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Five Towns Koi Ltd, Unit 2, Paramount Business Park, Nile Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent (2026)

21/06/2026

Quick Reminder

To Every one that took part in the Midorigoi Grow and Show last year
Please send your videos in now please
You only have until the 30th June to send them in
No Entry’s will be accepted after this date .
Do it now before you forget
Good luck to all that entered winners to be announced at our open day Saturday July 4th prizes will be presented to the top 3 on the day. #
grow 💪🏽 #

18/06/2026

New Stock
Arriving everyday ready for our open day Saturday 4thJuly
Put it in your diary folks
A fantastic day out for koi enthusiasts with a difference??
You don’t get ripped off by the burger van - you don’t get ripped off on your drinks - you don’t get ripped off by the ice cream van - at most koi shows this costs an arm and a leg not to mention paying to get in ?? After all that paying out are you really getting a bargain??
At The Five Towns Koi Open day
We pay for all that so your savings go straight into your pocket.
An open day with a difference
A grow and show you want to be a part of - ?
We even have luxury toilets meeting all your needs
All we ask is you have a good time and enjoy the day .
Maybe a small token of thanks into the Dougie Mac charity box for the hospitality??
Lots of offers on koi
Discounts on dry goods
Bargains to be had from the auction vat ??🐟🐟🐟🐟
The New EA Cabin will be open
Our pond plant section will be open
Matt from the koi place will be bringing his range of Japanese style filters and will have them for sale on the day - go and have a chat with him
Luke from trident 🔱 ponds will be joining us on the day with Fiberglass koi vats and filters looking for a large koi vat with a window Luke’s your man have a chat
Carl from midlands Fiberglass- will be joining us- talking to people about pond Fibreglassing.
Stuart and Margret will be joining us with floral explosion of bedding plants hanging baskets pot plants and much much more.
A Fantastic day out for koi enthusiasts and garden lovers alike.
Five Towns Koi Open Day
July 4th - 10:00 till 5:00
Paramount business park
Nile street
Burslem
Stoke on Trent
ST62BG
We Look forward to seeing you

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10/06/2026

Well done to all that spotted it - JULY 4th
Yes our open day is July 4th American Independence Day .
Obviously done on purpose to bring it to your attention…….🙈😂
Five Towns Koi open day Saturday July 4th 👍🏻

10/06/2026

FIVE TOWNS KOI - OPEN DAY - SATURDAY 4th June.

Yes folks our open day is just around the corner
Saturday 4th JULY 3 weeks on Saturday put it in your diary guys - this is an open day with a difference?
Not only will we be doing plenty of special offers on koi - koi foods - koi treatments - all your dry goods
In fact everything you need for the modern koi pond and come to think of it - the old fashioned koi ponds as well.
All your koi needs
We have a grow and show - Kase Showa these koi are stunning anyone can enter £120
Simply pay your money before or on the day .
Then we will do a chopstick style draw for placing first second third choose your koi take it home and show it some love ❤️
Then next year you do a short video of your koi and send it to us along with your name and size of koi .
Then we will judge which koi are potentially the best and at next years open day we will present the trophies 🏆 first second and third along with prizes
The owner of the winning koi will be presented £200 cash 💰
Want to be a part of something in the koi world without the snobbery?? This is it
Five Towns koi grow and show
Heated unheated it doesn’t matter we will decide the winner by looks and grace pattern colour body mass
Every koi has a good chance to win it
Even if you come last on the chopstick draw you will
Still have 21 koi to choose from ?
Great to be a part of something- good fun.
We will present prizes to last years grow and show yes our grow and show is followed through unlike many grow and shows.
We will have our New plant section open all your pond plant needs ?
The E/A Cabin will be open
The first of its kind an Evolution Aqua show room
All E/A products on display in one cabin.
E/A special deals prices that other retailers only dream of giving you these prices can only be excepted if purchased on the day the product can be collected in about a weeks time or sent out to you for a small charge for postage.
We will have our burger van ( Martin )
Burger and chips for everyone…. Free on us
Simply book a place though Phil at Telford koi pond
Or direct to us and we will reserve meal tickets for you .
Book under your name please state how many in your party so that enough meal tickets will be reserved for you.
We have free drinks hot or cold drinks… all day .
No Alcohol.
Coming from a distance??
No problem we have luxury toilets - yes folks the luxury toilet block is back with full LED lighting.
We have the ice cream van booked for the afternoon
Once again free on us.
We will be raising money for charity on the day so if you feel you have been looked after please put a donation in one of our charity boxes big or small that’s all we ask.
We will be having spontaneous koi auctions have a go grab yourself a bargain ???
Or beat your competitors to the prize
Matt from the koi place will be displaying his range of Japanese style filters and sharing his knowledge.
He spent many years with the late Peter Waddington who many believe bought Japanese koi and koi keeping to the working man his knowledge is vast and his humour is even bigger 😂
We also have Luke from trident ponds 🔱
Displaying his full range of products - have a chat he may have the answer to your perfect dream pond.
Have I mentioned? The grow and show ?
Here at five towns koi we like to do things differently
We know how expensive a day out can be so we take care of that for you.
Last year we had a large number of YouTubers you can spot some in the pictures come down and have a chat with them they are happy to chat 💬
All we need is you and the weather 🌞
May the sun ☀️ shine
Not been to us before ??
NO PROBLEM - come down Saturday July 4th 10:00 till 5:00
Everyone welcome 🙏 NOT TO BE MISSED

