Well we opted for fishing line to protect or fish. So far so good. All fish
are still in the pond. We haven't even seen
the heron since Saturday. Hopefully, he found greener pastures. Thanks for
all the suggestions. If our fishing line fails us we will try a motion
sprinkler. Crossing our fingers

"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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"Goldlexus" wrote in message
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We have had Koi and goldfish in our pond for 3 years and NEVER had a
heron come around here, until, today.
My goodness they are big birds! Anyway, he swooped in a got one of the
goldfish My daughter saw it and totally freaked out that a bird ate
one of our fish. My question is what is a good deterrent? Our setup is a
14 foot high pressure waterfall going down to a 1000 gallon pond. Would
putting a small fountain in the middle of the pond deter the heron. He
has been back since this afternoon but he knows where he can get a quick
meal now. I am sure he will be back. Need suggestions. BTW netting
wouldn't be a very good option since we don't have anyplace to secure it.
Here is a link to a videos of the pond...
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...ndVideowmv.flv I
think you can see why we can't really secure a net.
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My connection is too slow to watch videos but we had a similar problem.
We made some changes and netted the ponds and the large grow-out and
goldfish tanks behind the house. We not only had herons but kingfishers,
snapper turtles, water snakes and bullfrogs cleaning out our ponds. Jan
claims success with those motion activated water sprinklers. Other people
mention fishing line around the pond. These things may work for herons
but are not much use against the others.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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