hunka27
Koi Lover
Sep 6, 2005, 8:26 AM
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baby koi in my pond..
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hellod everyone, glad i found this site! This is my first post so bare with me. I have a fairly large pond, 15x22. I have about 25 koi in there. All mixed kinds, don't even which ones are which. But I didn't even know they layed eggs but all of a sudden there are some baby fish, small, anywhere from .5 to 1", one i saw is actuallu only a couple mm. Anyway, I was concerned because i was happy to see them, i might have noticed about 10 yesterday, fairly obvoius swimming along the edges. Today, I had to look hard for them so i'm worried there being eaten. I just know went out at night and found about 8 that i caught and put in a bucket of pond water. I don't know what i should i do and if i'm over reacting. It seems like they will probably be ok in the large pond but since its my first time taking care of such small babies i don't know what to do. I was thinking if the adults don't bother them, they probably live off algae so maybe its bad at this point to seperate them. I know when the eggs are layed its good to have them by themselves in there own pond. also one final question... should i shut off my UV filter and let it get a little green so they can live off the algae? thanks for all advice anyone can give me.
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Re: [hunka27] baby koi in my pond..
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. Their egg sacks and green water are the first food they eat, so if you decide to keep them in the pond letting it green up a little would be good for them. If your have plants in your pond the fry will hide in them most of the time until they get bigger. 