As I wrote this article, I found myself using the term “traditional” to describe koi ponds with clean lines and more of a geometric design than those natural koi ponds seen in beautiful Japanese Zen gardens. This made me pause to consider my choice of words. As Steve Urkel would say, “Did I do that?” […]
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The demand for goldfish has declined dramatically in recent years, while the koi market is growing more quickly than ever. Unfortunately, making the switch from goldfish to koi requires much more than just a bigger pond! In this data-rich article, Conrad Kleinholz offers the expertise you’ll need to prepare your pond for the big boys.
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Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Work Alongside Business Icon Gary Vaynerchuk and Transform a Legendary Family Pond Fitz’s Fish Ponds is proud to announce an extraordinary pond build event taking place the week leading up to Koi Fest 2025. From August 18 through August 22, a select group of pond builders, entrepreneurs, and creators will come together
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Save the date! Fitz’s Fish Ponds will host their 3rd Annual Koi Fest as well as the 2nd Annual Tri-State ZNA Koi Show on Saturday, August 24, 2024.
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The inaugural All American Koi Show held in Las Vegas March 23rd and 24th was an incredible experience for all koi hobbyists that attended and showed koi.
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Koi Fest 2023 blew us at FFP out of the water! This was an all-hands-on-deck event for us, and we couldn’t have been happier to host at our farm in Milford, NJ.
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On Jan. 18, 2023, Fitz’s Fish Ponds received its largest shipment to date. It included 308 boxes with 2,992 koi. The shipment weighed 11 tons and contained some of the most beautiful koi the United States has ever seen. This is the single-handed largest koi shipment that has ever been brought over to the United
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On Saturday, September 3rd, Fitz’s Fish Ponds hosted one of the largest events in the industry– the first annual Koi Fest! Koi Fest was designed to provide a day where koi hobbyists could receive the best prices and deals on koi at the end of the season while also enjoying some great prizes and giveaways,
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Fish need oxygen! Adequate amounts of dissolved oxygen are crucial for all pond and fish life. Unfortunately, oxygen is one of the most overlooked parameters of water quality in the retail setting, as well as in koi ponds. Low dissolved oxygen (DO) is an underestimated cause of many fish losses. As a koi seller, it
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When people ask how long I’ve been in the pond and koi business, I usually have to start way back in 1964. That’s when Connie’s Tropical Fish first opened. Connie was my grandfather’s brother’s wife, and though I never met her, she had quite a reputation for running a gem of a little shop. My
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