Can Not Belive My Luck

Ive just been Given a Pond Full of Koi off My Neighbour he offerd them too me a Couple of weeks Ago hes also Given me a Pump a Big Filter

Ive Persanlly Never Seen Fish this BIG Only in Garden Centers or on the Net

They am Tame You can Stroke them Gospel Truth Over the Moon

I Can Not up/load pics at the Mo had a New Lap top and gota Few teathing troubles but will as soon as i can

I Can Not Belive it i just keep looking at Em Gob Smaked

 

Excellent. Looking forward to see the pics.

 

Brilliant Nick....

 

I remember you telling us about the possibility of getting your neighbours pond equipment and fish; well done you!

I know just what you mean about not being able to stop looking at them; I was the same when I moved here and discovered fish in my pond. Well, until the heron gulls stole them

Wishing you many happy, stress-relieving hours watching the fish swim by (next year you may get dragonflies too!)

 

Hiya Nick.

I assume you already have a pond to put them in? If so, how big is it? Koi need lots of water otherwise they will struggle. I'm not trying to pour water on your fire, but it's better to get off to a good start

 

ive got one already its 6ft circler i am just about to install another one the pree formed type and build around it to make it even deeper

 

Cor, aren't they something like a thousand quid each normally?

 

Hiya Nick

Just to give you some idea, my Koi pond is around 10ftx7ft and 5ft deep. It holds around 2,200 gallons. It's not fully stocked yet, but I wouldn't put more than 15 Koi in it. Just so you know

 

Can be a lot more, or a lot less. It's all down to quality I understand that one fish sold for over £100,000

 

Did I tell you that Nick is my best mate?

 

I went into one garden center that was selling koi and they had different ponds/tanks for the different prices and I swear there were fish in the £200 a pop tank that where no different to the £25 a time,same size and same markings now the end tank they was £1000+ and would feed a whole family.They was big!!!!

 

Try and get as much of the water they are already in to put in their new home. This won't shock them quite so much as completely new water.
In the end, they are animals and, therefore, come with all the responsibility of care that any animal comes with. You can look forward to many, many years of enjoyment with these beautiful creatures if it is done right.
Good luck and have a lovely time with them.

 

That's wonderful news Nick, Can you take a couple of piccies on your mobile for us to see in Shineyland?
Jenny