Other pond fish compatible with Koi??
Goodness, it’s nice to have you back, Don. These prolonged absences leave me with no resident expert to bounce my problems around with, and this winter we had problems with a capital P and lost my four finest fish because of it.
It’s too late to avoid the mistakes that were made and I’m taking giant steps to correct things before we lose the rest of our collection (and my fingers are still crossed), but I can’t help but feel that had I been able to touch base with you, I might have been able to stop this before it got so out of hand.
Oh well, live and learn, right? But still, it’s wonderful to have you back.
Brenda
On 9-May-08, at 3:28 AM, ikeepkoi wrote:
> Curtis, > I sure don’t know how you managed to keep your koi alive in the same > pond as Largemonth bass. The main food source for bass is other fish > and animals. Bass will eat other fishes, small animals (like mice), > and even baby ducks and other small birds that may be in the water or > on branches hanging low to the water. Your bass had to be very small > or your koi must have been too large for the bass to consider them > fair game for a meal. The Bluegill are also predatory fish and will > eat any and all koi fry that get laid in your pond. They are > voraciuos eaters of other fishes eggs and newly hatched fry. I don’t > think it;s a very good idea to be putting predatory fish types in with > fish you want to be able to keep around your a long time. In the long > run, the only fish you’ll be keeping around for any length of time are > the predatory fish. But, …. those predatry fish will be swimming > around with a very big grin on their face every time you put another > koi or goldfish in the pond with > them. ;o) > > phanso, > If you want fish other than koi in your pond, you might consider some > of the exotic goldfish types or the Japanese “Wakin”. As far as > keeping your pond water healthy and clean, … and cleaning up the > bottom of your pond goes, if you build yourself an efficient > bio-filtration system of large enough volume, you shouldn’t have to do > much upkeep of the bottom of your pond. The beneficial bacteria in > the filter system should take care of most of that for you. > Don > ikeepkoi > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ———————————— > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
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