lost fish

[Julius Leonid Maestral]

Hello people!! Lost a big koi in the pond. No idea what could have taken it, but I am sure that predators are out of the question. It's possible that It jumped out of the pond and was finished off by free ranging chickens or by the dogs.... Lost it while I was adding water to the pond; left for a while; when I came back, it was gone!! could have instinctively gone against the flow of the incoming water from the hose and it jumped out... My pond is filled up to an inch from the brim. Any suggestions on how this could be avoided in the future? :biggrin:

 

[koiguy1969]

how about putting a net over the pond? fish in..preditors out!!

 

[DrDave]

The addition of a lot of water with chlorine may have distressed it enough to jump. Was this the case?

 

[Julius Leonid Maestral]

The addition of a lot of water with chlorine may have distressed it enough to jump. Was this the case?

Oh no DDave. I use water from a deep well. pure and natural. no chemicals whatsoever. planning to buy a new one just to replace the lost one.

 

[Julius Leonid Maestral]

how about putting a net over the pond? fish in..preditors out!!

I'll be doing just that. Thanks a lot! Anyway would a rat be capable of hunting down a koi if it wanted to? Got a lot of rats around here since we stock a lot, and i mean a lot of rice.

 

[DrDave]

Julius
It would help us a lot if you put your location in the User CP at the top of this page. Geography often tells us a lot about a ponds site conditions.

I don't think rats hunt fish but I suppose anything is possible. I trapped all the ones living under my shed using a havaheart trap and peanut buttered bread.

A pellet gun took care of relocating them. I got 6 rats in 7 days. Not bad...

 

[duckyboy1975]

Tents are a good idea but they are so ugly looking...I had this happen once, never did find the fish...

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[Julius Leonid Maestral]

Tents are a good idea but they are so ugly looking...I had this happen once, never did find the fish...

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I agree that its not going to be a pretty sight, but I got no choice because this has happened to me at least three times already.

 

[CPT_CRUNCH]

who know what could have got him.