WHOLESALE & RETAIL
River City Koi & Water Gardening (originally, Strohm's Japanese Koi & Water Gardening) has served the Mid-West for over 35 years. Specializing in the finest and most beautiful koi, fancy goldfish, and aquatic plants.
HOURS
During pond season (April 1st to September 30th):
Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 5:30 pm (open later by appointment).
Saturday - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday - Closed
October 1st to March 31st:
Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 5:30 pm open later by appointment).
Saturday & Sunday - Closed
JAPANESE KOI
Japanese koi, the front runner of outdoor ornamental pond and water garden fishes.
Japanese koi come in 19 basic types with many color variations and scale patterns. Japanese koi grow to 40" in length and typically live to 60 years in properly maintained ponds. Some koi have been reported to live in excess of 200 years!
They are the most colorful and active fIshes to have and watch, for the outdoors. Smaller Koi can be kept in aquariums satisfactorily.
River City handles all varieties and sizes. We offer Japanese-, American-, Chinese-, Israeli- and Indonesian-raised koi. We also breed some of the koi we sell.
Koi are winter hardy, if water depth is sufficient and proper aeration is maintained.
SNAILS
We carry one of the best live bearing pool snails to help keep your pool clean.
GOLDFISH
There are over one-hundred varieties from common straight-tails to finnage larger than the fish itself. We handle all types of goldfish, and we breed some of the goldfish we sell.
The basic types are veiltails (several color combinations)
- lion-head
- oranda (plain and red-cap)
- black moor
- ryukin
- telescope-eye (several varieties)
- shubunkin,
- to mention a few.
We handle most varieties and can always special order any goldfish varieties available. Remember, many types of fancy goldfish will not typically winter outside without supplemental heating and aeration.
WATER GARDENING
Water gardening is as old as humankind and water plants fall into these categories: Hardy plants, shallow and floating; Tropical plants, shallow and floating.
HARDY PLANTS
Hardy water lilies come in four basic colors:
Water lillies do best 6" to 10" below the water surface, planted in suitable pots for root growth.
Shallow water plants come in blooming and non-blooming varieties, same for the floating plants. The shallow water plants do best planted just below the water surface or in moist bog area. We give a special discount for golf courses, private lakes and farm ponds.
TROPICAL PLANTS, DAY & NITE BLOOMERS
Tropical water lilies come in:
- blues
- greens
- purple
- reds
- pink
- white
- yellow
- fuchsia.
Tropical lilies have, for the most part, more spectacular flowers and foliage.Tropical shallow water and floating plants come in many colors and varieties.
Remember, water plants are like fish, they hybridize and many are named for their coloration. Strohm's Japanese Koi and Water GardenIng carries an excellent selection of water plants and many species are propagated in our facilities. We carry both hardy and tropical plants that do well in our planting zone. We carry named varieties only.
FILTERS
We have filters for pools of up to 40,000 gallons. Filters are installed for the purpose of having clearer water, healthier fishes and greater enjoyment for you, our customers. We strongly recommend a filter for your ponds.
Our range of supplies include pumps, lights, nets, books, medications, plant nutrients, etc. We try to help each customer old and new to the best of our ability.
PONDS
We carry most grades of non-toxic garden pond liners; these are the best on the market today. We also offer several sizes and shapes of preformed plastic ponds for smaller installations.
CHEMICALS, FEED & TEST KITS
We offer all of the AquaScience brand chemicals (e.g. ULTIMATE® and NewPond®) as well as the pond chemicals that are manufactured by AquaScience.
