We must be cursed.
After we had returned home my dad's funeral, husband found the big catfish dead in the pond and the koi are nowhere to be seen. The catfish was 8-9 years old. Husband said he could not really tell if the catfish had chunks missing.
Unless they are all crowded together in the fish tunnel, the koi are gone.
The last time they disappeared like that was years ago, after a heron had a feast and most of the koi were eaten. The remaining koi hid for weeks after that!
I don't know if we were home or not when the heron got the koi.
The pond is netted. I have not tested the water yet. The pumps are shut off and there is an aerator below the water surface, but not on the pond floor.
I sure hope those koi show up. If someone has stolen them, that's it for ponding. I'm done. No one around here has a pond, so I can't imagine koi are highly sought after by a non ponder. If the rotten kids in the neighborhood wanted to cause trouble again, they'd just throw the fish on the lawn - not fishnap them.
WHY does this stuff happen to us?! It's terrible! All we want is to the enjoy the pond in peace, with no leaks and healthy fish.
After we had returned home my dad's funeral, husband found the big catfish dead in the pond and the koi are nowhere to be seen. The catfish was 8-9 years old. Husband said he could not really tell if the catfish had chunks missing.
Unless they are all crowded together in the fish tunnel, the koi are gone.
The last time they disappeared like that was years ago, after a heron had a feast and most of the koi were eaten. The remaining koi hid for weeks after that!
I don't know if we were home or not when the heron got the koi.
The pond is netted. I have not tested the water yet. The pumps are shut off and there is an aerator below the water surface, but not on the pond floor.
I sure hope those koi show up. If someone has stolen them, that's it for ponding. I'm done. No one around here has a pond, so I can't imagine koi are highly sought after by a non ponder. If the rotten kids in the neighborhood wanted to cause trouble again, they'd just throw the fish on the lawn - not fishnap them.
WHY does this stuff happen to us?! It's terrible! All we want is to the enjoy the pond in peace, with no leaks and healthy fish.