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Arctic Blend is Your Best Option for Ensuring Good Water Quality All Winter!

Many pond owners and koi keepers struggle with water quality and the winter months are no exception. During those dark cold months when your water pets are resting peacefully their environment may be posing additional stressors as water quality de

Kujaku Koi Variety

Kujaku koi are members of the Hikari Moyo class. That means Kujaku are a fully-scaled, metallic fish with more than one color. They have a Platinum base color and a secondary color that forms a pattern. The second color can range from red, to oran

Buy and Hold 2022!!

BIG NEWS!!Beginning now thru April 1st we will hold any online Koi purchases over $499 in our new Koi Care Facility without a boarding fee!New Koi will be photographed and listed on the website weekly starting on January 1st. Be sure to check often f

Koi Pond Maintenance for Healthy Fish

Maintaining your koi pond is made easy for you with specific products for an outdoor koi pond. Using Prazi, pond clay, pond salt and beneficial bacteria can give your prized beauties great health and a longer life span for the most enjoyment po

Feed Your Koi Like Family

Koi are extraordinarily colorful fish by nature. Giving them the correct food serves several purposes, from supplying them with bright, gemlike colors to making them healthy and it even will help you to achieve cleaner water in your koi pond.What

SANKE: ONE OF THE BIG-3

Sanke is a three colored non-metallic koi. The term Sanke in Japanese means tri-color, the three colors being white, red and black. This variety has a white base with red (beni) and black (sumi) markings. Sanke, or Taisho Sanke, is a member of the

Kloubec Koi Farm Honored Again!

Kloubec Koi Farm Honored Again! Myron & Ellen Kloubec were honored to accept the 2018 LEADERSHIP IN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AWARD at the 6th Annual Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Leaders Award Dinner on Tuesday March 6, 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa. Th

Kloubec’s Continue Emphasis on Koi Health

We were honored to host 22 USDA veterinarians for a training course !  Kloubec Koi Farm hosted the Iowa State University and USDA APHIS training course, Fin Fish: Foreign and Emerging Diseases . Twenty-two (22) USDA APHIS vet

Industry Notice on KHV: The Threat from Israeli Koi

Israeli Koi transmitted KHV! The dreaded Koi disease KHV is making news again! This time it has hit British Columbia, Canada. The disease was brought in with live Koi imported from Israel.  In response to this terrible situation the Canadian gov

Five Easy Ways to Tell the Difference Between Shiro Bekko and Shiro Utsuri Koi

So, you have a black and white koi and you’re not sure if it is a Shiro Bekko or Shiro Utsuri. In this blog article I’ll explain five easy ways to tell the difference between these two popular koi varieties. Use the illustrations as a visual gui

Buy and Hold Program

BIG NEWS!!  Beginning now thru April 1st we will hold any online Koi purchases over $399 in our new Koi Care Facility without a boarding fee! New Koi will be photographed and listed on the website weekly starting on January 1 st. Be s

The Koi Industry and Koi Hobby are in Jeopardy!

Believe it or not, the US government is considering the inclusion of our beloved Koi, (Cyprinus carpio) to its injurious species list. Being on the injurious species list would mean the movement of the species is strictly prohibited. The tra

What is a Pond Pack? What is a Bulk Pack? And How Do They Differ?

For years I’ve been helping koi enthusiasts find the perfect koi for their pond, or that special fish to add to a koi collection. I enjoy this, whether at koi shows or viewing koi in our online store. For some individuals, choosing the

Every Pond Needs a Shusui

Every Pond Needs a Shusui If you’re collecting all varieties of Koi then your pond needs the addition of a Shusui. As the original Doitsu variety of Koi, Shusui brings a touch of blue to your pond. Shusui (shū-swee) is a non-meta

Understanding the Bekko Variety

The Bekko is a non-metallic two colored koi. It will have a solid base color of white, red, or yellow. The second color is black. It will have Sumi (black) markings on the body. Bekko is a very simple

Top 5 Places to Perform Skin Scrapes on a Koi Fish

The purpose of taking a skin scrape is to obtain a sample of mucus from koi’s cuticle, or slime coat, to analyze under a microscope. The mucus specimen is examined for significant parasitic existence and identification, and as a precursor to tr

Top 10 Symptoms Suggesting Parasite Infestation on Koi:

1.)  Flashing and darting, or rubbing on pond edges. If koi fish are being bothered by parasites you will see them flash or dart about. Many times it appears as if they are trying to rid an irritant or shake something off of their b

2014 Koi Show News

Congratulations to our friends and customers who entered their Kloubec Koi in the Midwest Pond & Koi Society’s 22 nd Annual Koi Show. The show was held at the Darien SportsPlex, near Chicago on July 11-13, 2014. THREE Major Trop

