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    Piranha Attack!

    fish maul keeper!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWQo3nk14DU

    think they were hungry



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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    fish maul keeper!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWQo3nk14DU

    think they were hungry
    Beautiful ochiba mate. You been starving the poor little buggers ha . Little legs loves our chag for eating out her hand

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    Lol, mine do that too, quite funny really!


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    1630 Gallon raised pond
    4" 'Avenue' bottom drain
    Estro sieve
    Econobead EB60 bead filter
    Sequence 18000 pump, 6000 pump on skimmer line
    Elecro 2kW in-line heater
    Evolution Aqua 70 air pump
    Standard wall skimmer
    Hozelock Vorton 55watt UV
    and some nice koi

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Beautiful ochiba mate. You been starving the poor little buggers ha . Little legs loves our chag for eating out her hand

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    thanks,
    they'd only just been fed! like 10 minutes earlier
    hmmm, maybe i am starving them...they are growing quite fast.
    should up the feed...?

    to be fair though i hand feed pretty much everyday,
    and anytime i put my hands in the water doing maintenance they're all over them...

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    They seem hungry you got heat in there?

    Some lovely koi Dave.
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    They seem hungry you got heat in there?

    Some lovely koi Dave.
    thanks,

    yes mate, heated to 20C
    about the only plus point of a small pond, heating is cheaper.

    downside, i need to rebuild it bigger next year...

    currently there are 3 tosai around 28cm
    one nisai 38cm (ochiba)

    feeding about 25g Queni Koi japan mix a day, and odd treats prawn, mussel ect...
    spread over 4-5 times a day.

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    They will soon grow on that lot Dave,look forward to the pond build,in spring?
    John

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1 View Post
    They will soon grow on that lot Dave,look forward to the pond build,in spring?
    Probably later, The pond is plenty big enough for the size they are now but will need to be bigger for the year after.

    It's a political issue, lol!
    the missus will take some sweet talking to build a bigger pond as the current one is barely 3 months old....

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    I marked my pond out had the nod off the wife then dug a extra foot each side Haha

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    Like it Aj ,got to stretch it a bit.
    John

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    Couple more foot on and squared off with window if some thing should accidentally go wrong with the curve wall Piranha Attack!Piranha Attack!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    I marked my pond out had the nod off the wife then dug a extra foot each side Haha

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    Like your style
    I did the same, the problem was it wasn't going to be a koi pond...
    Just a water feature...lol!

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    Make sure the wife finds a koi she is in love with bigger the better then you have to build a BIG pond to grow some thing like that haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Make sure the wife finds a koi she is in love with bigger the better then you have to build a BIG pond to grow some thing like that haha

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    You read my mind lol...
    She calls the Ochiba her 'water puppy'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Make sure the wife finds a koi she is in love with bigger the better then you have to build a BIG pond to grow some thing like that haha

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    This is the solution.... Worked for me!

    After building 7000 litre pond she says, "This looks really intrusive on the garden, its huge".

    Took her to Koi Dealer and she fell in love with an 18cm Shiro, bought it for her. By end of summer she was so pleased that it was knocking on 30cm. Told her it wouldn't grow anymore due to size of pond, and if it did grow it would be too big for pond and we need to start looking to find it a new home.

    Permission granted for a 5000 litre extension!

    Whilst building she's like "This is huge, looks really intrusive on the garden".

    3 Months after the extension her Shiro is knocking on 40cm, she says, "Are you sure the pond is big enough for it to keep growing, maybe you should have done it a bit bigger".

    Haven't got it in me to get the shovel out again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    This is the solution.... Worked for me!

    After building 7000 litre pond she says, "This looks really intrusive on the garden, its huge".

    Took her to Koi Dealer and she fell in love with an 18cm Shiro, bought it for her. By end of summer she was so pleased that it was knocking on 30cm. Told her it wouldn't grow anymore due to size of pond, and if it did grow it would be too big for pond and we need to start looking to find it a new home.

    Permission granted for a 5000 litre extension!

    Whilst building she's like "This is huge, looks really intrusive on the garden".

    3 Months after the extension her Shiro is knocking on 40cm, she says, "Are you sure the pond is big enough for it to keep growing, maybe you should have done it a bit bigger".

    Haven't got it in me to get the shovel out again.
    Hahaha go big or go home just get the mini x in and do 3/4 of the garden as the pond still need room for the bbq . Get it done you know you want to

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    Edit: Wrong thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    This is the solution.... Worked for me!

    After building 7000 litre pond she says, "This looks really intrusive on the garden, its huge".

    Took her to Koi Dealer and she fell in love with an 18cm Shiro, bought it for her. By end of summer she was so pleased that it was knocking on 30cm. Told her it wouldn't grow anymore due to size of pond, and if it did grow it would be too big for pond and we need to start looking to find it a new home.

    Permission granted for a 5000 litre extension!

    Whilst building she's like "This is huge, looks really intrusive on the garden".

    3 Months after the extension her Shiro is knocking on 40cm, she says, "Are you sure the pond is big enough for it to keep growing, maybe you should have done it a bit bigger".

    Haven't got it in me to get the shovel out again.
    Attah boy. That's the way to do it.

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