The Charleston Showa Koi Club

The Charleston Showa Koi Club is a group of hobbyists who keep Koi Carp. Members live in and around the Charleston, South Carolina area and usually meet from 2-5 PM on the 2nd Sunday of each month at a member's home. We serve as a valuable support network for our members, providing health advice, a library of Koi related material and equipment. We also host numerous public events and educational trips.

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August 2011 - Newsletter

Written by Linda Lewis. Posted in Newsletters

august Our last meeting at the SPCA was very informative and as usual the food was great. We had folks from the Greenville Koi and Water Garden Club visiting with us. We also received information on how to construct a different kind of filter, a DIY sand/gravel filter. Check with someone who attended the meeting to get guidance on that. Read More  

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The Budo That Wouldn't Die

Written by Robert Lewis. Posted in Articles

This is a story that needs telling, not one that I am proud of, but one you need to hear. I got this Budo-Goromo when a good friend came down to look at Grant and Penny’s pond. It was the first part of January and, as you may remember, it had been very cold for Charleston, with a couple of nights in the low thirties. Well, I figured he was coming from Virginia so it was still colder up there than here, so I didn’t have a warm place for the fish. We all drove to my house to drop off the fish, pick up Linda and then go out for dinner. We got to the house I was  asked what the water temperature of the tank was, - it was 40 degrees. ‘Why?’ I asked, ‘What temperature is the fish in? ’75 degrees’, he replied. I hadn’t thought about his greenhouses! Well, with no other choice, we put the bag in the tank and went to dinner.

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Crossing the Pond

Written by Ralph Owens. Posted in Articles

The first decision was made, we would accept my company’s offer to relocate to South Carolina in the USA from Stafford in England. But then came the really big decision. What are we going to do with the fish? The rational thing to do would be to sell them or give them away. But the terms "rational" and "Koi keeping" seem to be misnomers and after all these were our friends. So the commitment was made that we would move to the US and take our Koi with us. Once the commitment was made we then had to plan the details. The plan was that we would transfer the fish from our pond to a friend who lived nearby, build a pond when we got to the US, and then have the fish flown over. We guessed that this would take about 6 months.

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Johnna's Paste Food

Written by Johnna Hansen. Posted in Articles

In the Charleston Showa Koi Club we are lucky enough to have the enthusiastic Johnna Hansen as a member. As one of our certified Koi Health Advisor's, Johnna has done a lot of research into Koi nutrition. Adapting a recipe from Bill in the UK, she has created a paste food recipe that provides all of the nutrients our Koi require.  She has also made up batches of the food for our members. Johnna has also kindly allowed us to publish her recipe on the web site.

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Pond Tour

Written by Trish Bender. Posted in Pond Tour

It's the 9th annual pond tour this year on May 12th from 9am until 4pm.  The finale thats from 5pm until 7pm is lots of fun with good food, auction items and raffle prizes.  The cost is $10.00 ticket.   If you'd like to see some of the ponds that will be on the tour just go to pond pictures on the web site.  We had great fun last year.  Just remember the tour benefits the Charleston Animal Society.  As we get closer to the time of the tour we will be posting the ticket sale locations and the finale location.

 

For all members we are now requesting that you register your ponds for the tour.  Just contact  Kathy Over at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or Robert Lewis at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  to get your registration form.   

 

We are also getting advertisements for the ticket booklet currently so if you would like to advertise your business in our ticket booklet please contact Richard Gallagher at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or Linda Lewis at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  This is great exposure for your business.  We usually sale about 200 booklets each year.