That's exactly what I was thinking ! He would do well if he got into salt I think. There is a huge demand from us southies!

I need a store in the west so i dont have to take a taxi to the fish stores ;)

bow chicka wow wow
 

Kids were playing in the pond this afternoon

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when they noticed that the fish got bizz-eee! Fish eggs everywhere! I think this is the largest spawning event I've ever had in this pond. The older koi normally spawn every year but I rarely notice the eggs. I guess there are more sexually mature fish in the pond this year because you can't NOT notice the eggs this year. They're everywhere. All my plants, on the walls, on my power cords, on my planter baskets, everywhere !

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Eggs attached to hyacinth roots.

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Thats crazy cool!!!! Are you putting love potion in there or something??? Thats a lot of..stuff..

They have been a lot more "active" the last few days. I didn't think much off it until today :lol: Wonder how many of those MILLIONS of eggs will actually fertilize and hatch. Every year we have a few but this year we are probably going to have an explosion (no pun intended). We harvested a bunch to put in a tank nursery for fun.

Very cool!!! That's a huge spawn. Such a beautiful pond you have any updated "fps" (full pond shots). Never get tired of looking at your pics. Best of luck with the eggs you pulled!

Mmmmmmm, koi caviar!

Kien's Kaviar - $20/can.

OMG that's brilliant ! Guess what I'll be serving at my next BBQ ??

Remind me to be busy that day!

Ummm....better serve that with a liberal dose of Ketchup

Summer !
 

yes :-) Here ya go !

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baby koi!
 

Our eggs hatched ! As usual most of the fry in the pond have been eaten but this year we did grab a bunch to put in a hatchery where there are no predators. We'll see how far these guys get.

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I love your pond.Always nice to check out this thread even though I never posted.:biggrin:

Wow!

This is stunning, very well done and so well put together. Thank you for sharing.

Pond is up and running today! Yay for early spring.
(I just like to copy whatever Dez does).

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Did a 50% water change, turned on the waterfall and cleaned debris (leaves, pine cones, etc) out of the pond.

Awesome Kien. At least you have no snow around your pond. I still have a ton of snow. Can't wait for the buds to start on AL the plants and the lilies to come up.

Pond season 2015!!
 

My daughter hand feeding and petting our koi.

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I need to turn on our filters this weekend and do a water change and repot some overgrown water plants.

Lookin good kiener!

Nice pics. Just love looking at them.

Thanks :-)

Breakfast time!

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Hi Kien

I saw this and immediately think of your pond

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tptram

My pond doesn't have anything remotely resembling that contraption. You must be thinking of someone else's pond? :-)

Beautiful garden, but dude what do you do in the winter??? Do the fish just stay out there?

Yes.

Can I have your babies?

How do they survive? How do they eat when it's frozen?

bump. did any of the koi babies survive. please respond in a timely matter.

Oh! You were referring to the koi babies! No they all died or got eaten.

Pond season !
 

I woke up the pond this week. Although, it probably woke itself up a few weeks ago; Thanks global warming !! :neutral: Did a 50% water change and started to feed the fish pre-season/spring food (Wheat Germ). The filter and water feature aren't online yet, that's this weekend's chore. It looks as though quite a few babies made it from last year. I have tiny little koi/comets swimming around this spring. Sadly there are way too many so I will have to cull them.

A visit from a cormorant would solve your problem..

Got one lying around?

You're a monster!

It doesn't work like that sadly. They just magically appear and your fish disappear.

However I have another solution for you Kien, open your own urban fishing place:
http://www.unmissablejapan.com/etcetera/urban-fishing

Heron works too! Trust me, I know! :lol: (it's actually not that funny :sad:).

Spring feeding.

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Can't you sell the excess babies to a LFS ?

If not, what about freezing them and making some fish food mash/cubes ?
After all, you're the guy I learned from to make my own SW food :wink:

That's actually maybe not a bad idea..

Glad I could help :biggrin:

Beautiful and relaxing hobby mate !