Koi anyone

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

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.

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

Originally Posted by 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

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.

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.

Very cool baby!
Looking forward to more pics.

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

Originally Posted by Jet76

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.).

Originally Posted by Pasodama

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.

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.