New Page 2

 

Welcome to SDR!

  • Amused
  • Angry
  • Annoyed
  • Awesome
  • Bemused
  • Cocky
  • Cool
  • Crazy
  • Crying
  • Down
  • Drunk
  • Embarraded
  • Enraged
  • Friendly
  • Geeky
  • Grumpy
  • Happy
  • Hungry
  • Piratey
  • Poorly
  • Sad
  • Shy
  • Sneaky
  • Tired
  • + Reply to Thread
    Page 5 of 7 FirstFirst ... 3 4 5 6 7 LastLast
    Results 61 to 75 of 92

    Thread: Anyone have experience building a pond

    1. #61
      h20poloman's Avatar
      h20poloman is offline Premium Member
      My status is: I'd rather be reefing than
      working
       
      I am:
      Tired
       
      Join Date
      Oct 2005
      Location
      Lake Mary FL
      Posts
      4,719
      looks great Marde ~~ how is the reef doing? I need to give you a holler one of these times I go to visit Chad as I understand you live close to him.
      187G Reef Savvy 60x30x24


      00/0Feedback

    2. #62
      duecejt is offline Registered User
      Enter Status Here..
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Jan 2006
      Location
      Santee
      Posts
      2,717
      What food are you feeding Therapy? Ive been feeding the Tetra "Koi Vibrance" sticks. My Koi are eating 3 handfuls 2 times a day. I can only imagine the amount that you need to feed to keep that fish alone. Nice lookin fish!

    3. #63
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Josh
      There are very specific rules to feeding koi. Currently as the water continues to warm 70-80ish degrees your koi should be eating a wheat germ based food with a 30-35 percent protein content. They can now be fed 2x a day 1-3 percent of their body weight. Depending on how much waste your filter can absorb. As the water temperature plateaus in the summer and begins to decrease you have the maximum growth rate in koi for those few weeks at that point the koi should be fed 50 percent protein diet as many times a day you can feed them small meals with a goal of 3 percent of their weight in food. Then in the coldest months the koi should fast and not eat anything for around 3 weeks depending on their size.
      My 10 koi eat one half pound of food per day currently.
      I feed saki hikari floating food and tomigai sinking food equal parts . Peaches, oranges and lettuce from the yard and any worm, grub or bug we find laying around.
      Last edited by Therapy; 06-06-2012 at 09:35 PM.

    4. #64
      KDHL is offline Registered User
      Enter Status Here..
       
      I am:
      Sneaky
       
      Join Date
      Apr 2011
      Location
      Escondido, CA
      Posts
      166
      Quote Originally Posted by Therapy View Post
      I feed saki hikari floating food and tomigai sinking food equal parts . Peaches, oranges and lettuce from the yard and any worm, grub or bug we find laying around.
      Your koi eat all high class food! :-)

    5. #65
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Anytime !! I live one street up from Chad and Justin. You are welcomed any time.
      The reef has never recovered from the move . It's been taken over by RBTA. I have like 10 in the tank now .

    6. #66
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Quote Originally Posted by KDHL View Post
      Your koi eat all high class food! :-)
      Word! These mutts eat pretty darn good. The club buys food by the 100's of pounds sometimes and we divide it up for substantial savings. We did a group buy of kodama farm food before that.

    7. #67
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Quote Originally Posted by Therapy View Post
      Newest koi just added to pond. She is over 2 feet long and is know as a karashigoi. She eats more than the rest of the fish combined. Because of her desire to eat, she is really friendly and always ready to have food dropped into her mouth. Pic taken with cell phone.


      She is spitting water out of her mouth trying to stay at surface so you will drop food in her mouth. That's what those water drops in front of her is all about.

    8. #68
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Came home from work at lunch today. I normally NEVER do this . However, on this day I find this animal swimming for its life in my pond. He jumped in but I don't know if he could of gotten out? I grabbed it by its neck and yanked him out. Poor guy was exhausted
      What you think? Could he have climbed out?

    9. #69
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616



    10. #70
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Working on zen garden . From this to that





      Last edited by Therapy; 11-20-2012 at 05:41 PM.

    11. #71
      Goldfish World is offline Registered
      Enter Status Here..
       
      I am:
      Amused
       
      Join Date
      Nov 2011
      Location
      San Diego
      Posts
      499
      Was your dog swimmin with the Koi?

    12. #72
      duecejt is offline Registered User
      Enter Status Here..
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Jan 2006
      Location
      Santee
      Posts
      2,717
      Is that your dog or the neighbors? Good thing you found him in time that would have been horrific having to pull him out if you were too late. You definitely save the day for him.

    13. #73
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Jojo
      No! Thats not my dog, at the time I had no idea who he belonged to. He's been poopin in my yard and today I found him swimming with the fish. My next door neighbor recognized him so I took him home. They had no idea he was missing. He was coming in from under the neighbors fence.

    14. #74
      Goldfish World is offline Registered
      Enter Status Here..
       
      I am:
      Amused
       
      Join Date
      Nov 2011
      Location
      San Diego
      Posts
      499
      Hope the fish are ok i would check the water and your Koi are not cheap, what did your neighbor say

    15. #75
      Therapy is offline Registered User
      My status is: retired!
       
      I am:
      Set you mood here...
       
      Join Date
      Aug 2004
      Location
      O'ahu
      Posts
      1,616
      Jojo
      Did about a 1,000 gallon water change. Its several weeks later with no issues. Yeah I was worried cause they use flea medication on the dogs coat. They most assuredly did not want to pay for a pond of dead japanese koi.

    + Reply to Thread

    Thread Information

    Users Browsing this Thread

    There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

       

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts