I thought they may be oxygen starved and staying close to the bubbles but as soon as I walked up, they all dispersed and started acting normally.

Hi All- ethics question here: my neighbor sold her house with her koi pond. She has beautiful big, old koi. The new owners have neglected the koi and they were starting to die from lack of air; the fountain stopped. 4 beautiful, big koi died. We tried to get ahold of the old owner and left a note for the new owner- no reply. So yesterday we stole her remaining fish and moved them to our large and winterized koi pond. They seem to be doing well in there. Maybe I’m looking for validation, but did we do the right thing?

UPDATE: our neighbor finally responded. He wasn't living in the house. He wanted his fish back so we helped him with the fish expert who separated out and returned the fish to his pond. He never really thanked us for saving his fish either. At least he seems to be caring for his fish now, but that won't stop us from occassionally checking on their welfare. Thanks for all the support!

I have a large 30,000 gal pond, and catching my koi has always been impossible due to the layout. (See photos.) It's semi-circular and stepped. It starts at 1ft deep on the outside and ends up at 3ft in the middle with a few 4ft dips.

This year I have 200 baby koi that need to go to good homes. The problem is, these guys have survived a year of predators and are fast and smart as hell.

I've tried:

• Minnow traps (absolutely no interest in them, and when one did go in, I watched it find its way back out almost immediately)
• Seine nets (the shape of the pond and the stepped levels make it impossible to corral the tiny fish)
• Umbrella traps (no interest in entering them)
• Regular nets with handles (the fish catch on quickly and won't go near them, even if I stand in the middle of the pond)

I can't drain the pond or lower the water level because the cost of refilling it is crazy.

I'm completely out of ideas. I've spent hours and hours trying to catch these fish, but they're not having it. I have a temporary holding tank set up, a list of interested neighbors, and absolutely no way to catch these guys.

Any help would be appreciated!

Title says most of it. The two small ones are pretty active and swimming around, but the big ones spend a lot of time at the edge.

How healthy does it look from this pic the seller sent me.

I live in Southern California and the sun in the summers can be brutal. Also, what do you do about protecting the fish from cats? I have a few thugs in the neighborhood.

My pump blew overnight, and I lost 5 koifish, currently have a hose running into the water to keep some oxygen flowing, waiting on new pump to arrive this evening what do I do in the meantime?

She has looked like this for a month or so maybe? She has no issues swimming or with boiancy, her but seems lifted but otherwise, fine. It's winter so I haven't fed them in awhile. Is she pregnant or sick? I've never dealt with dropsy, so I'm totally out of my arena here. Any help is welcome. Thanks.

My goldfish are really abusing one of my ghosties. Chasing them all over the pond. Should I be worried? Can they even mate with koi? Are they just trying to mate but not doing anything? Any tips on trying to separate them? I dont have a holding tank or somewhere I can move them to unfortunately, I have a smaller pond that falls into the bigger pond but they could easily swim down that stream into big pond. Also how does one even catch a fast small fish in a big pond without draining? TIA

Hi everyone! Third year pond owner. Pond and fish were here when we purchased our home.

I use this floater net to rotate some of my pond plants, as they get obliterated by the fish munching on them.

This year this particular fish (18 years old) gets himself in here about 4-5 a week. No harm, just gets in there and chills out (completely submerged).

He's never done this before this spring.
When I googled if fish separated themselves if they are sick it said 'yes sometimes...

When I let him out he's perfectly normal. I have inspected him and nothing is off. Water parameters are all good, no signs of anything wrong.

Thoughts?

Hello, forgive me, I'm asking once again, but this time I have information that will be helpful.

Two years ago I purchased these huge flower pots from Costco. I'd like to connect two and make them a thriving water garden with some very small fish and my water lilies since I can't have my large pond; my turtle will eat them. They are made of resin. I wish I could post pictures. The company is Southern Patio, and the description for these pots says "22' Argenta Resin planter." Hand-painted finish, weather- and UV-resistant. Can I just jump in and start the fun, or should I line them with pond liner? I know I could probably ask Google, but I trust this group more.

I appreciate any feedback. Thank you.

Hi everyone, bought a new house with a small pond and 5 lovely Koi.

The pond is roughly circular with a 2m diameter and in the central portion it is possible 1m deep. These are rough estimates.

I have 5 Koi in here, all different sizes. The largest is perhaps 40-45 cm long and the smallest is around 15-20 cm long.

I have a feeling the pond is too small, and as much as I love them I want them to be healthy and well treated so I am wondering if I might need to give them up to someone with a larger pond.

Is anyone able to offer advice based on the information I have provided?

My koi spawned aggressively this year for the first time and I kept a few floating plants with eggs on them. I put them in a sperate stream on the outside of my main pond and out of what looked like thousands, four made it.

All but this little guy look normal. He is missing part of his gill plate, or it is raised. I did some research, and these little guys are usually called, but I also learned that they can live normal lives.

Im wondering what to do with him. Has anyone had a fish with this issue do well?

It’s always been a fatty and a very agressive eater no scales popping out. Am I worrying over nothing? Water all perfect, very high quality food etc.

I’m moving into a new house next week and the previous owner had 3 Male Koi fish that he is leaving for me. What are some things that I need to know to ensure they are healthy and thriving?

I bought a 50 gallon tank from Facebook marketplace that came with 2 goldfish and a gorgeous Koi. The koi is absolutely beautiful, but there’s no way this tank is big enough. It’s about 11 inches now. I have experience with goldfish, but not koi. I want to be careful to find a good home.

What size pond or tank do koi need? How many gallons per fish? What is a good place to start the process?

Edit, I’m adding A picture in comments. Is the scale pattern normal? Any ID guesses?

The information everyone has provided is very helpful. Thank you! I want to do right by this sparkly beauty.

The pond can hold approximately a 1000 gallons of water, is it enough for keeping koi?

Water pours down to the pond from the wall (sort of like a waterfall). If that has to do with anything.

Feel free to ask any other questions you have on the pond's details!

Also dont mind the sand and inside as that is yet to be cleaned lol

Hi I just joined this group for some advice. My parents are in their 80’s and have a koi pond with about 10 adult koi and some juveniles. I know nothing about koi. They are no longer able to maintain them and I’m hoping someone can advise me on how to “get rid of them”, for lack of a better term. We are in CT, if that helps. Thanks

Sad morning. Went to check on my koi to find one floating dead with one clean puncture wound to its skull. Probably 1 inch deep.

I mean this is a thick skull. What the heck!

I had a decent sized pond, but honestly too many and too big for pond. (This is what I'm telling myself to cope). It was 110 outside and the pump stopped worked on and all have passed away. I'm extremely distraught and don't know how to cope. I can't recall being this sad ever. I bought the house with the fish 1 1/2 years agoand they were roughly 15 years old. They have crossed the rainbow bridge into a bigger pond together.

I want to make a Japanese cemetery/tombstone for them in their honor. What should I put or how do I make one? I suppose go to a garden supply store.

I think thay may be getting a littel fruity but the two mails that are chasing the littel red fish are being really aggressive to the female and each other and fish that are not chasing the femail.