Five Towns Koi Ltd
Paramount business park
Nile street
Burslem
Stoke on Trent
ST62BG

[email protected]

Tel: 07973 505678

An open day or a mini show ? You decide we look forward to seeing you 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

09/06/2026

Treatments- potassium permanganate continued.
Part 2.

Before I go onto pp dips I would just like to mention that potassium permanganate strips oxygen from your water leaving low oxygen levels
If we leave the pp in the water and let the pond take care of it naturally ( and your pond will take care of it eventually) you are still leaving your koi in water with low oxygen levels?
Hydrogen peroxide HP increases oxygen levels massively - so after a hard pp session I always like to HP not only to clear up any pp and making my 💦 water clear again but increasing oxygen levels helping my koi to revive .
I’ve lost koi in this part of the treatment in the past and find it to works best for me.
PP then HP
Like I say I’m NO expert and this is only my opinion.

Moving on

PP dips - why pp dip ?

First of all my pp dips are made up of 3 grms of pp (potassium permanganate)melted in hot water then mixed with 5 black buckets of pond water let an air stone mix your bath for 10/15 mins then I will place a koi in the bath for a maximum of 10 mins a minimum of 7 mins
I find that anything less than 7 mins fails to do the job effectively?
I always leave the air stone on whilst treating.
Be accurate with your timing- I find 10 mins in this strength solution works great for me but remember you treat at your own risk - all treatments have a danger element to them.
Always cover your treatment bowl with a net to stop your koi jumping out.

Let’s talk builders bucket 🪣 it’s not 5 or 10 litres
As in the picture a builders bucket is 3 gal that’s
14 Litres
So 5 buckets is 15 gal 70 litres
Very important to get your measurements right.
on sick or small koi I will use 6 buckets of pond water to 3 grams of potassium.
An extra 3 gal.

What can pp dip be used for?

Pp dip can be used on a koi with raised scales
To kill bacteria and parasites

When your pond won’t PP for 3/4 hours PP dip can be very useful

When you have a sturgeon in your pond and can’t PP the pond - PP dips can be very useful
But why anyone would want to keep a sturgeon is beyond me 😂🙈 ha ha only kidding 🤔………🐉

Sometimes stubborn parasites that are hard to move
Because of heavy mucus protecting them pp dips help to break down the mucus and kill the parasites.

Can be used when adding a new koi to your collection to make sure it’s not taking anything into your pond

You may find that a sick or sulking koi - a week fish often breaks out with parasites
I will often use a dip on that koi so I don’t keep subjecting my koi to full pond pp treatment

You may have koi that have bacterial problems or sores knocked scales pp bath is great for them

No HP required just a 10 min dip and back in the pond

So why PP bath and not salt bath ?

For the reasons I have listed salt even at high levels will no longer kill parasites and bacteria
It will help to raise the salinity of the koi and it will help sores and wounds
But for me ( salt baths ) apart from what I’ve just mentioned are no longer affective??
This once again is just my view and I’m not proclaiming to be an expert.

I could not run my business without salt it’s very important indeed
Look up my article on salt on Facebook
But as a bath I find PP does parasites bacteria sores knocks much better than salt
In fact I can remember the last time I did a salt bath in my opinion there are now better options
Just my opinion??

Also when you are suffering with a fluke outbreak that won’t go away you’ve tried everything

PP your pond or use PP dips the day before you use your fluke treatment this helps to reduce mucus and expose the flukes to your fluke treatment
Very rare that a PP followed by Lernex pro doesn’t clear them up.

Don’t just tip your PP solution away you can use it to clean and sterilise nets and other equipment??

Now you can’t do that with salt 🙈

Once again hope you enjoyed my article on PP
If you enjoyed it give it a like and a thumbs up
It may just help another koi keeper with problems
And we all have problems with koi keeping from time to time .

