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buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

koi are loving the sunny warm spot almost time to clean the pond

Glaron · Mar 17, 2017

Still hiding in the bottom...

buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

Glaron said:
Still hiding in the bottom...

nice butterfly

MacGuns · Mar 17, 2017

Since this is in the Outdoor Sports forum, is this a catch and release type of pond? Any minimum size for keepers?

hillbilly grandpa · Mar 17, 2017

How deep are your ponds?

buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

MacMoov said:
Since this is in the Outdoor Sports forum, is this a catch and release type of pond? Any minimum size for keepers?

no hooks allowed

buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

hillbilly grandpa said:
How deep are your ponds?

mine is 2 feet in around the middle about 1500 gallons

Archeryrob · Mar 17, 2017

Years ago my neighbor had to put nets on hers to keep the Heron at bay. Then I found the Heron sitting on my pool wall. :rolleyes:

He never did find anything to eat in my pool.

buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

Archeryrob said:
Years ago my neighbor had to put nets on hers to keep the Heron at bay. Then I found the Heron sitting on my pool wall. He never did find anything to eat in my pool.

Ya I've seen them on a tree branch before. I think because the pond has a lot of branches over it and some black milk crates in the pond for the koi to run to for cover I'm good. knock on wood

FrankOceanXray · Mar 17, 2017

Very clean. Looks like a nice install. More pics?

buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

FrankOceanXray said:
Very clean. Looks like a nice install. More pics?

That's the only one o took this morning. Ill post more another day to proud of it to show it in its currant condition. self installed theirs some issues had to build a berm wall so theirs more rubber liner exposed in one area then id like to have. Thank you

Melnic · Mar 17, 2017

Do they freeze up in the cold or do you do something to keep them heated in the winter?

buellsfurn · Mar 17, 2017

Melnic said:
Do they freeze up in the cold or do you do something to keep them heated in the winter?

if you keep an area at least two feet your ok. mine is But to be safe I use a floating pond heater it goes by ambient temps to turn it on and off. check with southern states or tractor supply for a troth heater they used to be cheaper then a pond supplier. Also depending on what your pond wall is made of you want to get the one with a bump rail on it so that the element does melt anything

J Beard · Mar 19, 2017

When the air temp hit 70 a couple weeks ago my pond turned a beautiful emerald green, I've only seen shadows of them since.
I had unplugged my pump and UV light because the filter clogged when it was near freezing out and i didn't feel like messing with it in those temps. Now I'm trying to get it clear again.

I have a cheap $17 aquarium air pump and a large air stone that I run that keeps the pond from freezing as the water never stops moving. As a bonus it keeps the water well oxygenated during the times i shut the water pump off. I do this any time I am away for a few days. I came home one time to find my waterfall had sprung a leak, my koi were laying on their sides in 2" of water gasping to stay alive. I lost a number of them.

I keep a net on my pond at all times. It keeps out the herons osprey and hawks but not the water snakes. I live less than 1/2 mile from the bay.
I used to have 2 ponds but took out #2 when a heron ate 23 fish and put 47 holes in the pond liner. :mad54:

willtill · Mar 19, 2017

Adapt the recipe

Blue Heron Recipe

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061117183613AA4VCVy

TomisinMd · Mar 19, 2017

nice looking fish. about ready to don the chest waders here. ill need to wait for the water to warm up a tad though.

marko12 · Mar 19, 2017

I post this every year at this time, both for the Koi and for gardens.

It really works ask my neighbor, I would call him over every spring and say come here and look at this and he would get sprayed again.

http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/scarecrow-sprinkler-motion-activated-animal-deterrent-p-3327.html

ravens52 · Mar 19, 2017

marko12 said:
I post this every year at this time, both for the Koi and for gardens.

It really works ask my neighbor, I would call him over every spring and say come here and look at this and he would get sprayed again.

http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/scarecrow-sprinkler-motion-activated-animal-deterrent-p-3327.html

Thanks, I'll give it a try. Nothing else has worked so far.

Schipperke · Mar 19, 2017

Was at Lily Pons near closing. Sitting in our car we watched a Blue Heron get a Koi had to be over a pound. Don't know a thing about the fish, but it was one with multi color. What about raccoons as well?

buellsfurn · Mar 19, 2017

Schipperke said:
Was at Lily Pons near closing. Sitting in our car we watched a Blue Heron get a Koi had to be over a pound. Don't know a thing about the fish, but it was one with multi color. What about raccoons as well?

ya raccoons can be a problem my field stones are 12 to 16 inch from the water to help with this problem

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