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Old 21-05-2003, 10:20 PM
Nedra
 
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Default Koi and Water lilies

Lee, I remember my playful guys pulling the lilies around the
pond like they were toys. And I guess that is exactly what
they were. I love my Koi... especially for their mischieviousness
(Is that a word? lol ) Anyway, it does sound like ours are related?
Cutest thing would be to see lilies skimming across the pond with
no visible means of support ... until I looked in the pond! Now
I have two "survivor" lilies. No distinguishable marks - Just a pretty
white and a pink.

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"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
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Mine didn't bother the "coarser" varieties, like Wood's Blue Goddess or

the
Red Flare (night bloomer). Maybe they weren't too tasty. But little,

dainty
lilies were uprooted and drug around the pond within hours. I finally
removed them - out of respect - and plunked them in containers away from
fish. They thrive there. You shoulda *seen* what those bad boys did to a

$50
mosaic plant! Never DID salvage any of that! Try some of the larger

lilies
for the pond, and use the fancy ones in containers!

Lee

"Pickmaster" wrote in message
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Yes whatever is doing it is just taking the leaves off and

floating--also
the common lilies I got out of the ditch are untouched, and the ones I

paid
$ 10 bucks for were stripped! I also have a bunch of mudcats and sunfish

in
there, but I think its the Koi--

"Pickmaster" wrote in message
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Do Koi sometimes feed on water lilies? I found all the leaves stripped

from
about 4 plants and am pretty supicious it 6 foot long Koi--the pond is

large
and there are plenty for them to eat, but the leaves are suddenly just
floating around the pond--