We cleaned up all the algae. I am going to have to let some grow…because the koi are getting hungry, and we are going to have to feed them often. Bigtime often.<\/p>\n
What have our darlings done? Well, our largest, white-gold Ari, patchwork quilt Kenpachi, Renji (pinto orange\/white, which is called ‘kohaku’,) are about 7″ long. Ari is 8″. This is not big for a koi, which reach adulthood at about a foot or two and can grow to three. The spectacle of Ari and Kenpachi up on the pebble beach like spawning salmon is impressive enough. They’re hunting worms that breed in the waterfall and fall down between the rocks. The smaller koi are learning the trick of moving small rocks.<\/p>\n
Finding numerous of our pond margin plants that they could get hold of now stripped of leaves and roots and floating in the skimmer basket…ah, well.<\/p>\n
Replant them, yes, easy. They’re back in the skimmer basket this morning.<\/p>\n
This morning we found 4 ten-pound rocks from the margin at the usual feeding station now are down on the bottom of the pond, and it’s going to require a bath to go after them and replace them. I’ll bet food had gotten stuck behind those rocks, and Ari wanted it.<\/p>\n
Our scaly children are adolescents. We wonder what else can be made a koi-toy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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