2000 gallon pond

cwmorrow · 07-14-2011, 03:11 PM

Do you have a raccoon problem? They will wade in water, but not swim. They used marginals as stepping stones to try for fish until I moved the pots away from the side.

soup_nazi · 07-26-2011, 05:26 PM

We just kept a pellet gun by the window.. the raccoons didnt seem to like that, and eventually they learned not to come by.
Nice pond by the way.

nature boy · 07-27-2011, 02:00 AM

I think raccoons or something might have been snooping around. Some of my rocks had shifted a bit. Then again could have been my kids. All eight of my fish still remain. So my fish caves and structure must be working.

nature boy · 08-09-2011, 03:56 AM

Well, I just went out to count my fish and instead of 8 I have 11 (quite possibly more). A couple of the little ones are two inches already. Even the adult koi grow amazingly fast. They have almost doubled in size since I put them in spring.

Plants are doing well, especially water lillies and cattails.

Only negative is the electrical usage of that 10 amp waterfall pump running 24 hours a day. Worth the price though. I love the pond.

**mscichlid** · 08-09-2011, 04:00 AM

Very nice pond! What do you do with your koi in the winter?

07-26-2011, 05:26 PM	#17
soup_nazi Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Letcher, South Dakota Posts: 110	We just kept a pellet gun by the window.. the raccoons didnt seem to like that, and eventually they learned not to come by. Nice pond by the way. __________________ My Fluval Edge 6 gallon http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...implicity.html

07-27-2011, 02:00 AM	#18
nature boy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 36	I think raccoons or something might have been snooping around. Some of my rocks had shifted a bit. Then again could have been my kids. All eight of my fish still remain. So my fish caves and structure must be working. __________________ Dustin

08-09-2011, 03:56 AM	#19
nature boy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 36	Well, I just went out to count my fish and instead of 8 I have 11 (quite possibly more). A couple of the little ones are two inches already. Even the adult koi grow amazingly fast. They have almost doubled in size since I put them in spring. Plants are doing well, especially water lillies and cattails. Only negative is the electrical usage of that 10 amp waterfall pump running 24 hours a day. Worth the price though. I love the pond. __________________ Dustin

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mscichlid Dutch Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Delta Quadrant, MD USA Posts: 577	Very nice pond! What do you do with your koi in the winter? __________________

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07-14-2011, 03:11 PM	#16
cwmorrow Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 4	Do you have a raccoon problem? They will wade in water, but not swim. They used marginals as stepping stones to try for fish until I moved the pots away from the side.