09/06/2026

PARASITES AND TREATMENTS
What to use / when to use / and how to use ? Treatments for bacteria and parasites.
Before we start as I’ve said many times I’m not and don’t proclaim to be an expert- only use these treatments and practices if you are confident to do so always expect something to happen and most importantly do your homework and have everything you need to hand.
All treatments are dangerous and come with risk .
We don’t treat because we want to
We treat because we have to for the welfare of our koi.
These are my measurements what I treat at - and I will except no responsibility for third parties.
Every koi keeper treats at there own risk.
Let’s start with PP
Potassium permanganate
Used for many parasites tric costia chilla
Good for bacteria also good for cleaning undissolved waste
First things first
Never guess what problems you may have - scape and identify?
If you haven’t the equipment get another koi keeper to help you.
I’ve identified trichodina so I’ve decided to do a PP or potassium permanganate treatment.
Heavy mucus on the head was my initial indication the odd flick made me do a scrape to confirm trichodina.
Let’s get started
Firstly I weigh out my potassium @ 3 grams per 1000 liters
Mix with hot water from the kettle
Add to a bucket of pond water mix with air stone for 15 mins.
My prep for pp is-
Clean my filter turn off Uv
Check ph and kh adjust if needed
A clean pond always treats better than a dirty pond because of undissolved waste.
Then over the next half an hour I add my PP mix.
The objective is to keep it purple for 4 hours -
Not 5 or 6 - 4 hours
If I see fish struggling I may reverse the treatment at any time ?
It’s very important to watch over the pond for the full 4 hours
I very often see YouTubers saying they are treating for a client and the client will reverse the treatment after 4 hours ??
Who is watching the koi in the second and third hour ? These treatments can go wrong at any time believe me I’ve had it happen many times.
And I personally think that this is not very professional (just my opinion)
Like I say the objective is to keep it purple for 4 hours ( if possible)
Now sometimes it will burn itself out especially if there is undissolved waste in the pond in the pipes bottom drain bottom of the filter ?
And the water goes a dirty brown
Now you have to decide
To top up pp level
Or to reverse the process with HP
Hydrogen Peroxide
If you top up you do so with huge risk
Koi are already tired/ sore
Ask yourself can they take anymore??
If No reverse treatment
If your koi are still looking good you can treat again - But
Only half the original measurements
So 11/2 grams per thousand liters
Mix as the start BUT
Do not just tip it in your pond
Bit by bit very gently try and get your water purple again - once purple stop adding it
Once again the objective is to keep it purple for 4 hours using as little PP as you have to.
After 4 hours it should be going a dirty brown colour with dark foam on top
The brown colour indicates it is spent it has stopped oxidising ( working) and the brown left behind is magnesium which is like a McDonald’s for your filters .
Some leave it in ? - but
I like to clean up my pond get it clear again - reverse any pp still in the pond
I do this by using H P or hydrogen peroxide you can use it @ 3 or 6 percent - food grade
You can get it from your local koi shop
Dosage- 3 percent @ 50 ml per thousand liters
6 percent @ 25 ml per thousand liters
Simply measure correctly into a measuring jug and pour straight into the pond you will see the chemical reaction take place and after about 20/30 mins it all becomes clear
Pp is now neutralised.
Hydrogen peroxide it eats phosphate -
Phosphate feeds algae and blanket w**d so by using Hp after it helps keep check on algae and blanket w**d.
Hydrogen peroxide reverses potassium permanganate and same in reverse potassium permanganate reverses hydrogen peroxide.
Never Ever attempt to do a pp treatment without hydrogen peroxide to hand it’s very very important .
After the 4 hours are up hp has gone in after half an hour to clear the uv,s can go back on normal pond life is restored.
Always stay for the full 4 hours your koi may need you
Always have HP to hand
If in doubt and think things are not going to plan ?
Reverse treatment and try again in a few days time
Always use an accurate scale
( not the kitchen scales) they are not accurate enough and your wife/husband may hit you round the head with there rolling pin 😂.
And be careful all treatments are dangerous and can and do kill koi.
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Part 2
PP dip

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07/06/2026

Midorigoi- grow and show 🏆
Did you take part in last years grow and show @ Five Towns Koi ??
If so we need your video of your Midorigoi so we can judge the winner .
You have until the 30 th of June to send in your entry
NO entry’s will be accepted after this date - June 30th.
Simply take a video of your Midorigoi in a blue bowl and send it to us with the size and your name.
Send it to me Nigel Howells on WhatsApp
Email [email protected]
Or by text to 07973505678
Or you can use the WhatsApp sales page five towns koi
Don’t forget size and you name
The winner will be presented his/her trophy 🏆 along with £200 prize money on our open day Saturday July 4 th.
Good Luck to everyone that purchased one - send me your videos now folks.
Remember you can’t win if you don’t send me your videos.
Entry’s will not be accepted after the 30 th of June?

