Baby koi

[fish]

If I buy koi for our pond from a pet shop at this time of year will they servive and grow by spring? I live in zone 6 so the water is cold now and the pond will freeze very soon. The reason I ask is because seven nice koi dissapeared from our pond. We had a net over the pond to keep the leaves out so how did the koi disapear? Ten gold fish were not taken. Maybe they were koinapped. Don't know. Any way need to replace the them.

 

[Pondmaster]

Wait! Small fish especially under 6 inches don't winter as well as the larger ones.

 

[DrDave]

If the pond netting was complete, the only way they could disappear is maybe a water snake?

I doubt that anyone took them unless you had show quality, award winning Koi and people knew it.

 

[stroppy]

i too think its too late to put baby fish into the pond

 

[j.w]

If I buy koi for our pond from a pet shop at this time of year will they servive and grow by spring? I live in zone 6 so the water is cold now and the pond will freeze very soon. The reason I ask is because seven nice koi dissapeared from our pond. We had a net over the pond to keep the leaves out so how did the koi disapear? Ten gold fish were not taken. Maybe they were koinapped. Don't know. Any way need to replace the them.

If you decide that you must have the new koi and they are small enough I would think you could keep them in an aquarium over the winter and enjoy them in the house. It would also act as a quarantine tank so you know you aren't putting fish out in your pond w/ any diseases :lol:

 

[koiguy1969]

fry are the only fish that have EVER wintered in my pond outdoors. Every year theres been some left in... I have yet to lose one. Thats with no pump no bubbler no hole in the ice what so ever. And atleast 4 months iced over.....not that i'm suggesting you follow this...the ones that manage to elude capture for too long..stay!!

 

[addy1]

My honey has a rental house with a very small preformed pond. It was covered with plywood, when he discovered it and uncovered there where healthy goldies in it. By the size of it, most likely it does an almost total freeze. The house was a foreclosure, the fish where in that covered little pond for a year or so.
They can be darn tough!

 

[Pondmaster]

fry are the only fish that have EVER wintered in my pond outdoors. Every year theres been some left in... I have yet to lose one. Thats with no pump no bubbler no hole in the ice what so ever. And atleast 4 months iced over.....not that i'm suggesting you follow this...the ones that manage to elude capture for too long..stay!!

For me this is comforting Koiguy since some of my under 6" koi are my favorites and i haven't made arrangements to bring them in.
Addy, in my reading, comets & shubunkins are more durable than Koi, now I'm sure someone will disagree and that's fine.

 

[addy1]

For me this is comforting Koiguy since some of my under 6" koi are my favorites and i haven't made arrangements to bring them in.
Addy, in my reading, comets & shubunkins are more durable than Koi, now I'm sure someone will disagree and that's fine.

nope think you are right, they are survivors.

 

[DrDave]

I bet that water was nasty.

 

[koiguy1969]

I bet that water was nasty.

if thats directed at my ponds water....quite the contrary.... come spring the water was clear and parameters were in order. i pumped 2/3 of the water into the basement pond, cleaned the floor of the pond and refilled it. thats 800 gal of 1200 gals. i wont be doing this anymore because i have a smaller fishload and no goldies anymore...15 or 20 2inch or so fry,no problem!!

 

[Pondmaster]

My honey has a rental house with a very small preformed pond. It was covered with plywood, when he discovered it and uncovered there where healthy goldies in it. By the size of it, most likely it does an almost total freeze. The house was a foreclosure, the fish where in that covered little pond for a year or so.
They can be darn tough!

No it wasn't a reference to you Koiguy, the pond that Addy's honey found.

 

[DrDave]

Pay attention son.