For those of you making Ponds

rox · Mar 23, 2006

Scotty, Snal, Meadow & Eddie,
BTW thanks for the video link, it was fun to watch.

I guess I am the only one then who never heard of Koi. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Eddie one time I would like to start a topic that you don't knowanything about it. How about cooking? You are amazing, you seem to know so much, or at least a little about a wide variety of topics, and a lot about many topics.

Seriously all, it was interesting to hear your views on this fancy carp. My son had great success breading his parrots, and mom had to help a lot, because we hand fed all the babies, so son and mom took shifts.

Some day when we move form the farm, every 10 years my husband and I seem to find the need to reinvent ourselves, I would take a look at breeding Koi and parrots. I am sure we have another house or two to build together before we kick the bucket. Koi may be in the next phase, who knows.

Some day if anyone is interested I'll tell the story about my son raising his parots and what he did, how hard he worked and saved to get into it and the most beautiful gift he gave his birds when he had to g,o away to college.

EddieWalker · Mar 23, 2006

( Eddie one time I would like to start a topic that you don't knowanything about it. How about cooking? )

Rox,

Hi, can't say I know anything about cooking. In fact, I'm perfectly happy eating chunky soup out of the can. In my single days, which wasn't too long ago, that's just what I was doing. Steph was shocked when she saw how I eat. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think the reason I'm able to touch on some of your topics is that we're allot alike in many ways. Similar people think alike and usually get along pretty good.

I'll disagree with you about my knowing about lots of things. I barely graduated high school and droped out of college twice. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

What I like about this site is all the different ways to do the same thing and the free flow of knowledge. There's a post on a crawlspace with water in it that I'm learning allot about. It's totally new to me how they built a house that way and tyring to figure out why is facinating. Another post on where to drill a well has lead me to read many other websites that posters have linked to that I've found very interesting. And anytime Harvey posts something, there's a wealth of information to be learned.

I'm not very bright at all, but I am stuborn and have a pretty good work ethic, the rest is just luck and a good source of information profided by allot of you guys.

My information on Koi comes from making a few goldfish ponds for myself and clients. I know the basics of it, but had to learn more to build a good one.

As to the previous post, I've heard that Grass Carp are good for algae, but never Koi. Could it be they are what's keeping your pond clean and the koi are just getting the credit for it?

Eddie

Panache · Mar 23, 2006

Remember: Goldfish are just fancy carp and Koi are just goldfish with good PR.

50 grass carp keep my pond clean. They get hungry enough to eat the bahia on the bank.

pennwalk · Mar 29, 2006

Endangered species 

If they are eating somebodys $900 fish thats probably why they are endangered. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

scott_vt · Mar 30, 2006

Mornin Penn,
I wont disagree on that statement, Im sure more than one has mysteriously disappeared up here /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

coasterez · Mar 30, 2006

Placing a life size blue heron statue in a prominent location around your pond will keep the real ones away. Every month or so move the statue around. Those considerign koi should also look at orfie.

scott_vt · Mar 31, 2006

Thnaks Coaster,
I learned something today, now to find a statue of a Blue Herron ? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

scotty

coasterez · Apr 4, 2006

You can buy them online through gardening websites, or mail order from similar catalogs. Also, the better lawn and garden stores sometimes carry them. With the Chesapeake Bay (and lots of blue herons), real easy to find here.

coasterez · Apr 4, 2006

There are hundreds of sources. Here is just one I found in just a few seconds of searching: Heron statues

Get a life-like one, in full color. Not cheap, but then neither are your fish.

Adron · Apr 4, 2006

You can also find Blue Heron decoys at some duck hunting suppliers. They are used as "security" decoys to indicate there couldn't possibly be any duck hunters around. Might try Cabelas.

Blue Heron Decoy