South Africa National Champion 2007, supplied by Tim
This year has been long and fairly interesting for me. Not being able to pursue something that I love has been difficult and I am now happy and excited that I can get back into dealing with Koi.
The new facility will be fabulous once it is finished; state-of-the-art ponds, dedicated quarantine facilities and dry goods (which I am looking forward to). The one thing that will not change is the sale of the best, healthy Koi available at a fantastic value.
I will be in Japan in October/November visiting all of the top breeders, posting daily pictures, videos and updates so please be sure to keep checking on the new website. The website is currently under construction and we are working on it daily. There will be constant updates such as the latest news, events and happenings. I want to make the site a great source of information therefore if anyone has any ideas on certain things you would like to see then please contact me. Dry goods will be appearing on the site as soon as possible but for now, the fish will take priority.
Our new Koi should arrive in the UK early December 2008 and we will be sure to post pictures on the website. Customers, old and new are always welcome to come and have a look at the stock and see for themselves what we are trying to achieve, there’s always a coffee waiting for you!
We will be using our own high class food, which you may remember (more information on the food will be on the website). We will also have a full range of Evolution Aqua equipment, piping and fittings and all of the Koi accessories that you could possibly want from a Koi shop!
We also offer full/partial pond building services as we have our own builders and trusted fibreglassers. If there is anything you require to be done to your Koi pond just send an email/call us and we can get plans into action. We have our own machine and waste disposal services making it more efficient, easier and more cost effective for us to do the job.
The new facility is going to be a huge venture, with so much happening within the year. Next year will see an even bigger push! We plan on building outdoor mud ponds where we will grow our Koi. We have a 150,000 gallon covered concrete pond which we will trial next year as a dedicated growing pond during the warmer months. In the future, we will offer the growing service to our clients having yearly harvest days, which should be great fun. Some clients may even harvest their own Koi!
We will open in December 2008 for general customers but will wait until 2009 (and a nice time in the year) for our Grand Opening Party. We hope to have some very special guests at the farm’s grand opening and to have put the finishing touches on the shop and ponds so until then, please accept there maybe a little mess around the place.
I would like to take this time to thank everyone for their continued support. It has been awesome. I have been tinkering with the website all year, and I have been surprised by the amount of traffic already. A massive thank you to my clients in South Africa and France who have been patient and supportive; it means a great deal. Also, a special thank you to my ‘regulars’ in the UK who have pushed me on to get all this done; it’s an opportunity of a life time that I can’t wait to get stuck in!
So please bookmark the new site and get ready for our Japan trip in October. If there are any specific questions you would like to ask any breeders while I am there, drop me a line. As I mentioned, the site will be updated regularly with pictures and videos. If there is anything specific you are looking for fish-wise, please let me know and I will see what I can find!