koi carp with a cat next door

Artytarty

Fracesanne, I'm sorry to hear about your fish.
You may not have lost them all though, s I'm sure you know, they are not as stupid as people make out! They will be shocked by the attack thta undoubtedly took a few and they will be lurking down where you cannot see them, I hope.
This happened twice to my mother, heron attack, thought they'd all gone but in a while a few appeared again.

Loanranger

malebolge wrote: »

I bought these last year - they're wildlife friendly and have kept the dreaded herons (and my own cat) away from the pond: https://www.netfloat.co.uk/

Does Netfloat allow frogs access to your pond? We have had to remove all netting every Spring as frogs were dying around the edges of the pond in a vain attempt to get in the water to breed. I can't see any mention of frogs on the Netfloat website. Thanks!

malebolge

Loanranger wrote: »

Does Netfloat allow frogs access to your pond? We have had to remove all netting every Spring as frogs were dying around the edges of the pond in a vain attempt to get in the water to breed. I can't see any mention of frogs on the Netfloat website. Thanks!

That's a very good point. I only bought mine after reading on Amazon that they were frog friendly - I've actually seen frogs using them to move from a lily to the edge of my pond. I've loads of frogs in the garden and never had any problems with the netfloats.

Loanranger

Thanks, malebolge, that is most helpful.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

In all honesty, if you don't know how large goldfish can grow (more than a foot long) and are talking about a 'small pond', something as demanding - and expensive to care for - as Koi Carp (which can get to three foot long) is really out of your expertise level.

Why not have a wildlife pond? No fish, but tons of other creatures & plants to enjoy. And next door's cat isn't likely to do much more than have a drink or chase a few frogs about.

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Davesnave wrote: »

Is it just me, or or there are others out there that think carp keeping is a total waste of time, and an expensive one at that?

Despite visiting garden and aquatic centres regularly, I've never seen anything remotely attractive in all the paraphenalia used to keep these fish happy. Even the best landscapers seem to struggle when given £thousands to throw at the job.

When the average person assembles all the kit they need, there's nothing very natural about the result; it usually looks like something from 'DIY SOS!'

As for, the racket the pumps and filters make; I'd guess that could be ameliorated with the outlay of even more cash to house them silently, but often it doesn't happen. It certainly hadn't in a garden I visited on open gardens day, where we heard it from a neighbouring property long before we got to see this wondrous monstrosity, like some mini hydro-electric scheme. I hope the neighbour didn't have any incontinence issues.....

Don't get me wrong; I love wildlife ponds, or even those with a few expendable goldfish, but carp.....well, rearrange the letters!

Ohhh yes, keep this in mind ..... my neighbour has this noise coming from his pond and is definitely enough to annoy the house next door !

Davesnave

Catsacor wrote: »

Ohhh yes, keep this in mind ..... my neighbour has this noise coming from his pond and is definitely enough to annoy the house next door !

Unless one has witnessed the sound of a pond with the full kit going nineteen to the dozen in a confined suburban garden, it doesn't hit home how annoying these things can be.

If I had that next door, I'd have to slip a large pike in there late at night! :rotfl:

silverwhistle

Davesnave wrote: »

If I had that next door, I'd have to slip a large pike in there late at night! :rotfl:

A small jack pike would do, a lot easier to come by and just as effective!

If I had a pond I'd have a few small tench as well as the more decorative mid water fish.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

silverwhistle wrote: »

A small jack pike would do, a lot easier to come by and just as effective!

If I had a pond I'd have a few small tench as well as the more decorative mid water fish.

Trouble comes when both of them grow to their natural size. Dace would be quite cool to have glittering away, though. I've never worked out why Tench smell of cucumbers, though.