2016 MKPC Pond Tour
5th Annual Pond Tour MKPC Pond & Water Garden Tour
The 2016 Pond Tour was a success with over 450 guests touring the 10 ponds. There was something […]
How to Quarantine Your Koi
Every so often, you will come across a Koi that you can’t resist and just have to buy, but how do you know that this fish isn’t carrying harmful diseases that could spread to your other Koi? It’s very important to make sure all new fish are disease free before adding them to your pond, […]
Japan Through the Eyes of Dick Thomas
See Japan through the Eyes of Dick Thomas
Speaker: Dick Thomas
April 23, 2016 @ 1pm
Go on a trip for the day with Dick Thomas, fellow hobbyist, ZNA Assistant Certified Koi Judge and ZNA NA District Chair, and see Japan through his eyes as he searches for that special future Koi. Dick has taken many trips to Japan to […]
2015 MKPC Pond Tour
MKPC 2015 Pond and Water Garden Tour
Solar Presentation – May 2015
How was our May meeting on solar energy, everyone who attended loved it, to sum it up in one word it was “phenomenal” If you missed this meeting you most likely missed the best club outing we will have this year.
Homeowner Conrad Richards and Mark Haggerty from Michigan Solar solutions did a great job of […]
March 2015 – Ellen and Myron of Kloubec Koi Farm
What a great meeting. Ellen and Myron drove up from Iowa to be at our first MKPC meeting of the year. Myron gave us a brief history on how they evolved from a family farm (almost 100 yrs old) to a Koi farm. Myron could talk all day on filtration and water quality. He spoke […]
2014 MKPC Pond Tour
MKPC 2014 Pond and Water Garden Tour
Every July is the time of year we choose a city or area in Southeast Michigan for our Annual Pond and Water Garden Tour. In 2014, we had eight wonderful ponds in the city of Livonia. Our starting location was the home of one of our long time and […]
May 17, 2014 – Breeding and Producing Quality Koi in America
Mat, McCann, the breeder and general manager of Nisei Koi Farm (Quality Koi Farm) located in New Jersey, gave a slide presentation on the process that is involved in breeding and subsequently producing koi of good quality. Nisei Koi Farm breeds their own Koi using parent fish that were purchased from Japan and some parent […]
Sand Gravel Filter
If you missed the class, you missed a treat. I think the SG class was great. There were six new filters made by Bruce Modetz, Mary Schraffenberger, Ray Alexander, Ervin Daniels, Antonette Daniels and Paul Baresi. The best part about the class is that Rick Venable, Mike Conrad, Pat Daly and William Patterson pitched in […]
Recovering From Winter
The March event was held at the home of Bruce and Debbie Modetz. The topics covered were an open discussion on algae, parasites and what we should do when opening our ponds after a hard winter. This has been a very hard and cold winter, so we also discussed helpful hints on treatments and early […]