My koi breeding

[Eugeneg]

I started by evicting all the toads and frogs . Then 4 wheelbarows of old chicken manure and bag of rabbit food . Did I ever get dafnia there were even orange looking patches they were so thick .
Photo 1 I used fencing to corden off shallow area .
Photo 2 Fish getting ready to spawn note the weeds which is my spawning media .
Photo 3 A group of young fish happily by a weed bed
Photo 4 One just stands out may be a show fish .
Regards
Eugene

[bekko]

How did you get all the frogs and stuff out of there?

-steve

[Eugeneg]

Quote: Originally Posted by bekko How did you get all the frogs and stuff out of there? -steve

I drain the pond every year completely in early october so get things under control and spread out a bag of lime . This spring I netted about 30 toads as the tadpoles compete for same food chain . Still there were quite a few tadpoles which I netted and threw into overflow from pond . Toads are good for the gaden as I have 500 hostas . The frogs I am concerned about and had water garden society meeting here so members were told they could catch as many as they wanted . The worst are the green frogs crossed with bull frogs . I once had a small pond with a 100 baby koi that were really nice I arranged for their feeding as I was away at the cottage for 3 weeks . All what was left were 4 and a very big fat frog when I returned .
Regards
Eugene