28/05/2026

NEW to Five Towns Koi
POND PLANTS yes folks you asked us so we got them in for you .
A vast array of quality pond plants at very very affordable prices.
If we ain’t got it - you don’t need it 🤔👀👀 I think I may have stolen that line ? 😂
But seriously
Koi carp directly from Japan 🇯🇵
All your koi related products foods filters pipe work ball valves uv,s auto feeders and lots lots more
come and look at our plant selection open from tomorrow (Friday)
Opening hours Thursday 10:00 till 5:00
Friday. 10:00 till 5:00
Saturday. 10:00 till 5:00
Sunday. 11:00 till 4:00
Or give us a ring on 07973505678 or email on [email protected].
See you this weekend at Five Towns Koi Burslem stoke

26/05/2026

BIG THANK YOU
To everyone who has supported and enjoyed these little posts on koi keeping and related subjects
If you do like them please give them the thumbs up like and share it will help us put our little koi outlet on the map.
Don’t forget we are open summer hours now
Thursday Friday Saturday 10:00 till 5:00
Sunday 11:00 till 4:00
Lots of Japanese koi carp and associated koi products

26/05/2026

Water 💦 purifiers ?

Do you need one ?

Now as I’ve said many times I’m not an expert and stand to be corrected if I get anything wrong?
When I ask people how they dechlorinate their tap water ??
These are some of the answers.

I use sodium thiosuphate to remove chlorine so I don’t need one ?

So let’s try to answer the question?
First of all Sodium Thiosulphate is a nasty chemical?
Why ?
First of all putting any chemical in your pond is a risk it has consequences especially when there are none chemical options.
What does sodium Thiosulphate actually do?
Well it sits in your water and neutralises chemical compounds such as chlorine and chloromines but it will also neutralize pond treatment such as blanket w**d removal and parasite treatments OH! And while we are on the subject - pond detox ? I’ve seen people putting this in weekly??
For what ? Once again none of your treatments will work properly if you are doing this and bigger problems are on there way - stop it immediately use pond detox in an emergency only.
Also bottled dechlorinators why add chemicals to remove chemicals leaving behind chemicals??- I think I said that correctly??

Three stage water filters
Are a great bit of kit for any pond enthusiast great value for money around £65-£70
Consisting of a particle filter for larger particles obviously but the water authorities add coagulants such as iron sulphate this binds with small particles and you particle filter takes them out
In the centre you have a carbon or GAC filter and last you have a carbon block between them they will neutralise your nasty,s such as chlorine and chloramines making tap water safe.
great bit of kit in my view every pond owner should own one.
If you have got a big pond you will need a 20 inch or if you have a really big pond a big blue.
We have dechlorinators by evolution Aqua that are full of active carbon I use mine in combination with my 3 stage filters so that my particle filter and carbon block are always in play - on a big blue for instance you would fit a particle filter - it doesn’t ever look like it does much but very important to fit one - 🤔
The more water you use the bigger the dechlorinator ???
But and it’s only my opinion ( and I’m aloud one) I 🤔 think.
Their is a lot of overkill going on in the industry people with 10,000 liters with 2 big blues is your water that bad ??
As a koi dealer I go to places like koi wholesale - yes Ricky Stoddart a koi wholesaler 30 odd ? Ponds but where are the big blues ?
Now if my memory serves me correctly he has done a video where he pumps pond water through bone char in a big blue ?? - one YouTube video.
But when you walk around koi wholesale all you see is the odd 12 in dechlorinator from Evolution Aqua
Slowly topping up tanks and that’s all he uses.
Remember new fishing gear is made to catch anglers NOT fish 🐟.
OH! And don’t get me started on the ones that constantly say “ we look after 💦 water - not fish 🐟 “
NO we have to look after both to be successful in this hobby.
I gas off any nastys in the water by having my hose on spray ??
I use rain water ??
I live in a good area my waters fine ??
What a load of rubbish.
Last year in Derbyshire the water system was contaminated chloramines were recorded @ 25 mg parts per million - it was a miscalculation by workers working for the water board
Normal chloramines levels used to clean pipes and sterilise are used @ 0.2-0.5 mg max. parts per million every koi keeper in the area was affected everyone with constant trickle in lost all their koi anyone that did a filter clean or water top up lost all or most of their koi collection - even koi outlets were seriously affected with big losses .
Even inline filters can’t handle toxicity at them levels
I’m sure I’m right in saying chloramines is a form of bleach ?
Accidents can and do happen
But on a normal day to day running of a koi pond chemicals such as-
Chlorine - coagulants - fluoride- phosphate- ph adjusters like calcium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide- chloramines can be removed or at least bought down to acceptable levels by using an appropriate water dechlorinator.

Then after reading this - ask yourself?

What the hell are we drinking??

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