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Draining the pond...........
After our morning coffee we're draining the main (2000g) pond. We have to do this yearly now to remove all the fry from the previous summer. We also cull out one or two adults so the others have more space as they grow. It's an all day job. The fry have to be culled into several groups at this time. All the tubs are ready and waiting. I'm eager to see some of the fry "close up." Anything really attractive will be held over. A lot of work but fun! :-) -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ISP: Hughes.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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Draining the pond...........
Reel McKoi wrote:
After our morning coffee we're draining the main (2000g) pond. We have to do this yearly now to remove all the fry from the previous summer. We also cull out one or two adults so the others have more space as they grow. It's an all day job. The fry have to be culled into several groups at this time. All the tubs are ready and waiting. I'm eager to see some of the fry "close up." Anything really attractive will be held over. A lot of work but fun! :-) Fry and adults of "what"? Dean |
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"Dean A. Markley" wrote in message . .. Reel McKoi wrote: After our morning coffee we're draining the main (2000g) pond. We have to do this yearly now to remove all the fry from the previous summer. We also cull out one or two adults so the others have more space as they grow. It's an all day job. The fry have to be culled into several groups at this time. All the tubs are ready and waiting. I'm eager to see some of the fry "close up." Anything really attractive will be held over. A lot of work but fun! :-) Fry and adults of "what"? Dean =================================== Koi, both short-fin and butterfly. The shubunkin goldfish are behind the house in large 720g above ground pools. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ISP: Hughes.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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Draining the pond...........
How many koi do you have in the pond? How is it that your fry do so
well? Ours get eaten...tho I suspect it is the gambusia rather than the koi that get most of them. Jim |
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"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message ups.com... How many koi do you have in the pond? * In the 2000g pond I started with about 16, maybe 18. I don't remember anymore as it was years ago. Each year I removed on or two as they grew. There are now 10, both short-fin and butterfly. The 800+g pond as 3 adult butterflies and a small koi I kept over. How is it that your fry do so well? * There are loads of plants in both ponds. They fry stay in the plants until they're about an inch long. Then one day a school of them will be seen venturing out into open water. The adults completely ignore them! They soon learn to come out at feeding time for their flakes and/or crushed pellets. :-) Ours get eaten...tho I suspect it is the gambusia rather than the koi that get most of them. * I have never seen a koi eat a smaller fish. Perhaps if they were starving...... I would think it's the gambusias. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ISP: Hughes.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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On Apr 22, 7:08 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in oglegroups.com... How many koi do you have in the pond? * In the 2000g pond I started with about 16, maybe 18. I don't remember anymore as it was years ago. Each year I removed on or two as they grew. There are now 10, both short-fin and butterfly. The 800+g pond as 3 adult butterflies and a small koi I kept over. How is it that your fry do so well? * There are loads of plants in both ponds. They fry stay in the plants until they're about an inch long. Then one day a school of them will be seen venturing out into open water. The adults completely ignore them! They soon learn to come out at feeding time for their flakes and/or crushed pellets. :-) Ours get eaten...tho I suspect it is the gambusia rather than the koi that get most of them. * I have never seen a koi eat a smaller fish. Perhaps if they were starving...... I would think it's the gambusias. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages:http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ISP: Hughes.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö I'm betting it is the koi. In the 15 years we've had our pond we had 3 koi babies survive. Either all the eggs are being eaten or the adults are eating the babies. Nan |
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"Olde Hippee" wrote in message ups.com... brevity snips I'm betting it is the koi. In the 15 years we've had our pond we had 3 koi babies survive. Either all the eggs are being eaten or the adults are eating the babies. Nan ====================================== That's pretty amazing since every fall our ponds are crawling with koi fry. We have no choice but to drain them down to catch and remove all these little guys each spring. Mine seem to ignore the eggs in the plants after spawning and as I said I have never seen one eat any babies. If a fry gets sucked in with the pellets, the fry comes out but the pellets are swallowed. Yet the koi will eat worms and grubs from the compost and garden. Most fry stay away from the adults and stick close to the plants. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ISP: Hughes.net ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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