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Sept 28
Fall is around the corner and water temperatures are down to the the upper teens (mid 60's Fahrenheit) here in Toronto. The transition to wheat germ food should now be made. We have just begun rebuilding Tony's pond and I'm looking forward to it. It was the first pond I built for a client back in 1995.

I also visited Vincent's pond a couple of weeks ago and we started up the pumps etc. That is a very exciting time and represents the culmination of a lot of work. I have attached some photo's. There is still a lot of finishing work to do. Vincent's pond is also featured as the picture of the month for October

Aug 31
The long wet Summer is drawing to a close. We will soon be rebulding Tony's Pond which will be a big job. We still have some very nice fish left from our last shipment, especially kohaku and kujaku
Aug 6
We are currently working on another rebuild which is an old time concrete pond. Their has been more demo work than anything and today we got a concrete block "wall" up - albeit consisting of 2 courses only. The rain has been record setting and causes clarity issues in ponds and of course interferes with construction. Have been trying to photograph some of our ponds to improve the portfolio which I plan to do over the Winter
July 3
We have started another pond rebuild and have been busy upgrading various filter systems. My talk in Hamilton on Koi Health was well received and I got to chat with some interesting people. I currently considering taking a Veterinary Micro Workshop later in August. Looks very interesting

Was a little disturbed yesterday to visit an aquascapes pond. The guy charged the client more than I would for the same sized pond but without a complete complement of equipment. Pond looked great though, but too shallow, very little filtration and the client was told that the addition of a UV Sterilizer would be "a waste of money". The pond had turned green and had been drained and scrubbed twice recently to "fix the problem". Unfortunately if just resets the problem. Got to like those "service calls" though. There were a couple of fish looking off - I would suspect due to the massive water changes (and the resulting chemistry and temperature differentials). Scrapes revealed nothing. Would expect an "aquascape certified" installer to know better <grin>

June 3
The season is well underway now and we our about to start our second project. We are well stocked at the store and open 7 days a week. The Summer has finally broken through and hopefully we will get some consistent weather. I will be doing a talk in Hamilton on thursday june 12th. on Koi health. More details on the home page

May 6
The season is going strong and the weather is finally coming around. Our plants are in and we are receiving a lot of product orders as well. Our major Japanese Koi shipment will be arriving on thursday and I'm quite excited to see the fish. We are finishing up our pond openings and begin construction this Friday
March 22
The website was down for a week, partly my fault but I also didn't receive the complete and proper information when I spoke the webhost. I only thing I can take away is to double my efforts when I do consults and speak with clients. It really sucks when you don't get all the info or the wrong info. In a more positive vain, the season is almost ready to start here in Toronto, despite the persistent snow. We had record snow falls this year. The winter has been hard on some fish as several clients have reported losses which is upsetting. I have spent a lot of time this winter trying to learn some things and make improvements, these goals are much more difficult to reach during the season
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Sept 29
I have tried to update the look of the site by dumbing down some of the colours. I'm currently planning to add at least 6 more pages over the Winter months including 2 new portfolio pages, another clients ponds page, a new review, a sexing koi page and an article on microscopes. We also hope to revisit Eugene to shoot another video now that his greeenhouse pond is complete
Aug 30
I finally got around to adding a new video. Somewhat dry but could help if you need to replace a pump seal
June 17
I visited Bob's pond this last week to install a UV Sterilizer and snapped a few new photo's
March 23
A new page is up featuring a few flash vids from this years koi health management course in Georgia
Jan 18
10 new pages added for our annual update: why choose us, concrete collar, pond plumbing, consulting, health care: ulceration, how to: tape liners, photography, reviews: aquascapes, portfolio 11, portfolio 12. I have also added 4 embedded flash videos on the Outings:Harvest page

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