something has been eatting all my koi in my pond and im guessing its raccoons i had it running for over a year before i start having this problem. right now i have nothing in the pond i dont know what i should do? either rebuild it and make it deeper, put netting over it, or try to catch the raccoon. what do you guys think is the best thing to do?
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First off, sorry for your loss, It's never a good experience. How deep is your pond now? I highly doubt that it's a raccoon that's eating all of your fish. How big were your koi and how many were there?
The list of culprits would be short and start with a heron of some type because they would be able to clean out a pond in short order. Pond netting would be your best first line of defense and I would put some koi castles in there so any new koi would be able to escape from the predators.
The list of culprits would be short and start with a heron of some type because they would be able to clean out a pond in short order. Pond netting would be your best first line of defense and I would put some koi castles in there so any new koi would be able to escape from the predators.
the deepest is 2 feet the last 3 i put in were med size fish and all were gone in about a week or so. but something is knocking in the flagstone around my pond into it and trashing my plants but i never seen herons around. but i seen raccoons coming around the front of my house a few years back eatting some fruit off a tree in my front yard.
Herons are very sneaky birds and if they know your schedule they will adapt when they visit a feeding site so that you won't see them. How big is a medium size koi, ie inches? The plant thrashing makes me think heron. With a pond that shallow I would put some type of hiding spot for your koi so they can get away from predators.
my last pond was 1200 gallons and only 2ft deep. i used river rock liek 5-8 inches around the outside like i have mine now. this way theres a dome edge around the entire pond. makes it very difficult for predators to get to the water level. especially ones with weight.
also try netting the pond. a lot of the time racoons will get caught in it. then just remove them from the area. also a heron statue will keep other heron away as they are very territorial
also try netting the pond. a lot of the time racoons will get caught in it. then just remove them from the area. also a heron statue will keep other heron away as they are very territorial
id put my money on raccoons, herons are pretty graceful creatures when it comes to fishing i think. As opposed to raccoons which are definetly not. They will be the ones knocking over your rock and tearing up plants. I put a little electric fence around my pond. Very low key fence, looks pretty good actually, on a motion detector with a little blue light that turns on when its on, check out my pond album, ive got pics from when i just installed it, take into consideration it looks 50 times better now plants have grown in around it and stuff.