Breeding Koi: Keeping In Touch With Koi Communities Online

Breeding and Koi pond keeping is nowadays quickly becoming a very famous hobby among fish enthusiasts. The nature of this kind of hobby makes it almost essential in communicating with other people who breed and keep Koi as their pets. The network of enthusiasts will come in handy when you run into a problem and then your dealer, vet or local pet store is unavailable at the time being. This network can also provide you complete entertainment and fun. This is a place where you can discuss your hobby with others who are as interested in it as you!

Many Koi communities online are accessible 24/7, and they're free to use as well. What you need to do is just go through the sign up process, then begin reading, posting stuff, and then responding to the posts of the other members. This is how you can share helpful information to others, with which you can benefit from it as well. Joining an online community is quite easy to do, and it is truly rewarding too. Here are the few steps that you need to follow:

1) Find an active community. Just be careful not to join those old, outdated and unvisited communities (as the most of them are). You can look for the stats of the message boards on their main page. These stats include the number of posts done for a specific day and month, total number of users (members), and also the total number of members that are signed in currently in the message board.

The larger the number, the better. If you see high amount of members online, this will be a great opportunity for you to post and respond to messages, as well as talk to the other members right then and there.

2) After finding the suitable community, you must then become a member of it. Some will not require any sign ups to be done, which is a good idea if you're not planning to post more than a couple of times. But if you plan to visit the board more often, it's good to have an "identity" by obtaining your own member name and password. So once this is done, you can create your member profile. Just add and share the info that you want the people to see.

3) Now that you're already a member, you can now see various topic boards online. These boards will break different topics into divisions, which will allow the users to find and discuss what interests them the most easily. Topics can cover Koi keeping for newbies, advanced Koi keeping, Koi behavior and the various health issues, and much more.

4) After you find the board that you like, you can now read and post messages. Make it a point that you only post messages on the topic listed so as not to confuse others and prevent the deletion and removal of your post. Follow the necessary etiquette and procedures when posting your messages: don't post in all caps, never argue with others, make sure to spell out each word and don't use catharsis (or abreactions), etc.

5) Lastly, lend a hand to others. The newbies, as well as the other Koi enthusiasts, will find your opinion quite helpful to them. Providing the knowledge you have about breeding, feeding, taking care of the fish, etc., will help others make their own ponds a better place for their pets.