BKKS National Koi show 2021 (The best of British)
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- The BKKS (British koi keepers Society) hold a national show annually in the UK where people from all over the UK and further bring their best koi along for us all to enjoy and to hopefully pick up a prize or two along the way. In this video I will show you the koi that where exhibited across all sizes and classes. This is unashamedly a video about the Koi and nothing else so grab a cup of tea and relax and enjoy.
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Awesome Daz! You dwelt just long enough on the fish, the stars of the show. Some quality fish there.
Quality what beautiful koi👍
Thanks for the shout out Darren👌🏽👍🏼👏🏼
You're welcome mate, good to meet you 👍👍👍
Absolutely stunning koi on show. It is easy to see why people fall in love with koi and take up the koi keeping hobby when you see these fish. Cheers.
Yes that's very true mate. I think it is the sheer size and presence that attracts a lot of new people to the hobby. It certainly was what did it for me when I first walked in to infiltration all those years ago.
Absolutely lovely just listening to your relaxing music and watching all the amazing koi fish. at the show Wish I could have been there to meet everyone Thanks Carol 🙏🐟🐟🐟🐟🙏
Hi Carol, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. Thanks a lot. Of all my videos this is the only one I've watched properly more than once. I've put it on the TV a couple of times and just had a cup of tea and watched the koi 😁😁
Some really beautiful koi there Daz mate. Thanks for sharing 👍
Take care 🐟😎👍🏼
Hi mate, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. Yes some real belters. I'm very jealous and having ideas of bigger ponds again. I have to resist or it will definitely end in divorce this time 😁😁
@@DazzleKoi hope you had a great holiday 😎👍🏼
Haha, I know exactly what you mean 🤣 👍🏼 its nice to dream tho 😄.
Take care mate 🐟😎👍🏼
Nice vid Daz wow what a Koi a worthy champ.
Cheers Dave, definitely. Amazing to keep it in such good condition whilst growing it to that size. All it takes is one knock or lost scale, or even a shimi and its all over. I don't think I could handle the pressure, I wouldn't sleep at night 😁😁
We were there on Saturday
Would have been nice to meet you
Hopefully the next one 🤞
Some amazing koi on show there
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Hi mate, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. Yeah some really great fish. Maybe see you at the West Midlands at the beginning of October?
Nice to have met you fella. Stay safe
You too mate, look after yourself 🍻🍻
Nice video. I spotted you as you were chatting to Steve from Catandeye. May be next time we will meet 😊
Hi Lau, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. You should have come over, I'm sorry I didn't see you. It was all a bit rushed unfortunately with only getting there so late.
Thanks Daz
The music is bang on goes with the footage or finnage I should say very well
Cheers Simon
Hi mate, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. That's good to hear as I spent ages trying to find the right music 😁😁
I’ve decided to big a larger pond to keep Koi long term I picked some crackers up from Angel Koi in Gateshead
I definitely been bit by the bug your channel, Tim’s and others have been invaluable information
Thanks Simon 👏👏👏
Thanks Simon, that's how it starts. Before you know it you'll have a pond the size of a swimming pool and no money!!! Good luck with the new pond build, keep me posted with how it goes 👍👍
Will do Daz thanks for the replies and help very much appreciated Simon
Gutted I didn’t get to see you/say hello at the show. After watching all your videos for all this time it would have been nice to meet you in person, perhaps next time 👍🐟🈲😊
Hi mate, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. How about the Birmingham and West Midlands show? Are you planning on going there Oct 2nd and 3rd? I hope to get down there but it will depend on what day my wife is working that weekend
@@DazzleKoi hello there, yes I know you were on holiday as I saw your teaser fo the Japanese garden, we were about 7 miles away in Padstow. We’ve gone past the signs for the Japanese garden so many times but never popped in . Will be interested to see your video of it👍😊. Yes I am definite going to the Bham show in October but not sure what day yet. Perhaps we can touch base before the event and see if we can be there at same time 👍🐟🈲😊
Cool, we didn't go to Padstow this time as we thought it would be crowded, what with Rick Stein and school hols etc. How was it.
Yes definitely going to the show. I'm a bit reliant on my wife and what day she has off. She works either sat or sun every weekend and it varies all the time.
Evening, you did the right thing staying away from Padstow, it was horrendous!!! Fortunately we only walked in from the monument side a couple of times to use the facilities but certainly wouldn’t venture any further in. Crowds couldn’t spoil the magnificent beaches and costal walks so we still thoroughly enjoyed our break. I’m really looking forward to the Birmingham show so let me know what day you are going when you know as it would be great to say hello. Stay safe👍🐟🈲😊
Daz can I ask you what product you used to clad the front of your pond thanks?
I’m gonna build mine with breeze block and clad it.
Got some lovely Koi from Angel koi Gateshead and they gpnna need a bigger home next year
Cheers Simon
Hi Simon, you probably know this but you need concrete blocks for the pond walls, not breeze blocks. 7N dense concrete blocks are the ones you want.
They are split face tiles on the outside, I got them from here
mrs-stone-store.com/natural-stone-tiles/mo101/eco-black-split-face-slate-tile-600x150x8-20-maxi/
@@DazzleKoi thanks Daz mate , it looks easy enough to do and Brian at AK is gonna scope it for me before I get my shovel out erm mechanical digger sorry !!!!! It’s gonna be triangular shape then elongated squares on the end of the points . It’s a small garden but my Mrs has agreed I can have a big lump of it she actually likes Koi too which is a bonus , eventually I try and source some Tamasaba once it’s built I probably Chuck a couple of Bristol Shubunkins in too I’m raising fry at the mo they are a spectacular fish it’s a shame they are so rare . A pal of mine who’s a goldfish breeder and one of the best in the north east us strengthening the bloodline at mo it’s be me too narrow .
