Adding water lilies

[ZEROPILOT]

Here's my second one.
I forget the name.
Director somebody. A man's name.
The purple looks great with the pink. I also bought a bottle of fertilizer tabs from the same nursery.
No more plants. This looks right.

 

[addy1]

It's because their roots are "planted" and they get their nourishment from food added to the substrate.

They must help some, mine are not fertilized and bloom great, so must be sucking nutrients out of the pond water.

 

[sissy]

my koi destroy plants kill frogs and ate all my snails i got .They are destructive fish

 

[ZEROPILOT]

my koi destroy plants kill frogs and ate all my snails i got .They are destructive fish

I also keep Flowerhorn and Midas cichlids.
All other fishes are tame by comparison.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

They must help some, mine are not fertilized and bloom great, so must be sucking nutrients out of the pond water.

I was also thinking that they could ad some biological activity to my new pond.
I can see how it wouldn't matter to an established pond.

 

[Lisak1]

I think lilies definitely help water quality. They do like extra fertilizer but will grow without it - they just may not bloom as much. Basically anything that grows in the water will take up nutrients.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

O.K.
Yes. The koi are eating the plants.
Not destroying them (YET)
But nibbling away at the edges.

 

[j.w]

My goldfish never bother my lilies but I've heard koi are lily mowers
Say goodbye to your lilies @ZEROPILOT

 

[brokensword]

Here's one way to divert your koi's attention away from your lilies...though it might mean a lot more grocery store runs...

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Now the koi have begun digging in the pots. They've actually removed most of the gravel from the pots and spit it out inside the pond.
It's looking pretty shabby in there.

 

[brokensword]

maybe you should have a little talk...

 

[cas]

They've actually removed most of the gravel from the pots and spit it out inside the pond.

Sounds like mine. They are really good about leaving the leaves, flowers and tubers alone, but they love to move the kitty litter out of the pots. Twice a year I use the pond vac to get the kitty litter and put it back into the pots. It's a little game we play.

 

[Tula]

It's kind of a pain, but I drill holes in my lily pots and zip tie black deer fencing over them

 

[cas]

It's kind of a pain, but I drill holes in my lily pots and zip tie black deer fencing over them

hmmmm, I may have to try that!

 

[j.w]

I thought the koi ate all of the lily plants. So do they just eat the roots? Or is it different w/everyone on what they destroy?