MONTGOMERY GALVESTON TEXAS POND INSTALLERS BUILDERS-INSTALL-BUILD PONDS-KOI-FISH-CATTLE

 

Montgomery County TX Beach TX Bobville TX Chateau Woods TX Conroe TX Cut and Shoot TX Dacus TX Decker Prairie TX Dobbin TX Egypt TX Fostoria TX Grangerland TX Groceville TX Honea TX Karen TX Keefer TX Keenan TX Magnolia TXMidline TX Montgomery TX Mostyn TX Mount Zion TX New Caney TX Oak Ridge North TX Oklahoma TX Panorama Village TX Patton Village TX Peel Junction TX Pinehurst TX Porter TX Porter Heights TX Rayford TX Roman Forest TX Security TX Shenandoah TX Splendora TX Stagecoach TX Tamina TX The Woodlands TX Timberlane Acres TX Ventura TX Waukegan TX Wigginsville TX Willis TX Woodbranch TX Woodloch TX Youens TX Galveston County Algoa TX Anderson Ways TX Arcadia TX Bacliff TX Bay Harbor TX Bayou Vista TX Bayview TX Bolivar Peninsula TX Caplen TX Clear Lake Shores TX Crystal Beach TX Dickinson TX Fort Crockett TX Friendswood TX Galveston TX Gilchrist TX Glen Cove TX Heights TX High Island TX Hitchcock TX Jamaica Beach TX Kemah TX La Marque TX Lakeside TX League City TX Nadeau TX Port Bolivar TX Red Fish Cove TX San Leon TX Santa Fe TX Sea Isle TX Terramar Beach TX Texas City TX Texas City Junction TX Texas City Terminal Junction TX Tiki Island TX Virginia Point TX

 About Koi Fish

Koi fish, or Nishikigoi, are the product of several centuries of selective breeding of the common brown Asian carp and the German carp.  The first color mutations appeared about 1805. Koi are available in all colors from the purest white, through yellow, orange, red, near-lavender, blues, greens and coal black, in limitless combinations. Most popular in Japan are the Kohaku, a pure white fish with persimmon-red patches arranged in a stepping stone pattern. In the USA, favorite types run the gamut from the legendary "Big Three" (Kohaku, Taisho Sanke, and Showa Sanke, the last two appreciated for varying proportions of white, black and red) to the eye catching Ogons, metallic fish that look like they have been hammered from gold or platinum. New developments are the long fin or butterfly Koi and the Gin Rin Koi, where each scale sparkles like a diamond.   Koi can be purchased from several importers of Japanese Koi, from pet stores or from garden centers.  They are raised commercially in Japan, Singapore, Israel, and in most temperate American states, especially California.  They are usually offered in sizes ranging from three to twenty-four inches.  Japanese shows are filled with  "Jumbos" which exceed three feet in length. Koi starter fish may be purchased for as little as several dollars with nice fish going from about $25 to many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Koi are omnivorous and will eat a great variety of foods.  Special Koi food can be purchased.  Many keepers supplement them with trout chow, catfish chow, bread, Cheerios, peas, lettuce, spinach, fresh shrimp, earthworms and krill.  A real treat for Koi is watermelon.  On occasion Koi have eaten slugs! When Koi become accustomed to your presence, they will eat from your hand.  Some have even been trained to take food from their owner's lips. Koi dispositions are mellow and their toothless mouths are soft.  They pose no danger to smaller fish.  A twenty-four inch Koi can be safely housed with four inch Koi, common goldfish, or comets.  Very slow moving fancy goldfish may have a problem competing for food. Koi ponds can be constructed from concrete, Gahnite, PVC or butyl rubber liners, fiberglass tanks, or they can be housed in natural ponds (not a hole in the ground.)  Ponds should be at least three feet deep with a minimum of three hundred gallons for each mature fish. Though Koi will survive poor conditions, they do best with good filtration and aeration.  Remember, Koi do grow and under ideal conditions, they can reach two feet in three years. It is not unheard of for a happy Koi to live thirty years.  The record in Japan is two hundred and twenty-three years.

 

What jobs need to be done in springtime?

Test your pond water. This will give you an indication of the state of your pond after its seasonal break. Test specifically for pH and nitrate.

Change the UV bulb. Unlike a biofilter where the media will remain and be effective for many years, the UV bulb must be replaced each year to keep green water controlled. Spring time is the most logical time to replace the bulb as it's hardest work will be in the first 4 or 5 months of the season. Even if your current bulb appears to illuminate, its output will have deteriorated from last season, making it less effective against green water. Fit a new bulb now and you can forget about it for another 12 months.

