what to do now

[Wes P]

so i came out today only to find that my koi spawned...i knew it was close. I was unable to make a spawning mop so they are every where. i do have palnts and rocks so many of them got attached but there are a bunch of them that started to enter the pump housing. can i gather them and put them into another body of water?

 

[addy1]

You could if you have another body of water, same temp, same everything, gather them up and move them.

 

[Wes P]

cool thanks addy...i removed some water from my pond and was able to move a few hundred i'm sure. now we wait and see. should i put a bubbler in the water for some aeration?

 

[addy1]

I would think so, but I am not the best to ask, I don't try to save fry, what makes it in the ponds, makes it.

 

[Tula]

Honestly, unless you're trying to raise fry and increase your numbers, I wouldn't do anything. You'll be amazed how many will make it, hiding out in plants etc.

Mine spawned a year ago and with no intervention on my part and I rehomed about 35 young koi this spring...and I probably missed about 10 that are still in the pond. I do a water change after a spawn, as it raises the ammonia levels.

 

[CometKeith]

Unless you plan on raising koi there would be no point in moving them. I don't try to save babies and my pond population has quadrupled the last few years.

 

[DrCase]

Air will help a lot
I would be doing water changes every day also

 

[Priscilla]

Question: You can actually see the eggs? I wonder if that's what is going on with my pond. My ammonia is up, which is unusual and I lost a fish with some mysterious marks on it that don't look like a bird strike. A few of my females look super plump.

 

[ZmanArt007]

Question: You can actually see the eggs? I wonder if that's what is going on with my pond. My ammonia is up, which is unusual and I lost a fish with some mysterious marks on it that don't look like a bird strike. A few of my females look super plump.

Yes you can see the eggs, Depending on the size of your fish there will be quite a lot of them unless they get eaten. The females would no longer look as plump if they had already spawned. I would look elsewhere for the solution to your problem rather than blaming it on spawning.

 

[Dave 54]

Wes be very careful test your water for ammonia it tends to sky rocket after spawning bear that in mind

Dave