These guys are not your
buddies! They can eat 100 young Koi in a few days of feeding. You have to do something to keep
them at bay. Until your Koi get to 8-10 inches they are easy prey. The Heron eats at day, and the
Raccoon at night. There are devices on the market to scare them off, but hardly any work 100%. The
only guaranteed way is a pond net. You can turn milk crates upside down and place a big rock or
planter on them, or leave tubes of black PVC or cement pipes in the pond.
Koi Bandit
Your new Koi are not used the real world and know
nothing about predators since they have been raised in breeding ponds that are protected. They will
wise up pretty fast if you can give them a chance to learn how mother nature works. I have seen
heron in broad daylight, in the middle of a large city, munch away and not care. I pulled up in a
friend's yard about 30 feet away in my car and the heron just looked at me and stared. I had to get
out of the car before he left. Not one of his small koi were still there out of around a dozen he
had just bought. You won't have to net the pond for long if you use a net. Maybe a couple of months
and then the Koi are up to speed. You can then use the net to keep leaves out in the fall.
Laguna offers 3 sizes of pond
covers.
Protects fish from predators (raccoons, herons)
Keeps fish from jumping out.
Keeps out pets, leaves, and debris.
Improves water quality.
Comes with stakes for installation.
Leaves and debris a
big headache in the fall?
Herons and Raccoons making a smorgasbord of your small Koi?
Get your pond net
much larger than your actual pond size so you can pull it back
easily and dispose of all your leaves in 10 minutes. Saves hours
of clean-up time in the Fall and Spring! Stakes not included.
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** Pond Plants grow differently depending on where you live: If you took pond plants of the same species and planted them in different climates each plant would grow differently. This is Mother Nature at work. We guarantee all of our plants will arrive alive and healthy. We cannot guarantee that your specific location will support long term growth. Over time and experience you will find which pond plants thrive in your USDA Zone
*** We reserve the right to substitute with like plants of equal or greater value unless you specifically request otherwise in the remarks section of your order you submit. This happens almost never though, and if it does happen it is usually in regard to floating and submerged oxygenation plants.
