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Visit our Web Site at: www.sckoi.comClub Meetings:
The club meets on the third Tuesday of each month except July (Third Thurs-day) and December (No Meeting) in the Willow Glen Public Library, 1157 Minne-sota Ave, San Jose, CA 95125. Check the web site Calendar for updates and amap. At our meetings we get acquainted with any guests, address any pondissues from guests or members. We generally follow this with a presentationwhich is usually related to pond or water gardening. Finally, we enjoy refresh-ments and open discussion.
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2014 SCVKWG Holiday PartyDavid’s Restaurant
Sun, 12/1/13
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Officers Phone Email
President Frank Mullaney (408) 691-2656 [email protected]
Vice President Cal Hansen (408) 394-4642 [email protected]
Secretary Don Chamberlain (408) 594-4161 [email protected]
Treasurer Eve Bretzke (408) 559-7762 [email protected]
Board of Directors
Cal Hansen
Dave Shelley
Don Chamberlain
Frank Mullaney
Rita Hughes
Sanjiv Kapoor
Club Functions Phone Email
Program Director Cal Hansen (408) 394-4642 [email protected]
Email Don Chamberlain (408) 594-4161 [email protected]
Splash Don Chamberlain (408) 594-4161 [email protected]
Website Don Chamberlain (408) 594-4161 [email protected]
Club Equipment Cal Hansen (408) 394-4642 [email protected]
Pond Tour Selection Dave Shelley (408) 269-5911 [email protected]
Event Coordinator Open Need a Volunteer for this Critical Role
Dealer Relations Cal Hansen (408) 394-4642 [email protected]
AKCA Representative Don Chamberlain (408) 594-4161 [email protected]
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December Steering Committee Meeting
The Steering Committee did not meet during Decem-ber.
December MeetingThere was no regular meeting in December.
BekkoTortoise shell black markings along the dorsum.There are white (shiro), red (aka) and yellow (ki) vari-eties.
Menu PlanningFor years my menu planning consisted of wanderingup and down the aisles of the supermarket and pluck-ing anything that looked interesting off the shelf. Thiswould often result in looking into the pantry from time
to time and finding products that had expired fiveyears ago.
After a mere 50 or 60 years of this nonsense, I finallydecided a more sophisticated approach was calledfor. Fortunately for me an ad for Ziplist found it’s wayinto my email box along with all the other junk mailand I signed up.
It’s quite handy actually and I’d recommend it to any-one. They send me recipes regularly which I can addto my own online recipe book. I now use these to planour meals weekly and only buy the ingredientsneeded. I’m sure I’ll miss that 10 year old soup mixthough.
Until recently I used a similar approach to feeding mykoi. Like a lot of folks I’d throw a hand full in andwatch them eagerly devour it.
I knew I should feed more than once a day and some-times I did, but usually not. Last spring, Mike Perret,one of our long time members gave a talk on a varietyof koi keeping subjects.
One of the subjects he emphasized was the greatresults from feeding your koi sufficiently and regularly.Shortly after that I came across an article publishedby the Mid-Atlantic Koi Club back in 2004.
The article was written by Ray Jordan from the TexasKoi & Fancy Goldfish Society. It summarized a dis-cussion with Futoshi Maruyama. Maruyama-san isthe owner-operator of the Maruyama Koi Farm inIsawa, Yamanashi, Japan. He is famous for his
Club dues are $30.00 per year. Our fiscal yearstarts July 1, so if you join before that date, yourdues for the remainder of the current year will beprorated at the rate of $2.50 per month.
To join, send your name, address, phone numberand email address along with your check for duesto:
SCVKWGPO Box 9006
San Jose, CA 95157
Or better yet, come to a meeting and give yourinformation and check to Eve.
Treasurer’s Report
Since the Splash is widely distributed and avail-able online, the Treasurer’s Report is no longerpublished.
The report is provided at each meeting.
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“kagura” kohaku displaying their incredible rich deepreds.
This year I tried to follow Maruyama-san’s feedingplan, but it didn’t seem quite right. Then I realized hewas talking to enthusiasts in Texas. Of course theseasonal temperature ranges listed weren’t correctfor this area.
For 2014 I developed a menu plan for my koi basedon the seasonal temperatures I expect to see.
• Dec-Feb, Water Temp Increasing: 40-55°F
Do not feed 2-3 year old koi for 4 to 8 weeks, for older koi for 8 to 12 weeks. This allows the koi to reabsorb excess fat and females to absorb their eggs. It develops stronger color purity and depth.
