Water Gardening: Do I have bad luck or is this normal???, 1 by Carolyn22

Carolyn22 wrote:
Linda/Willie,

Thank you. DH and I have been through our problems with fish health and Linda I do understand your line of thinking. Personally I would not be able to euthanize him myself. - My husband has the same line of thinking though, so I do understand.

I do think that alot of the problems you had were as a result of the rocks on the bottom of your pond. Also, not sure where I read the posting, but somebody had mentioned to find a good koi dealer and stay with that dealer. DH and I did that starting about 5-6 years ago and really haven't had much in the way of problems since then. The koi from the place that I do business come over from Japan every year and she quarantines the whole lot of fish for 3 weeks before they are put up for sale, with their company not opening in the Spring until sometime in April. Because of this, I have been able to add fish right from her farm to my pond. She is a bit pricey, but I spend far less on koi than having to medicate an entire pond.

Both of you being in larger metropolitan areas, you should be able to find koi dealers that do this.

I would love to see pictures of your ponds and your fish.

Carolyn