Hi,

I have had a 5 year battle with getting my growing koi to leave the lilies
alone. I tried everything anyone suggested. Finally, I hit on an idea that
is working for me and I have healthy lilies that are flowering. With 9
lilies in the pond, we have flowers every day. Last night I saw my first
Wood's White Knight in 3 years. It's the 4th WWK, every other one got eaten
within a week of planting it, even with netting as a protection. What a
beauty.

What worked for me was to use an uprighted "milk" crate/file crate to
protect the lilies as they grow. Some lilies have a milk crate just placed
on top of their container. The lilies grow up through the bottom of the
crate. Some lilies were placed inside a crate. As the lilies grew, they
camouflaged the black crate and I swear, you can't even see them anymore.
The crates are between 1-2" below the water's surface.

Hope this helps some other folks, you all have been such a help to me over
the years.

--
Wendy* in N. California,
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by
bolts of lightning." -- Calvin and Hobbes