We did another quick trip to Tulsa, and I eyeballed all the rocky areas trying to see if I could get rocks later on. I’m hoping that after this cold spell is over that I can get the liner laid out, do the final edging shelf, and start filling. So I had a thought. I’ll be wanting fish next year, I’ve got plenty of time, and I have space, I could get a dozen or less fry this spring, qt them in a mini pond for a full year, raising them up to be big enough to put in the pond next year. If I start with just fry, I can expect to loose one or two, maybe more depending on where they are coming from. But I know we hope to have more trips to Texas and other neighboring states, and lots of folks don’t want all their babies.... I could easily set up a proper bucket, I’ve got a portable bubbler, and I could get a good selection of babies from their tiny stage, reducing how many someone needs to rehome or cull later. So if any of our regular folks especially in okc, Tulsa, Enid, Oklahoma, or down near midland Tx want to reduce your fry load this spring, I will have a good pond set up by the time I’m done raising them up! Same goes for thinning out pond and bog plants!!!
I do think I’m leaning to addy1s shubinkin only method. But later on once the full bog is done and set up, I might go for a single butterfly koi, I’m debating on if a solid black, white, or silver would be the most striking. I’ll have to judge after the shubinkin are full sized.
