The Nisei Koi Farm Blog http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog Nisei Koi Farm Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:02:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Planning for the show begins! http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/planning-for-the-show-begins/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/planning-for-the-show-begins/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:02:29 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2101 We were very excited today to have members of the Mid Atlantic Koi Club come visit the farm today.  We had a great meeting with them about the planning of their June 2nd Young Koi Show here at the farm.

This is going to be a great show!  But, one thing is for sure..HELP IS NEEDED

  Many of you have asked how and/or  have helped us at the farm.   This is another great opportunity to get involved and learn about koi!  If you are intersted, please contact us here at Quality Koi and we can direct you to the club.

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Unfortunally, we did not get the tanks all moved yesterday and after a night of heavy rain, the guys came into a very wet and muddy farm with this morning.  The wind is adding to the not ideal conditions to be moving these large tanks. But, we can’t go onto a third day of rental, so the job had to be done.

Yes, Mat is talking on his cell to a customer while running the machine! 

]]> http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/day-2-of-moving-tanks/feed/ 0 Moving Day http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/moving-day/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/moving-day/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:45:24 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2086 For more years then i can remember, we had large black fiberglass tanks sitting behind our office. These 8 large tanks were orginally to be used in our greenhouses, but we were unsucessful in using them as planned.  They were then placed aside until another project called for them. 

Our new greenhouse, which does not call for them,  is planned to go up right where these tanks are sitting.

To move these large tanks required us to rent a large crane to move them – no, nothing here is easy!

I was on the phone when i looked out my window and saw a large tank in the air..i yelled i had to run and my customer yelled “GRAB THE CAMARA!”

The tanks are being moved the the opposite side of the farm, near the Turnpike.  They are planned to stay there and in the future be used as winter storage for our small tosai that have to spend the winter in the mud ponds.

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Here is Mat giving a tour of the farm to the Aquaculture Class from Rutgers University

]]> http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/tours/feed/ 0 From the Mid Atlantic Koi Club http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/from-the-mid-atlantic-koi-club/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/from-the-mid-atlantic-koi-club/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:48:14 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2080 Subject: [MAKC] MAKC Young Koi Show

Hold the Date !

June 2, 2012

We will be holding a Young Koi Show at the

Nisei Koi Farm
Carneys Point, NJ 08069

in conjunction with our annual meeting

We’re hard at work preparing a fantastic event!

Be prepared to come and have a great time.

More information to follow shortly.

]]> http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/from-the-mid-atlantic-koi-club/feed/ 0 What a way to start the New Year. http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/what-a-way-to-start-the-new-year/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2012/01/what-a-way-to-start-the-new-year/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:24:20 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2070 After enjoying our holiday with our family, we were welcome back by a visitor to the farm.

Its sights like these that remind us of how lucky we are to work on a farm!

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Behind the scenes in Cargo..

]]> http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/12/checked-in/feed/ 0 Home for the Holidays http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:50:31 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2061 We know its been a while since we blogged. I assure you that its not becuase we havent been here- Just the opposite! 

Things here on the farm have been very busy. Our limited staff has proven to be a bit challenging.  But,  Mat is on with new updates for the farm, as we are getting ready for many exciting events here at the farm in 2012.

Today is a rainy day in NJ and the job of the day is to ship a large shipment of koi to sunnier skies for the holidays.  Yes, these are BIG girls!

]]> http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays/feed/ 0 NEW Koromo Tosai for available in B.E.T.T. Sale http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/11/new-koromo-tosai-for-available-in-b-e-t-t-sale/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/11/new-koromo-tosai-for-available-in-b-e-t-t-sale/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:27:44 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2059 Check out the newest group of tosai from our Ai Goromo female  – http://www.qualitykoi.com/koicatalog/138-koi-for-sale-bett/143-maggie-ai-goromo-2011-offspring

Maggie

]]> http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/11/new-koromo-tosai-for-available-in-b-e-t-t-sale/feed/ 0 Heading to ZNA Northern California Koi Show! http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/11/heading-to-zna-northern-caifornia-showa/ http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/11/heading-to-zna-northern-caifornia-showa/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:25:56 +0000 admin http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/?p=2054 http://www.qualitykoi.com/koi-fish-blog/2011/11/heading-to-zna-northern-caifornia-showa/feed/ 0