pleasant suprise

[koiguy1969]

last year i left these guys in the outside pond. no food, no filter, no aeration, no hole in the ice, since the end of setember. since the thawing, ive been kind of checking the pond occasisonally to see if i could see any..no luck. except 1 or 2 of the orange ones. well today i saw a big bunch of them, and suprizingly quite a few "black" ones seem to have turned atleast more orange. and apparently atleast, "most" made it thru 7 months unattended totaly unscathed... i have left some in every year, but usually not even 20.

any guesses on how many are in this pool?

 

[capewind]

Congrats LOL ... I *counted* to 20 and stopped ... my guess is 90-100 LOL.

 

[koiguy1969]

I couldnt imagine putting all of them plus the 83 others in my basement pond....

 

[capewind]

Sure, they would be just fine in your basement ... BY THEMSELVES ... Looks like you need two ponds in the basement next year LOL.

 

[koiguy1969]

2 basement ponds? i doubt that will happen! lol ..
oh...that picture is from last fall, just before i dumped them back into the pond. kind of anxious to see how many 'exactly' survived.

 

[capewind]

So count them LMAO.

 

[j.w]

127 and 3/4 :cheerful:

 

[koiguy1969]

i'm down to about 10 fish left in the basement pond (not including my adults).. for still being "preseason", sales went well. only a week, ( a week today in fact), and 60+ are gone. gonna have to drain the outdoor pond and catch the ones out there real soon!... glad to see atleast a decent amount made it!

 

[callingcolleen1]

The others that did not make it probally got eaten by the bigger one.... you will have to have a big fishy blowout sale this weekend and find them a good home where they will be loved, Koi guy! And furthermore, make sure you do a "Home Inspection" to make sure those fishy find and good home!

 

[koiguy1969]

120 made it thru the winter just fine. (good guess j.w) i didnt find one single dead one when i cleaned up the pond. not a trace. a few dead frogs tho.
Colleen... they were past the eating eacother stage....
i have now sold all of these guys now too...

 

[j.w]

Wow not even 1 dead one! You are in the business now koiguy! Going to make the big bucks and fill your pockets w/ fish money :biggrin: