Moving the kids inside.

[koiguy1969]

O.K ..i had started the moving process a couple days ago...pulled the media from my outside pond fllter, cleaned it up a bit, and put it in the basement pond filter. and pumped the basement pond about 3/4 full with pond water. when i do this i put the hose into my filter down pipe so it runs thru the filter, just as the water normally would. finished filling the basement pond with tap water. dechlorinated, and ran the filter for a day. this was friday. saturday i caught my 5 big fish and moved them inside.
Sunday had a wedding so .... nuttin' done.
today i finished draining the pond (almost totally) and caught almost all of the fry from this year. 225 to be exact. there are still a few in the pond outside, but not many. i also caught a few tadpoles...

 

[koiguy1969]

O.K heres some fry pics... i took 3 pics of each group as i transfered them inside...the first 3 groups were 50 fish each group. the fourth group was 75 ...
ok group 1..


group 2...


goup 3...

 

[j.w]

Good job koiguy and you got another nice bunch of babies in those tubs. Will you sell those next year? You have this moving in and out stuff down to a tee!

 

[koiguy1969]

group 4...


shots in the basement pond... 4 adult koi, large pieco, and 225 koi fry....

 

[koiguy1969]

Good job koiguy and you got another nice bunch of babies in those tubs. Will you sell those next year? You have this moving in and out stuff down to a tee!

oh i didnt even see your post j.w... you posted while i was posting my 3rd posting. but yeah, next spring. they'll be up for sale... it aint rocket science moving them. but yeah, i've got my system down pretty good.

 

[gardengirl]

What pretty babies!! :fish2:

 

[koiguy1969]

thank you... gardengirl

 

[koiguy1969]

just have to give the pond a light cleaning refill and put the plants back in tommorrow. and clean up my mess!

 

[davepratt]

arent you afraid to expose the liner to the elements i would think the sun beating on it would dry it out and give the possibility of cracking ive never drained mine but its only been up for two yrs

 

[koiguy1969]

arent you afraid to expose the liner to the elements i would think the sun beating on it would dry it out and give the possibility of cracking ive never drained mine but its only been up for two yrs

I have been doing it for years.... its only a couple days in the "fall" sun. and theres a nice layer of blanket weed on the liner. the pond will be refilled today, tommorrow at latest.

 

[davepratt]

Oh ok i thought u left it like that till next spring

 

[koiguy1969]

empty til spring? i can't do that... gotta have my lillies and iris' back in. cant leave them in a kiddie pool thru a Michigan winter. not that i would leave it empty anyways.

 

[davepratt]

Gotcha i have left my fish in the pond for last 2 winters with no casualties so i aint bringin mine in this yr either. Them damn things r to hard to catch anyways. I do gotta try n get the pleco though he wont make it

 

[koiguy1969]

i sell koi so i bring them in..i can feed them, altho lightly. and keep them social & used to people. by spring, most will eat from your hand. customers like that. but the depth of my pond also is the biggest factor. we really need 3' minimum deep here for the big ones. i'm under 30".. any little ones left outside have always made it thru the winter just fine. i left 120 outside last winter..no casualities. thats with no aerator, no pump, no hole in the ice.

 

[DoDad]

You have some nice looking youngsters there.