Momotaro Filter Media - Make Miracle Water

This is the Authentic Bacteria House filter media from Japan. Momotaro filter media is sold in 10lb incremements Approximately 5 pcs of media per 10lbs Media Dimensions 3" diameter and 15" long Can be cut into smaller pieces to

Understanding Kigoi and Akame Kigoi

The Kigoi are often overlooked. They can be easily over-shadowed by the flashy or sparkly varieties of Koi. But once you learn to understand the Kigoi you might just become infatuated with its scrumptious yellow-ness. The Kigoi variety

Kohaku: How to Evaluate the Two Colors on a Kohaku

A Kohaku is a white koi fish with red markings. The white base color of the fish is called Shiroji. (sheer-row-gee). The Shiroji base may be more important than the red pigmented markings or the pattern of the markings. Many times the Shiroji b

Iphone and Android Shopping App

We have just released and are currently testing out a shopping app for Apple and Android devices.  We will have special deals and offers for app users and it is an easier way to shop via your mobile device Downloads: Apple:&nb

Kloubec Koi Friendly Bacteria: Get Your Pond Started!

Every pond and water garden needs beneficial bacteria for the nitrogen cycle to run smoothly and efficiently. The nitrogen cycle in a koi pond is the process of breaking down fish waste, toxic compounds, and other debris by good bacteria. It is

What is the best koi fish?

At the koi farm visitors often ask, “What is the best koi fish?” To answer their question I usually reply with a similar question, something like this; “Well, what do YOU think is the best koi fish?” And the response I hear is almost never the

Aeromonas Alley

Aeromonas Alley, just hearing those two words can make a koi-keeper’s skin crawl. As koi hobbyists we know that spring is a stressful time for our koi. Springtime is a period when our koi fish are naturally weak and immunologically stressed aft

My Koi Are Hungry - Feeding Koi Food after a long winter

My Koi Are Hungry! Of course they are……. they’re Koi. We are all very happy to see our much-loved pets after a long winters’ nap, especially if your Koi have spent the winter months in their outdoor pond environment. But, don’t

Follow Us on Ebay

Follow us on Ebay Click Here We have recently redesigned our ebay store and along with our website will have new fish listed sometime mid to late march. One way you can find out right

New Year 2014

THANK YOU!I'd like to begin this newsletter by sending a big THANK YOU to everyone for your patronage in 2013. We sincerely appreciate your business and friendship. We are looking forward to the upcoming 2014 Koi & Water Garden season!Soon we will b

Kloubec Koi For Sale

Kloubec Koi Farm is North America’s premier breeder of healthy koi for sale and champion koi, nishikigoi. We hatch, grow and ship high quality live koi to customers throughout the United States and Canada. Our koi for sale are produced from Japanese

Transporting Fish to a Koi Show

So, you’ve committed to being a ‘wet vendor’ at your local koi show. Congratulations! Now the real work begins. The key to a successful tradeshow outcome is to provide the best quality koi possible. Start with fish purchased from a reputable koi b

How to Net and Handle Koi Fish The Right Way

If you’ve ever watched a seasoned pro net and bag a koi and thought to yourself, “Looks pretty simple, I could do that,” and if you’ve ever chased a koi around a retail tank with a net until your brow beads up with sweat and your arms are burning

Kloubec Choice Pond Packs

Are you looking to buy a larger quantity of Koi, or just can’t decide?  Let us pick for you. Kloubec Koi Farm is offering our Kloubec Choice Packs that contain 6”-8” sized koi. Kloubec Choice Mix Packs are availa

Kloubec Koi Is The Only US Breeder Offering Rare Akame Kigoi For Sale

  Are you or your koi friends searching for rare and unique Koi varieties? Kloubec Koi Farm is the only American Koi Breeder that produces Akame Kigoi. Akame Kigoi are non-metallic yellow Koi with red eyes. We've rece

Kloubec Koi Farm Wins Grand Champion!

The American Koi Breeders Association held its 4th Annual Koi Breeders Show on July 9 & 10, 2010. The location was at the Darien Sportsplex in Darien, Illinois, and was in conjunction with the Mid-West Pond & Koi Society Annual Koi

Kloubec Koi take prizes at Indianapolis Koi Show!

Many Kloubec Koi earned top honors at the Indianapolis 2nd Annual Koi Show in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 12-13, 2010!!  Fourteen awards to be exact. Several Koi returned to the show-ring following a win at the 2009 Koi Sho

Kloubec Wins at KOI AMERICA!

A Kloubec Koi Farm Kohaku earned Baby Champion at KOI AMERICA 2009!                    Our Kohaku, owned by Art Lembke of Maryland,  compete

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