Koi anyone

[LuckyStar]

Curious, have you ever had to deal with herons or raccoons? My neighbors just kinda gave up on their pond because a great blue heron made it his personal grocery store

 

[Beyond GenetiX]

Herons haven't been a problem but a raccoon helps himself to the koi feeder. Haven't lost many fish to Predators, one or two over the years.

 

[Pasodama]

Babies are really growing.
Love the pic of your Koi pond. Now I know what it looks like.

 

[Pasodama]

Curious, have you ever had to deal with herons or raccoons? My neighbors just kinda gave up on their pond because a great blue heron made it his personal grocery store

Don't know what their pond was like but, other than a few options one could try, my understanding is that depth helps with preventing the predation of Koi.
It is said that a depth (or at least a fair portion having a depth), of at least 5 to 6 ft. (a little more, even better) helps alleviate/prevent predation.

 

[Beyond GenetiX]

I was able to get a close up of one of my babies this weekend. This one will be going in my main pond, it is a gin rin yamabuki ogon. It is hard to tell but the scales are reflective (gin rin), they act like glitter or sequence. The ogons have a shiny metallic look to them and get rather large compared to some of the others. Another cool thing about this one, is that it has blue eyes.

I will get some more baby pictures later.

 

[Pasodama]

Very cool baby!
Looking forward to more pics.

 

[Beyond GenetiX]

Doitsu (scaleless) sanke koi baby. It's been dark when I've gotten home, the past few days.

 

[Pasodama]

Doitsu (scaleless) sanke koi baby. It's been dark when I've gotten home, the past few days.

Love this one too.

I have an idea, on one or two, but have a feeling that I may be slightly hard pressed, when the time comes, on deciding which other ones I want. LoL
Just like there is not enough room, to have all morphs/types of specific snakes/reptiles, a pond will only be able to accommodate a limited amount of Koi (how many, of course, dependent on size of pond, filtration, etc.).

 

[Beyond GenetiX]

Love this one too.

I have an idea, on one or two, but have a feeling that I may be slightly hard pressed, when the time comes, on deciding which other ones I want. LoL
Just like there is not enough room, to have all morphs/types of specific snakes/reptiles, a pond will only be able to accommodate a limited amount of Koi (how many, of course, dependent on size of pond, filtration, etc.).

It is tough to decide, I try to limit my numbers to 25 max. Unfortunately the best looking ones aren't always the friendliest, it doesn't matter what they look like if they are hiding. I try for a happy medium, good looking and friendly.

 

[Beyond GenetiX]

I was able to move a few to my pond today, the two posted above and these. Two of them have one red eye and one blue eye.

 

[Pasodama]

They look great.
Very cool re. the eyes on two of them.