Filter. If your filter has been turned off or even turned down over winter, it will have accumulated a good degree of solid matter. Springtime (sub-10oC) is a superb opportunity to carry out major maintenance as you are able to get away without upsetting its function (unlike summer filter maintenance).

If you have a friend who has been running a heated pond and filter over winter, ask if you can borrow some of their filter extract. This will contain a good cross section of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria (as well as other beneficial micro-organisms) and give your filter performance a real boost.

4. Now is the window of opportunity to remove any settled debris or silt from the pond bottom. Act before the pond's turnover and fish activity increases, mixing the sediment. Rather than using a fine mesh hand-net that will do a good job a stirring up the silt, use a pond-vac.

Did you know that we offer Koi a low protein diet in spring (and autumn) for the pond's health just as much as the koi's. Koi could quite easily be offered a high protein food in spring as it would not do them any harm, however, the elevated levels of waste produced from feeding such a rich diet would soon lead to a water quality problem - and a koi health problem. We feed koi a lower protein diet because it is better for the fish and the filter.

Danger Signs.

Koi emerge in spring with imperfections/sores on their body, or damaged extremities to fins and tail. These symptoms must be treated topically, backed up by a pond treatment regime.
Individual koi showing abnormal behavioral signs. Bowl these koi and check for any obvious external lesions, remembering to check the underside of the koi. Treat accordingly.
Watch out for ammonia and nitrite levels rising, as early feeding can soon overburden a seasonally immature filter. Feed and monitor water quality in tandem and educate the filter to progressively handle more waste.

Custom ponds-Water features

Custom ponds-Water features1

Custom ponds-Water features2

Custom ponds-Water features3

Custom ponds-Water features4

 

 

Designer Properties helps local contractors survive

By JIM LUFKIN — The Sentinel Posted: 09/16/2009 07:20:14 PM -

Local contractors are banding together to survive the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Their organization, Designer Properties, gives homeowners a way to find reliable local trades people for Home improvement projects…..

Designer Properties is your entry into our local contractor referral network. We are local builders, trades people as well as building and home improvement suppliers who have worked together for many years. Many of us know each other; we have worked together, referred work to each other, and called on each other for help with projects over the years.  We are local and want to build our community.

Most of us work by referral and only advertise here. You don’t build up a strong referral base for your business overnight.  It takes a solid track record over a long period of time to earn the trust of customers.  We all know our reputation depends upon the quality and cost of our work.

Our local members offer their community a full spectrum of services. Just click on any one of the categories listed in the columns, and you will find info and photos of projects. To contact a contractor/tradesmen to assist you in meeting your building needs fill out our contact form.  If you can’t find what you’re looking for please contact us via the Contact Us page.

Designer Properties is your local high-value referral network for all your construction and home improvement needs. LET’S KEEP IT LOCAL!

"Q. How do you offer so many service's ?  A. We are a company of Contractors-Tradesmen & Designers,"

| About us | Careers |  

| Landscape Hardscape ||  Remodeling Services |

 

Thank you for visiting Designer Properties. Here you can learn more about us in the comfort of your home/office. It should give you enough insight on why we are one of the busiest companies in the area. We are a Full Site Development company. Designer Properties and Associates is one of the few companies in this business run as a team of Your Local Expert Contractors and Master Tradesman. Our contractors and Tradesman work independently, Under their own contracts have their own license and insurance and responsible for their area of expertise. We are a company that emphasizes a team solutions approach. "Designer Properties boasts a unique, close-knit team of experts in all facets of construction development" we provide **FREE ESTIMATES**. 

 

Free Consultation. Call Designer Properties Now for an Appointment!

Whatever Your Home Needs, Call 24/7 TOLL FREE 1-877-879-0989

Staying in Touch a Courtesy call/email From Designer Properties From Us. We will automatically call you in 1 week after you contact us, Only if we have been unable to contact you, Just to check and see if you are still interested in us discussing your project.

 

It is your responsibility to select the professional you are interested in working with. Any contract or agreement you have with a contractor is between you and the company you select and does not involved our program. By using our website, you agree that should you have a dispute with any company, you must address such dispute directly with the business that performed the work. You also agree to release David W Compton , Designer Properties, and DP and Associates (and our officers, directors, affiliates, directors, affiliates, employees, and agents) from any damages or claims arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.