I love how the koi start swarming the surface before the food even hits the water, so cute!
Do you know roughly when the big pond will be ready for them?
They are piglets. I have never managed to give them all the feed they want. They ALWAYS want more. They come up to you and take food from hand and suck on your fingers and toes if they are in the water. It'd be relaxing if a couple of them weren't too zealous suckers, who start shaking and jerking their whole bodies trying to take your toe with them.
The plan is to transfer the koi into the new exhibit before water starts rising again with wet season rains in June... Because right now I can drain the pond and catch them. When the water is high, I cannot do either.
But then I also thought I'd open for business in 2012, then in 2013, then in 2014, then 2015, then 2016, then 2017... You get my drift (pun intended).
Looks good, can't wait to see it when finished! Definitely would love to see a video on the filtration system, 200 koi will need some serious, serious filtration lol
Wet/dry PVC-liner lined wood+plywood column, 8'x4' footprint and 6' tall, with 5 shelves loaded with 7000 nylon mesh pot scrubbers. The planned flow is about 50,000 GPH, for starters. May need to be upped later on.
The plan is to keep the biggest, 2' and bigger and adopt out the smaller ones over time.
