Category Archives: Lee’s Blog

Gaz’s Koi Pond YouTube Channel recently uploaded a video of a visit to our store! The video is very interesting and he gives you a guided tour. Please help support his channel, give the video a thumbs up, subscribe post a comment or just say hi.

The importance of maintaining a good level of dissolved oxygen can not be overstated.   Your fish require oxygen to breathe. The bacteria in your filter system utilize it to break down harmful Ammonia and Nitrites. Large amounts of Oxygen is required to decompose organic material in the pond.   A very common misconception regarding […]

At Japanese Water Gardens you will find a tremendous selection of high quality fish on offer.  This year more than ever we have made every effort to put on an unrivaled display.  For those of you who have not visited the store for a while you are definitely in for surprise.  Our latest shipment has passed through quarantine. Those of […]

 This is Part 5 of my step by step drum filter install. Thank you everyone for your patience its been a huge job creating them! Please help support the channel, thumbs up the video, post a comment and subscribe. Just over a week ago we celebrated the 70 year jubilee. We decorated the ponds with Bunting […]

Over the last week we have been busy getting ready for the extended Bank Holiday Weekend.  We are planning to open everyday and will be celebrating the Queens 70 year jubilee by decorating the ponds and running some exciting promotions.  The Koi stock is in excellent condition and our selection is hard to beat. I […]

On Sunday this week we had a bumper day at the store. The fine weather helped to boost Koi sales and when we shut up shop I decided to take half an hour to go round and shoot some video. A lot of people have been asking about floating plants. Good news is water lettuce arrived at […]

Its been another busy week here at the store. Koi sales are going strong at the moment and we have had Koi deliveries going out to Rochdale, Ellistown and Skegness.  I was hopping to go for a paddle in the sea and post a picture on Facebook but oh boy did it rain hard on Wednesday!  Finally I have […]

The bank holiday weekend was one of the busiest we have had in years and It was a pleasure to see so many new faces.  During the week we have been busy putting away deliveries, restocking our fish ponds and and doing general maintenance.  The ponds were given a good water change and the filters were  […]

It certainly looks like summer is just around the corner and this week we have been stocking up on Growth food.  Growth fish food contains a high level of protein to help develop your fish. Good quality fish food will contain animal based proteins as opposed to the cheaper vegetable based proteins contained in less […]

Part Four of the step by guide to installing a drum filter is now available on YouTube. In part four we take a close look at returns, discus how to avoid heavy friction loss and then connect up a UV and air pump. Please help support the channel give the video a thumbs up and […]