday and water was pumped into their vats ready
for fish coming in the next day.
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