5-7 days before the shipment is due to arrive you should prepare the pond or tank to create optimal conditions for the new Koi. Below you will find a list of recommendations we would like you to follow:

1) The pond should be filled with new water that never got in contact with any Koi before.

2) The filter-system and oxygen-engine should start running for 5-7 days before the new Koi arrives to ensure good water quality and high oxygen levels.

3) The new Koi should stay in the transport bags. Put the full transport bags into the pond for 10-20 minutes, this way the Koi will slowly get used to the new water temperature. After the 10-20 minutes release the Koi into the pond or tank.

4) Should you be using special salt for Koi ponds we recommend 0.5% salt for the pond to reduce the risk of illness for the Koi (salt kills bacteria).

5) Once the Koi starts eating food do not feed too much as the Koi needs some time to get used to new kinds of food.

6) Hold the Koi in an isolated pond or tank for at least 2 weeks (4 weeks are recommended). We at sc-koi hold all our Koi in isolated ponds for at least one week prior to shipment.

7) The Koi should get some sunlight everyday (the more the better ) to keep the Koi healthy and in good shape. Further more the tank should not be too small. Not enought sunlight, too small sized tank/pond and poor water quality (often caused by leftover Koi food) are the main reasons for poor Koi health!