Temp Foster Home For Koi

Gidget · 06-23-2009, 09:23 AM

We will be arriving in SoWal by July 15 but our place and koi pond won't be ready till probably Dec.

We need someone with a Koi pond who wouldn't mind my fish Zen and 2 or 3 of his smaller companions to stay temporarily while we are w/out pond.

Or, does anyone have any other suggestions. We will be staying in a SMALL apartment in Sandestin - I think.

Thanks

G

Here's Zen

Susan Horn · 06-23-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Gidget

We will be arriving in SoWal by July 15 but our place and koi pond won't be ready till probably Dec.

We need someone with a Koi pond who wouldn't mind my fish Zen and 2 or 3 of his smaller companions to stay temporarily while we are w/out pond.

Or, does anyone have any other suggestions. We will be staying in a SMALL apartment in Sandestin - I think.

Thanks

G

Here's Zen

Great excuse for us to get busy building that pond we keep dreaming about, but I'm thinking feral cats in the hood might pose a threat. I really want a little fish pond, though, and welcome any pointers. Good luck finding a temp home for Zen!

Gidget · 06-23-2009, 10:20 AM

Re cats: - you know it is funny we live on hundreds of acres, only house on our road, with wild cats WE CAN HEAR and coons and possums and herons (blue and little green) and not once have we had anything try and get near our pond. EXCEPT a couple of snakes. We've been very lucky.

Thanks for the good luck. Let me know if you get your pond finished lol!

G

Arkiehawg · 06-23-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Gidget

We will be arriving in SoWal by July 15 but our place and koi pond won't be ready till probably Dec.

We need someone with a Koi pond who wouldn't mind my fish Zen and 2 or 3 of his smaller companions to stay temporarily while we are w/out pond.

Or, does anyone have any other suggestions. We will be staying in a SMALL apartment in Sandestin - I think.

Thanks

G

Here's Zen

Gidget,

I have a small pond (12'x3'x26") that is eco balanced. We have several goldfish in it, but for short term the addition would probably work without an issue. How many Koi and what sizes do you have for foster care?

I have had several Koi ponds in the past and wanted another, but my property size wouldn't permit it.

Gidget · 06-23-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Arkiehawg

Gidget,

I have a small pond (12'x3'x26") that is eco balanced. We have several goldfish in it, but for short term the addition would probably work without an issue. How many Koi and what sizes do you have for foster care?

I have had several Koi ponds in the past and wanted another, but my property size wouldn't permit it.

Oh that would work beautifully! Zen is just under a foot - heat to tip of tail - and the others are no bigger than a large hand I would say.

I'll pm you my email and phone and we'll go from there. i see you will live at Blue Mtn - which is where we will be building. We are going to stay at Legacy On The Bay apartments in Destin for 6 months while the house is being built though. Too bad we didn't have something in our price range at Blue Mtn - but this will be fine.

THANKS and I'll pm you in a bit = must run out for a little while.

G

dauphin island girl · 07-18-2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Gidget

We will be arriving in SoWal by July 15 but our place and koi pond won't be ready till probably Dec.

We need someone with a Koi pond who wouldn't mind my fish Zen and 2 or 3 of his smaller companions to stay temporarily while we are w/out pond.

Or, does anyone have any other suggestions. We will be staying in a SMALL apartment in Sandestin - I think.

Thanks

G

Here's Zen

Beach Runner · 07-18-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Gidget

Re cats: - you know it is funny we live on hundreds of acres, only house on our road, with wild cats WE CAN HEAR and coons and possums and herons (blue and little green) and not once have we had anything try and get near our pond. EXCEPT a couple of snakes. We've been very lucky.

Thanks for the good luck. Let me know if you get your pond finished lol!

G

We started our pond with a few nice koi, a shubunkin, and some comets. Hubby didn't get the chemicals right, and they all died. A friend had too many fish and gave us some really nice ones. They reproduced like crazy, and every spring we'd have a bunch of new little fishies plus the big ones. Then one day we went to the pond and saw fish scales on the patio. One of the big fish was gone. I don't know if it was a raccoon of what, but since then all of our big fish have vanished, and our new fish never live long enough to get large.

Now all of the fish are so inbred that they all look like comets, essentially all orange with no spots.

Is your Zen a male? We could use him to impregnate our orange fish.

Just kidding. We plan to restock the pond as soon as we purchase a new fountain and give the pond a good cleaning.

Glad you found a home for your fishies.

Gidget · 07-18-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Beach Runner

We started our pond with a few nice koi, a shubunkin, and some comets. Hubby didn't get the chemicals right, and they all died. A friend had too many fish and gave us some really nice ones. They reproduced like crazy, and every spring we'd have a bunch of new little fishies plus the big ones. Then one day we went to the pond and saw fish scales on the patio. One of the big fish was gone. I don't know if it was a raccoon of what, but since then all of our big fish have vanished, and our new fish never live long enough to get large.

Now all of the fish are so inbred that they all look like comets, essentially all orange with no spots.

Is your Zen a male? We could use him to impregnate our orange fish.

Just kidding. We plan to restock the pond as soon as we purchase a new fountain and give the pond a good cleaning.

Glad you found a home for your fishies.

It is hard to find a balance isn't it? Terrible about some varmint raiding your pond

Actually, arkie was going to take Zen and co. (he and I are going to be living as neighbors

Hi ah!) but we decided at last minute to leave Zen and co in his pond he grew up in. I can't type about it or I grow sad. But I know it was the right thing to do.

G

Beach Runner · 07-18-2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gidget

It is hard to find a balance isn't it? Terrible about some varmint raiding your pond

Actually, arkie was going to take Zen and co. (he and I are going to be living as neighbors

Hi ah!) but we decided at last minute to leave Zen and co in his pond he grew up in. I can't type about it or I grow sad. But I know it was the right thing to do.

G

That must have been hard to do.

When we had 8 big fish, daughter was about ten, and she named them all. Our shibunkin named Piranha was always the first one to come to the edge of the pond to greet us when we came out to feed the fish. Daughter cried like a baby when the varmint stole Piranha and the fantail she called Princess. Now we have so many little orange ones that all look alike, so no names.

SHELLY · 07-18-2009, 12:09 PM

We have a friend who has a sizable koi pond--the biggest problem for her was that the herons kept eating the fish. She's had to put up nets and barriers to keep the herons and racoons at bay. What once was a beautiful pond with a waterfall and decking now looks like Abu Ghraib prison.

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