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Does size matter...when stocking Koi in your pond... :)
I would like to know how many koi rec.ponder's are really stocking in
their ponds. I have seen the recommended stock postings, yet I wonder what is really being done by the average pond enthusiast. Preface, As of right now I have an approximate 1500 gallon pond with 5 Koi, 2 comets, 3 feeder goldfish(Don't really want them - just inherited them) and hundreds of mosquito fish. In addition I have ton's of WH, 5 water Lilies, Hornwort, Anacharis and a bunch of marginals. But that is not where I started.... I built my first pond when I was 13, my dad bought a tetra flexible liner and I dug the hole and put it in. We used this for a couple of years then I swithed to fiberglass stock tanks then finally to preformed liners. I had never had anything larger than 200 gallons. For the first 8 years I had no plants at all – just fish. I started with 12 Koi. Yes, 12. Nedra... get up off the floor. They were all around 2-3 inches when I bought them. The first 2 years I kept them outside in the summer and inside during the winter. Then in the summer of my third year I was cleaning the pond when I had to leave for a while and I accidently left the pump draining the pond. Needless to say I lost 7 fish. Some to the lack of water, others to sunburning. The remaining 5 fish stayed in the pond year round after that. I never used chemicals for algae, nor did I have ANY filtration. Frequent well water changes where it. We lost 3 of the five during the 5 years I was at college. Not all at once, nor in the same year. My remaining two fish stayed at my parents house until 1998 when I moved them to my 200 gallon pond I put in at my new house. This was the first time they had ever had a filter, in addition I started to use algae controllers since I was on city water and couldn't change it like I did before. 3 years ago I almost lost both of them to disease after a really cold winter and bad sludge problems in the pond. At this time I had the two original fish plus 1 of the koi mentioned above and the two comets in the pond. I medicated them with a ton of medication and brought them back from sick curled up floaters to healthy fish. Later that year I lost one of the two original to the same disease. The other made it until last year when he mysteriously died while I was on vacation. I examined him but there was no sign of disease. He was 16 years old and had spent his life in less than 200 gallons and was the friendliest fish I have ever had. So, I have read the rules. I have seen the wolves (maybe raccoon's is more appropriate) attack those who admit to not following the rules, yet my experience breaks the rules. I don't see many postings from those who are apparently overstocking. Perhaps they are scared of the raccoon's like I was. I know I cannot be the only one who has done this, so I am curious what others are really doing. |
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Does size matter...when stocking Koi in your pond... :)
"Chad" wrote in message om... snip So, I have read the rules. I have seen the wolves (maybe raccoon's is more appropriate) attack those who admit to not following the rules, yet my experience breaks the rules. I don't see many postings from those who are apparently overstocking. Perhaps they are scared of the raccoon's like I was. I know I cannot be the only one who has done this, so I am curious what others are really doing. Updated counts: Pond Size: Rough Guess 3000 U.S. Gallons Koi: 4 Goldfish: 5-7 Rosie Reds: 10,123,004 |
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Does size matter...when stocking Koi in your pond... :)
BenignVanilla wrote:
"Chad" wrote in message om... snip So, I have read the rules. I have seen the wolves (maybe raccoon's is more appropriate) attack those who admit to not following the rules, yet my experience breaks the rules. I don't see many postings from those who are apparently overstocking ... Updated counts: Pond Size: Rough Guess 3000 U.S. Gallons Koi: 4 Goldfish: 5-7 Rosie Reds: 10,123,004 BV, in your case, are you trying to find the upper limit of "overstocking" for Rosie Reds? Or is this part of the "pond shop" inventory? -- zookeeper |
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Does size matter...when stocking Koi in your pond... :)
"zookeeper" wrote in message
... snip BV, in your case, are you trying to find the upper limit of "overstocking" for Rosie Reds? Or is this part of the "pond shop" inventory? snip To be honest I have not been able to find a test kit to tell me the ppm of water in my rosie red pond. BV. |
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