Hello…. newby here, introduction…..
Sorry to hear of your loss……I also net my ponds…. Larry In ikpskoiponds@yahoogroups.com, “Lisa C.” wrote: > > Hello, > My name is Lisa, I live in Fort Bragg in California. > We have a very nice koi pond, with several feeder goldfish that got > really BIG, and a few shebunkins, and a few koi that are growing as we > speak. > We had an established koi pond that was there in the same place but > one day…. We went out there to the pond, and the water had been > drained to about 1 and 1/2 foot deep, AND…. we live in an area where > the great blue Harrons nest, so you know what? Yep! Being that the > water level was SO low, it made the fish very visible from the air, > and the harron went straight through the net, and flew off with all of > our koi! > There was 1 koi left, but he was missing a fin on one side. > > We used to have 22 koi that were over 2 and 1/2 feet long. > The great blue Harron is a 6 ft tall bird, and capable of eating a > full grown gofer in one gulp, and carrying off 15 pound fish with out > a problem. We were just so sad! We had the fish for several years. > It looked like a raccoon got in there too. we saw the foot prints > around the edge. > How did the water leak out? THE GOFER! The gofer ate a hole in the > pond lineing, and the water just kept leaking out through the gofer > hole. We found gofers floating in our pond before, but they usually > made holes higher up in the pond. This time he went for the bottom of > the pond. > This all happened overnight. > One day it was there, and the next it was over with. > so we have rebuilt the pond. > New pond liner, AND…. A GOFER BARRIER! > I sure hope that thing works! > I have pictures of both ponds. > I will see about adding a few to your photo album if I can. > Cheers, Lisa C. >
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