The pond will be predominantly koi but a few high end Bristols and Tamasaba will make great viewing from the pond window
I love watching koi from above from the side not so however these pond windows are a great idea as I have learned for finding lost scales potential ulcers and allows the koi keeper to get on top quicker . Added bonus is watching a few high end fancies swimming with their big cousins
I picked up some lovely koi mind a Chagoi which is Marusie is it ? And fish from Hiro ? All Tosai
The gin rin Hi Utsuri are probably me faves stunning fish
It’s probably the 10 years as a goldfish fancier in me anything black and gold hits the button.
There is some nice fish I got
Koi are definitely addictive I was just gonna rear Tosai till they got too big for my 800 gallon pond now we building a bigger pond
You did say the bug will bite 😊😊😊
Thanks again and enjoy the bank holiday 👍👍👍
Cheers mate, that sounds really cool. I do agree about windows, I was very much against them back in the day when they started to appear as koi are definitely best appreciated from above. I put mine in mainly for my new grandson to see the koi without needing to try to climb up the side. I wouldn't be without it now, as you say, its great for keeping an eye on them and I would even say its a must if you intend covering the pond in winter.
@@DazzleKoi defo mate
To busy this year to go to the show😞. Never have been to one yet. Looking forward to next year mate. Will definitely be going and taking the misses she wants to go to👍
I'll definitely be getting there earlier next year 😁😁
great vid mate wish u spoke over giving info what type of koi they where
Hi Humphrey, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. Yes I did intend doing that originally but with being so late to the show I just wasn't able to collect all the info on sizes etc so I just went for this option instead. Maybe next time I can do that 👍👍👍
Please do a video about "WATER CHANGE", Thank you!
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Afternoon daz ,you know your bakki shower do you just use the infra media or do you put filter floss at the top which wat is best mate ? Oh and also have you noticed if your water is going yellow from the kano media mate
Hi mate, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. No mate, definitely no filter floss. That would just slow the water down. You want the velocity for a shower to work properly. If you use the correct ceramic medias they will consume some solid waste to so filter floss is a big no no.
No yellow colour, no. Its ceramic so it cant dissolve. Still working brilliant, no nitrates at all since I started it up 👍👍👍
@@DazzleKoi cheers daz 👍🏻
Hi Daz, never been to show hope to go one day and maybe enter a couple of fish, can you advise whether the ph level in the tanks are at a set level for all shows, also water temps
Hi Paddy, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday.
Those are very interesting questions and I'll be honest I don't know the answers. I've never thought about that before.
I do know that the water is unheated so its at natural ambient temperature. Anyone taking koi to a show would stop feeding a week or so before the show (so they don't produce ammonia in the vats) and turn off any heating gradually so the koi are in ambient water.
Regarding pH, I can only assume they run the vats somewhere quite neutral, around 7.5 maybe. And then gradually acclimatise koi over an hour or so if their in drastically different water.
Thanks for getting back to me, I've done a bit of researching and I THINK the water at the national show venue is soft, it would make sense, I think most hobbyists that show koi run a low pH, the regional shows pH would vary depending on location and the local koi keepers presumably would have a similar pH whether it low or high, in any case your videos are the most informative on youtube, anytime your visiting N.Wales your more than welcome to drop in.
Cheers
Cheers mate, I'll hold you to that 😁
We actually came back up from Cornwall via Wales but we stayed near Tresaith on the last night and then travelled home to Merseyside from there.
I was all set to go on the Sunday but messed up the car insurance renewal dates so I was off the road 🙄
Damn, I had car issues to but I did catch the last hour. I think there is one more big show this year so all is not lost 👍👍
Lucky GB that you guys had a show, unfortunately nothing happening in N. or S. Ireland...............
Hi there, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. Sorry to hear that, are there any shows planned for later in the year or do you have to wait until next year now?
Hi mate l really could do with some advice, inherited some fish from father in law and lm having a pond built now but apart from that I’m completely blind and worried about damaging them
Hi there, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. I've got a load of videos on most subjects that you will encounter but if you have any specific questions just ask away 👍🍻🍻👍
@@DazzleKoi hi pal, sorry my notifications didn’t come through. I’m just about to fit a gravity fed Oase screenmatic 90000 filter to my pond, it has UV but I also already have a Pond pro UV110 which l was going to place just before the water hits the filter to give it 2 layers of UV. I am right in doing this as it won’t do no harm or am l just being over the top ?
I really appreciate your videos. I don’t always comment but I watch all of your uploads. Thank you for the time you take to share your experiences and experience with koi with us.
Hit here, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday.
Thank you very much for taking the time to say that, it really means a lot 👍👍🍻🍻🥂🥂👍👍
Only 1 thing i don't like about showing koi is that they want you to leave the koi all weekend.
Hi David, sorry for the delay in replying to you, I've been away on holiday. Yeah its a big commitment to trust your koi to someone else for such a long time. I really take my hat off to the people that do it. Having Syd Mitchell in charge of water quality helps put peoples minds at ease too, he really is top of his field when it comes to water.
@@DazzleKoi your water looks good Did they use a carbon filter?, out here in sol cal your lucky to get a water change, and they want me to leave a $5k koi for 2 days.
Ouch. To be honest mate I don't know exactly what they do but there is a big team of people walking around observing the koi, testing the water etc all weekend. They do have a constant trickle of freshwater going in too. Its all controlled by a top water chemistry guy who is extremely good at what he does.
@@DazzleKoi ok yeah we have nothing like that here. I would feel more confident leaving a fish if they did.