• Mar-May, Water Temp Increasing: 55-70°F
Begin feeding all season low protein food. Start at .25% of body weight daily and slowly increase to .5% as the temperature approaches 70°F.
• Jun-Jul, Water Temp Increasing: 70-80°F
Continue feeding low protein food, gradually increasing to 1.5% of body weight daily as water temperature increases.
• Aug-Sep, Water Temp Decreasing, 80-65°F
Increase feeding with high protein food to 2 or 3% of body weight. Carefully monitor water parame-ters. Your filtration may not be able to handle this much food!
• Oct, Water Temp Decreasing, 65-60°F
Resume feeding low protein food and slowly decrease feeding to 1% of body weight.
• Nov, Water Temp Decreasing, 60-50°F
Decrease feeding low protein food from .5 to .25% of body weight.
Low protein or “all seasons” koi food contains lessthan 40% protein and is suitable for feeding most ofthe time. High protein or “growth” food containsaround 45% protein and should be fed during the latesummer and early fall.
It takes your koi between 2 and 2 1/2 hours to digesttheir food when the water temperature is warm. Dur-ing the warmer months it would be best to feed yourkoi 4 or 5 times a day.
If you can’t hang around to feed your koi, an auto-mated koi feeder might be a good investment. As thewater cools down it takes them longer to digest theirfood, so you’ll only want to feed 1 or 2 times a day.
You may be wondering how to determine your koi’sbody weight. Well, there’s an app for that..., probably,but you don’t need to download and install anything.Just visit our website, http://www.sckoi.com and clickon the link “Koi & Water Garden Society of CentralNew York Calculators”.
Their collection of calculators includes a handy lengthto weight calculator. In early March when things startto warm up is a great time to capture your koi, mea-sure them, check for any injuries or ulcers, treat asrequired and put them back into the pond all fresh andready for a new season.
You can then put together a new meal plan for theupcoming season.
My 2014 Koi Feed Plan Spreadsheet
SCVKWG Holiday Party 12/1/2013
Our annual Holiday Dinner was held Sunday evening,December 1 at David’s Restaurant in Santa Clara.Aside from the opportunity for club members to gettogether and celebrate the holidays, the event recog-
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nizes the club membersthat volunteered their timeor their ponds this year.
Everyone working eighthours or more at clubevents this year and pondtour owners were treatedto a free dinner. And apretty good dinner it was.
The entrees were:
• Prime Rib Au Jus
• Chicken Saute Sec
• Roasted Stuffed Pep-per With HerbedRisotto
We had a real nice turnoutwith 41 attendees. Theroom was abuzz allevening as we caught upand reminisced about theevents of the past year.
Here are some scenes
from the party.
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Spring Time in Santa ClaraWith these cold days and smoggy air, spring time may seem far off, but it’ll be here before you know it. Justas we’re preparing for our Pond Tour, our friends in ZNA NorCal are planning their annual koi show.
Always a treat to see those beautiful, large koi. Put it on your calendar now.
Our SponsorsPlease support our sponsors. They help make our club possible and provide valuable products andservices to koi keepers and water gardeners.
While we love their ads and you depend on them to get the koi and supplies you need, SKVKWG doesnot endorse any business or product. Please use your best judgement when selecting a vendor orproduct.
Splash rates are per year (10 issues). All ads willalso appear on our website and will be linked to yourwebsite if possible. Ads placed mid-year will be pro-rated based on the number of issues remainingbefore July.
Annual Pond Tour Guide rates are for the tour guidefor our annual pond tour held in July. A specialcombo rate is available if you’d like to place thesame ad in the Tour Guide and the Splash.
To place an ad, please send ad copy (pdf or jpg file)to [email protected] and we’ll send you a bill.Your ad will appear in the next issue after we receiveyour check.
Advertising Rates
Annual Pond Tour Guide
Business Card $25.00
Quarter Page $50.00
Half Page $100.00
Full Page $200.00
Back Cover $250.00
Splash 1 Year
Business Card $35.00
Quarter Page $95.00
Half Page $175.00
Full Page $325.00
Combo Annual Pond Tour Guide/Splash 1 Year
Business Card $50.00
Quarter Page $125.00
Half Page $250.00
Full Page $500.00
Back Cover Guide/Full Page Splash
$525.00
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Santa Clara Valley Koi & Water Garden ClubPO Box 9006
Sab Jose, CA 95157
Still lots of room for more ads here!
A cost effective way to connect withlots of koi & water garden enthusiastsin the Bay area.
