On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:09:25 -0600, Katra
wrote:

===In article ,
=== ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
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=== Can anyone help? I am a new Koi keeper, I put my first six Koi into my
=== newly built pond in November. 10 days ago when I wend down to feed
=== them there were only five Koi and three of my gold fish had also gone.
=== I have a Heron that comes to the pond every day. I have tried putting
=== a fake Heron at the side of the pond but the real one keeps coming
=== back. Any ideas on how I can get rid of it? Also since the fish went
=== missing the other Koi and gold fish in the pond will no longer come up
=== to the surface. They sit on the bottom of the pond all the time and
=== wont feed. Any advice would be appreciated.
===
=== I swear by the motion sprinkler, but you may have to put netting up for
=== awhile, since the heron has fed. Most deterrents work best before the bird
=== has been rewarded. And if Kathy didn't mention it in her list, fake fish,
=== drives them insane. ~ jan
===
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===Where do you get fish decoys???
===
===That sounds like a marvelous idea!
===
===Black PVC pipe for hides? The fish use that?
Yea you too, I have you kill filed..............

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