Some Survivors
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Thanks Dr. Case. I was just out there and grabbed a couple more photos. Only worried about them being in a plant. The big guys always come and suck at the plants after feeding. Hope for the best. I'm going to try and take reg. photos. Last photo is hard to see. Middle to upper left in grass.
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Maybe even add some more plant matter there as EXTRA protection for them. Guess I'd be scooping them out and putting them in a "cage" or one of those netted-breeder things from the pet store -- keep them in the pond, but not letting the other fish get at them. I wonder if there are even more?
Keep us posted!
Keep us posted!
Tried Adding some more plants, but the big ones were more attracted to the area. So moved the plants over. I'm going to try putting some rocks in front of the plants were the little ones are. Make it harder for the big ones to access the plants. I took some more photos this morning. They seem very small to me still. Photo 11, look at the back wall along the rock line. Photo 17, in the flower pot with the frilly plant.
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I've managed to get a few photos this morning. Their still hanging on--coming out more until I go over to snap a shot. Fast little ones for sure. I haven't started to feed them anything yet, because the big guys will go over to that section and start sucking away. Wish they would grow faster so I could feel safe in feeding them. Any ideas how much longer? It's hard to get a good photo, they dart whenever I try to lean in to take a photo.
I've managed to get a few photos this morning. Their still hanging on--coming out more until I go over to snap a shot. Fast little ones for sure. I haven't started to feed them anything yet, because the big guys will go over to that section and start sucking away. Wish they would grow faster so I could feel safe in feeding them. Any ideas how much longer? It's hard to get a good photo, they dart whenever I try to lean in to take a photo.
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Congrats to those that have surviving baby koi. My koi laid hundreds of eggs but don't see any babies. One small rock was covered with eggs and I put the rock in a plant basket so the fish would not eat them but it does not look like any survived. It's been 3 weeks or so since the koi spawned. I will keep checking every few days to see if any babies might be hiding in the rocks.
Thank You! Don't give up hope. I spotted one this April that was about 3", it kept us eluded for over a year. This is the first time I've ever spotted the young ones so small. You may be surprised next year when you see new little ones.
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Howard
Count on having 2X or 3X as many as you can see.
I noticed yesterday while feeding my fish that I may have had a surviving koi baby from last year. I have a comet that is about 3-4 years old now but is still mostly black with some dark around around his underside. Because of the dark color, I don't see him very often. Lately I've been feeling like every other time I do see him, something is different. Well yesterday I was feeding everyon early before heading over to my parent's house, so the sun was still up high, and I got a clear look at this guy... Definitely a lot of black and dark orange, but this one has more of a mottled look like shubunkins. However what really stood out was half a dozen highly reflective scales across his backside. Now I have seen this is many koi, but I have never seen it in my comets... So it made me start thinking that there are probably TWO black and orange fish in the pond.
Time will tell... I'll keep an eye out to see how big this one gets, and if I ever seen any whiskers. It would be exciting to find out that at least one baby koi has survived in my pond in the last 2 years.
On another note, PetSmart had some black koi for sale tonight (and at 2-for-1!). Many of them had a silverish look to their undersides, so I don't know if this means they will get lighter or change colors in time? I picked out the two darkest ones and thought I'd give them a try. I know comets almost always change from black to orange, but I've bought plenty of koi even smaller than these and they have never done anything but gotten darker once they were put in the pond.
Time will tell... I'll keep an eye out to see how big this one gets, and if I ever seen any whiskers. It would be exciting to find out that at least one baby koi has survived in my pond in the last 2 years.
On another note, PetSmart had some black koi for sale tonight (and at 2-for-1!). Many of them had a silverish look to their undersides, so I don't know if this means they will get lighter or change colors in time? I picked out the two darkest ones and thought I'd give them a try. I know comets almost always change from black to orange, but I've bought plenty of koi even smaller than these and they have never done anything but gotten darker once they were put in the pond.
I think the skimmer has a LOT to do with it. The first year we built the pond it did not have a skimmer and we had 12 babies survive. Last year we re-built the pond, adding a waterfall and skimmer and had one baby survive. Of course we do need to reduce our fish population before we get more fish. We bought two butterfly koi early last spring and they immedately disappeared. We thought they died but a year later they re-appeared twice as big and have now joined the group.
Isn't it funny how they do that? I still can't figure out if this black&orange fish is one that I bought and forgot about, or was hatched in the pond. And with those colors, its very hard to see even when I'm looking for it.