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    Hi Feline thats good to hear, i didn't lose any...

    Hi Feline
    thats good to hear, i didn't lose any of the goldfish in the past but they are a lot smaller. i was also concerned about the temperature drop if the water was moving, when i used to scuba...
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    Hi Feline no filtration other than heavily...

    Hi Feline
    no filtration other than heavily planted with reed beds, lillies, iris etc
    16 koi average about 18 inches in about 17000 gallons of water. regular water changes from rain water collected...
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    winter is coming

    Hi all
    as the temperature is dropping my thoughts have come to the issue of my waterfall. in previous years when I only had a few goldfish I always turned the waterfall off in winter.
    the thought...
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    thanks guys i clearly don't get out enough.

    thanks guys
    i clearly don't get out enough.
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    good morning interesting, if that is the case...

    good morning
    interesting, if that is the case then this must be a natural mutation, but thanks for the heads up, probably explains why there was only one as well.
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    hybrid goldfish?

    i had a few goldfish dumped on me a few years back, a mate was clearing his pond of unwanted fish to make more space for his koi. i had no fish at that point so they were on their own. they spawned a...
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    morning all i have a big heron that visits us....

    morning all
    i have a big heron that visits us. its mainly historical as when i only had a few goldfish i didn't worry about it and he came very frequently. now the koi are in the pond i have set up...
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    hi all i did a quick test as suggested by dc197...

    hi all
    i did a quick test as suggested by dc197 and filled a clear bottle with pond water, it did (mostly) setlle. the particulate matter settled after about 24 hours so not green water. the basic...
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    Hi Manky that certainly doesn't sound like a bad...

    Hi Manky
    that certainly doesn't sound like a bad idea even if its not needed. i will put another water movement pump in and keep an eye on things.
    regards
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    Hi Mattsville thank you for the alternative...

    Hi Mattsville
    thank you for the alternative thought, which i will try to research. it could be their size if that is the case, they are both over 27 inches and would require more oxygen than smaller...
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    Thanks Lee your very kind for the information. I...

    Thanks Lee
    your very kind for the information. I too have a rescue dog, a German shepherd cross that was abandoned by the breeder and he is a fantastic companion, unfortunately he enjoys the pond as...
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    Hi Lee thank you for the info. i hadnt thought...

    Hi Lee
    thank you for the info. i hadnt thought about buying from a breeder/ importer or from that far away. i'm about 3 hours from Leicestershire. i guess im also a little biased in my approach to...
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    yamabuki

    hi
    does anyone have a nicely coloured yamabuki that they want to sell or just re-home. i have a clay pond that is longing for a colourful inmate who wants to be the star attraction.
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    hi rjw the pond is natural clay, heavily...

    hi rjw
    the pond is natural clay, heavily planted, no no2 or no3 waterfall fed for oxygen with a 77 square metre surface area. all other fish are normal behaviour and the grass carp return to normal...
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    grass carp

    sorry to bring up a non koi issue, but i have a couple of grass carp and a couple of questions.
    the albino carp i have is almost certainly blind or extremely poor sighted, he seems to swim around...
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    murk

    Hi dc197
    unfortunately i don't really need to do the pint test. it is definitely clay sediment, when i watch the fish turn in shallow water you can see this swirl and a cloud appear. i did think,...
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    hi again dc 197 not green water as such but...

    hi again dc 197
    not green water as such but definately not clear either with 16 large fish scavenging all day on the bottom of a clay pond most days it resembles coffee. when i was in japan recently...
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    hi dc197 i feed the fish purely to see them and...

    hi dc197
    i feed the fish purely to see them and give them a quick once over just to make sure they are all there and looking happy etc. i give a little food in the morning and the early evening....
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    clay pond

    good morning
    I started my project about 4 years ago and wasn't intending to go down the koi route at all.
    it started with a 10m dish dug into the clay at about 1.4m deep and levelled with a jcb,...
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