Adventures in Koi

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Wouldn't work though, we have a fake heron. He would eat them.

Maybe he would leave fake fish scales on your fake boat dock.

[CalvertNewbie]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Wouldn't work though, we have a fake heron. He would eat them.

Doesn't your fake heron scare off the real ones? We had a pond up in NY (sure miss it!) and we had a bunch of koi & goldfish in there. We bought a fake heron to protect our fish because they're supposedly loner birds. If they see another heron already at a pond, that territory is taken and they will keep searching for another pond. We only had one fish taken in 9 months, of course my favorite yellow koi. We used to move the fake one around the pond to different areas.

[CalvertNewbie]

Originally Posted by BS Gal

Your pond is purty.

Sure is nice. Makes me want to have another one. I miss ours.

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by CalvertNewbie

Doesn't your fake heron scare off the real ones? We had a pond up in NY (sure miss it!) and we had a bunch of koi & goldfish in there. We bought a fake heron to protect our fish because they're supposedly loner birds. If they see another heron already at a pond, that territory is taken and they will keep searching for another pond. We only had one fish taken in 9 months, of course my favorite yellow koi. We used to move the fake one around the pond to different areas.

Guess not. Maybe I should try moving him around.