BlueCrystalMan
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have a friend in South Africa that builds ponds for a living... here are his comments on training Koi:
"The fish become really tame as time goes by. I use a trick to tame them.......try it.
I take a stocking/pantyhose....steal one from your wife when she's not looking. Then I put some food into the toes section and hang it in the water.....I sit at the ponds edge holding it.......it takes a while, but when they smell it they begin to come up to it and try to eat it.....obviously they cant eat the food because it's inside the stocking.......so I drop a few pieces of food onto the pond ......so now they begin to think that you're going to do this everytime you go close to the pond.........eventually they'll eat food out of your hand.......but be very patient, it takes time."
"The fish become really tame as time goes by. I use a trick to tame them.......try it.
I take a stocking/pantyhose....steal one from your wife when she's not looking. Then I put some food into the toes section and hang it in the water.....I sit at the ponds edge holding it.......it takes a while, but when they smell it they begin to come up to it and try to eat it.....obviously they cant eat the food because it's inside the stocking.......so I drop a few pieces of food onto the pond ......so now they begin to think that you're going to do this everytime you go close to the pond.........eventually they'll eat food out of your hand.......but be very patient, it takes time."
