Water Gardening: Need your imput and suggestions - new koi pond., 1 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
Raccoons don't attack that often, but they do more visible damage. (They threw the plants around and bit the heads off my fish and left them.)

The herons can sometimes be seen in wait at dusk perched on chimneys.

I lost so many fish in the small, outdoor pond that I put on bird netting which was helpful until there was evidence of raccoons where they had difficulty getting through the netting. We then added chicken wire, but by fall there was so much junk and fallen leaves that the pond was no longer enjoyable.

As a result my loving husband built me a pond indoors with no predators, and they are quite happy. An indoor pond has other requirements, but is not too difficult to maintain. There are five koi and five goldfish/shubunkins. They are happy, however, difficult to photograph. I will not buy butterfly koi again as they are very aggressive.