Ponderings from Cool Ponds

Too many koi! Too Much of a Good Thing... An interesting thing happens when you add fish to a pond with new water at just the right temperature... it's similar to what can happen to people 9 months after a snowstorm. This photo above is of my pond about a year after it was installed. The pond was installed in May of 2009 and by June we couldn't believe our eyes.  At night, in the underwater lights were hundreds of little fry.  We thought there was NO WAY we could have this many fish, couldn't be!!! The adult fish were all together for years before we put them in the new pond, with very little reproduction.  Guess the new digs made them very happy. So then what do we do with all these baby koi? After all was said and done, we had over 300!  Well, they mostly went to other homes eventually -- and yes, we drained the pond to get them out.  Some would stay with us and even make the move with us to our current home and pond. Here's the important question... how do we...