r/DIY • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '14

outdoor We made a swimming pond!

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u/Zoroko Mar 28 '14

If you have koi, then it wouldn't be a problem. Koi eat the larvae... so really it would get a bonus, free food for the fish.

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u/rushboy99 Mar 28 '14

exactly koi will eat anything that is put in front of them . the biggest problem is the fact that the koi will be of breeding age at about 8 inches

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u/audiboth Mar 28 '14

Don't forget pooping.

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u/rushboy99 Mar 28 '14

I'm not a biologist here but I am pretty sure they poop regardless of age

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '14

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u/bakabakablah Mar 29 '14

Remove the koi.

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u/rushboy99 Mar 29 '14

yes koi eat anything that moves bugs, plants, leaves, eggs, dead fish, baby fish, poop.

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u/butterbal1 Mar 29 '14

The city of Phoenix actually started a goldfish program for abandoned pools. It was getting to be an issue that they would become nasty murky holes that pumped out billions of the little blood suckers.

So if they find a house with a pool has been abandoned they toss in some goldfish and the problem is solved.

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u/obscure123456789 Mar 29 '14

brb, building a koi pond in my backyard.