OPEN DAYS Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd Dec

Besides Being Able To Finally Get Some Of Our Fantastic New Fish Into A Bowl To Have A Good Look At, And Of Course Have The Long Awaited Chance To Get Yourself A Stunning New Addition To Your Own Collection, We Also Invite All Our Customers Old And New To Have A Nosey Around The New Systems Whilst Enjoying The Odd Mince Pie And Perhaps A Small  Festive Sherry!!

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NEW PONDS ARE GO!!

Our Refurbishment Work Is Almost Completed
Over The Last Several Weeks, As Some Of You Will Know, We Have Taken Out Our Two Main Ponds, Including Their Entire Filtration Systems, And Everything Else Down To, And Beyond The Very Floor We Stood On!!

The Systems Have Been Totally Rebuilt, Bases, Ponds, Feeds, Returns And Filtration Systems, A Truly Major Project.. As Planned, The Systems, Had To Be, And Was Completed To A Point Of Running Before The New Fish Arrived.

Apart From A Little Facing Up Around The Edges, The Project Is Almost Complete. The Systems Have Matured Up Very Quickly And Have Responded Impressively. Please Feel Free To Drop In And Have  A Nosey Around The Tanks And We Will Be Happy To Give You A Guided Tour Of The New Systems

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XMAS OPENING HOURS

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JAPAN BUYING TRIP - SPRING 2007
We Will Be Heading Off To Japan Again On March 4th - 11th To Hand Select Our Spring Collection. As Usual We Will Be Fully Quarantining Our Fish And Blood Testing Them For KHV, Ensuring The Utmost Health Standards In Our Fish.

WEBSITE ISSUES
Due To A Line Fault, We have Been Unable To Update Our Website Since November. This Situation Has Been Beyond Our Control, We Will Be Updating The Website Shortly, With The Majority Of Updates Planned For Shortly After We Get From Our Japan Trip, March 4th - 11th.

QUARANTINE UPDATE
As Our Customers Will Already Know, Allandale Takes Quarantining Fish Extremely Seriously, As Such We Have An Extremely Robust Quarantine Procedure. We Have An Open Record System, Where Any Visitor May Have A Look At Our Quarantine Records Of New Stocks.

17/11/06
CEFAS Confirm That The Blood Tests Submitted For The KHV ELISA Tests (KHV Antibody Detection) Are All NEGATIVE, Meaning That They Have Not Been Exposed To Koi Herpes Virus.

Our New 'KHV Screening Programme' Has Become Part Of Our Rigorous Quarantine Procedure Which Works To Ensure The Very Best Health In Our Fish, And Has Several Safety Features Which Act As Protection For Our Customers.

We Will Not Be Relying Entirely On The Blood Tests For Security Against KHV. As Standard Our Fish Will Continue Through Quarantine, Which Incorporates Inductive Temperature Cycling And Sentinel Fish Quarantining.

PICTURES UPDATE
A 'Rough Guide' Download Is Now Available Giving Some Pictures & Pricing Of Part Of Our Fantastic Autumn 2006 Collection - This Will Be Replaced With Full Pictures & Details Of All The Autumn 2006 Collection Once We Have Photographed Them All - Expected In The Next 10 Days. See KOI SALES For Download.

THEY HAVE ARRIVED ............
Our Autumn 2006 Harvest Collection Has Now Arrived Back In The UK, And Have Begun Their Extensive & Rigorous Quarantine. We Have One Of The Best Collection We Have Ever Had, And Are Confident You Will Find Just What Your Looking For. Although We Dont Net Or Bowl Any Of The Fish At This Point As They Are Still In Quarantine.

We Will Photograph Our Fish Over The Next Few Weeks And Put Them On The Website, Sorry If This Is A Little Slow, But The Last This We Want To Do At This Stage Is To Have To Keep Disturbing Them For A Camera Call

As Usual, Quarantine Procedures, Documents And Daily Reports Including Water Details, Microscopy Findings, Bacteriology & Virology Tests And Treatments Used Etc Will Be Available Here For You To Peruse When Visiting.

CLICK HERE For Brief, Partial Photo's Of Just A Few Of Our New Collection

WE'RE HERE!!
We Have Arrived At Nagaoka at Approx 1pm Yesterday. We Collected Van And Headed Straight For Them Mountains. This Morning We Will Be Harvesting With Oomo, Marusho Tanaka & Kaneko - See Japan06 Pictures - Updated Daily.

 Harvesting Now Really In Full Swing With Breeders Bringing New Fish In Daily, In Fact Twice And Three Times Daily Now - Its All Happening.

TODAY Will See Us Harvesting OUR OWN MUDPOND Which Was Given To US To Use For Tosai We Selected Ourselves In Spring. We Are Very Excited About Today - Get Ready For Pictures!!!!

October 2006 Japan Trip
Come October 10th, We Will Be Ensuring Our Seatbelts Are Fastened And Seats Returned To Their Fully Upright Position.

Thats Rite!, We Will Be Heading For The Mountains Of Niigata Again To Go In Search Of The Very Best Fish Once Again For Our Autumn Harvest Collection.

We Expect To Have Them Back Around The Last Week In October. Viewing Will Be From The First Week In November, But Remember, No Netting Or bowling Just Yet! As Usual All Our Fish Will Be Extensively Quarantined For Several Weeks - So They May Just Make A Perfect Xmas Present!!

You Can Keep In Touch With Us Whilst In Japan! You Can Even Keep Up To Date With What We Are Buying, See The Japan Trips Section. If Your Looking For Something Special, Give Us A Call Or Just Email Us.

Production Development
Over The Last Several Months We Have Been Running A Pilot Koi Production Programme. This Programme Is Only At Its Early Infancy Stage At Present, But Has Proved Very Interesting & Hold Future Promise.

The Programme Is To Explore The Potential For Production Of High Class Nishikigoi Here In The UK. Although The Programmes Yield Was Relatively Low, Considering Some New Scientific Trials & Methods Used, We Are Very Excited About Its Results, And Can Hint That There Will Be Some Exciting News Releases On The Horizon.

We Will Be Publishing Details Of This Seasons Spawning & Production Work Online In The Next Several Weeks. 

Further Information & Updates On The Excellently Received PRO-GROW Koi Food Range Will Be Published Online Shortly.