Spring newsletter

What a winter we have had…

When we moved into the new property in late October 2008 we knew we had a big job on our hands. It is now the end of April and from scratch we have finished the entire barn which is the main sales shop. From building 5 new ponds all running on Nexus 300’s, all fibre glassed and all piped up and then the outsides finished off in aluminum with safety barriers around the upstairs ponds. It really has been a great achievement.
The first shipment of fish came in January this

year and settled into their new ponds without any problems at all. A full credit to the Nexus 300’s for making this so easy for the new fish, within 4 weeks the readings were perfect. The Koi were also perfect in the new environment. Since then the Koi have sold extremely well and we could’nt have hoped for a better start to the new venture.

In February this year we also erected our main poly tunnel outside which is around 100M long and 15M wide.

There are 7 ponds in the tunnel. This will be used mainly for new arrivals, so they can settle down and go through the quarantine period. These will then be moved into the main shop and the sales ponds outside the main shop, which are now under construction.
With April now upon us we have returned to Japan to buy some smaller Koi to bring back to the UK. These will be all hand selected by ourselves and will be coming from Shintaro, Izumiya, Yozaimon, Yamazaki, Yamamatsu, Yagenji,  Hasegawa, Hoshikin to name a few Niigata breeders. We will also be getting an amazing selection from Toshio Sakai in Isawa, Matsunosuke.

There will not be a larger selection from Toshio Sakai or Shintaro in Europe, so a must for serious hobbyists.  There really will be some fantastic Koi here and in very large numbers so there will be a great choice of fish in all varieties, sizes and prices.
These Koi will start arriving at UKNishikigoi from the 23rd of April and then regular shipments throughout the summer months.

We are now starting to build our dry goods collection in the shop. We will be selling all Koi related products from treatments to filtration; we should have everything you may need.

Keep an eye out for offers we may be running on our website through the spring/Summer months.

We are happy to announce we have been made a Saki Hikari premiere dealer which is a great step for us as its certainly one of the best Koi foods in the world today. Along with already being an Evolution Aqua master dealer the shop is moving in the right direction. The work which has been done here at the Farm is only just starting. With new ponds being built literally every single day, the site is really coming on. Our main outside show pond, 4 more poly tunnels to span all the back of the property for growing ponds and don’t forget the 180,000 gallon growing pond which will be covered to make sure the water is nice and warm.

We welcome everyone to come down and see the new stocks or just to have a look at what we are doing around here.

There hasn’t been a single person to come in who hasn’t been impressed and excited with what we are doing so please feel free to visit.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have been down and offered their support, it’s been amazing. Thanks to all the customers in the UK and all over the world for their custom and long may it continue.