Lol - great mental picture though!
Good luck with the new fish. Keep us posted!
Good luck with the new fish. Keep us posted!
My pond build thread
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enrgizerbunny
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Drained my pond to remove the remaining goldfish from the pond. Waiting for the rain to fill it back up.
Didn’t end up shooting your filter? [emoji4]
enrgizerbunny
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Haven't seen that cat lately. Think he got the message
Which kinds of Koi are you thinking about? Anything specific? Traditional or Butterfly?
enrgizerbunny
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Probably just traditional, although I may get a butterfly or two.
I only have room for a maximum of 5 fish, and that's pushing it at adulthood if you ask me.
King Fisher
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Are you getting jumbo koi, Japanese or domestic?
enrgizerbunny
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Domestic? I don't know what jumbo is, they're all kind of jumbo haha
King Fisher
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Lol. They are different sizes at maturity
Fresh2o
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I thought jumbo was a term used for any large koi over a certain size. Apparently there is more to it than that. For the OP’s pond and from a cost perspective, “non-jumbo” might be best. “Tosai” refers to a fish born the current year. As per post #2 from the following link: Koiphen
”Jumbo has nothing to do with the size of the Tosai. A true Jumbo Tosai comes from parent Koi that are truly what is considered Jumbo. These would be Koi 34" and over so, if the parent Koi are both 30" but the Tosai are 12" at 6 months, they are still NOT Jumbo Tosai. They are just 'large' for their age but will probably never achieve 'Jumbo' size.
Marketing 'hype' is usually what you get when the word 'Jumbo' is used for Tosai. This is why knowing a breeder and the parent stock is important.”
”Jumbo has nothing to do with the size of the Tosai. A true Jumbo Tosai comes from parent Koi that are truly what is considered Jumbo. These would be Koi 34" and over so, if the parent Koi are both 30" but the Tosai are 12" at 6 months, they are still NOT Jumbo Tosai. They are just 'large' for their age but will probably never achieve 'Jumbo' size.
Marketing 'hype' is usually what you get when the word 'Jumbo' is used for Tosai. This is why knowing a breeder and the parent stock is important.”
Geez, that’s bigger than some fish tanks.
enrgizerbunny
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Oh. I will have two goldfish in my pond. Drained it down and thought I got them all, but a week later I see two orange specs. Then they moved, so I hooked the filter back up and the tropical rain finally filled the pond back up.
Interesting surprise.
Nice [emoji106]
enrgizerbunny
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Added a temporary pre-filter in preparation for adding a flacculent to solve the pea soup water algae. Will be ordering matala sponge media eventually. Seems to be working. It's a pool filter I bought on clearance with a pipe with large cut outs in the middle to make it work with the filter cartridge.
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Be great to see how it goes! Hopefully all works to get rid of the algae.
Do you still have the 2 GF?
enrgizerbunny
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I've seen a glimpse of one. They run in terror after all the netting when I drained it.
enrgizerbunny
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Filter clogged and tore. Will have to develop different solution.
Lol - they must be upset!, tend to think goldfish will splash you for free if food not in fast enough
