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Thread: Any koi keepers here on Sawmillcreek?

  1. #16
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    Thanks Bill, we also have raccoons in our backyard quite regularly but rarely if ever see any sign that they are visiting the "sushi bar". We have a neighbour a few blocks away and a friend a few miles away that both have raccoon problems with their ponds, why we don't is pleasantly puzzling (knock on wood). I used to think the key was pond depth (most of ours is about 3 ft deep with about 1/5 of the pond at about 1 1/2 ft) but both our friends ponds are as deep or deeper than ours. The neighbour has a mesh screen which destroys the look of the pond and the other friend receives a couple dozen new fish from us each spring to restock their raccoon feeding station as we have to control the number of fish to avoid overloading our filters. Both the goldfish and koi spawn in our pond several times a year we even get crosses between koi and goldfish.

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    That's an interesting suggestion, Doug, relative to the monofilament as a heron deterrent. It might be hard to establish for our particular pond, but I'll take a look at the possibilities. It certainly would be more pleasant than the netting...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doug Garson View Post
    Both the goldfish and koi spawn in our pond several times a year we even get crosses between koi and goldfish.
    Interesting...our comets (goldfish) and shebunkins have very much crossed, but I didn't know that koi would get into the act. It could be interesting with that one koi we have now...broadening the gene pool, as it were.
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    If you look up koi/goldfish cross you will see that the offspring are sterile, very hardy and not particularly attractive and according to our friend the raccoons find them delicious.

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    oooh...designer sushi for critters...
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