I had at least 8 baby koi survive the winter

Spot and Ditto, two of the largest babies from the early spawns of last year came out of winter beautifully. They're growing like crazy now and are always out swimming with the big fish now.
Unfortunately Nemo and Gidget are no where to be seen. They have not made it through to spring. :sad:
I also have at least 6 babies from the last spawn of the season. These little guys are much smaller than spot and ditto and as yet have not been named except for one that DH calls Mini Midge because just like Ditto, it's a miniature replica of it's mother, Midge.
All of the big fish made it through winter fine. This was their first overwinter in my pond and everyone came through with no issues. Considering how long and nasty this past winter was, I'm pretty happy. :D

Cindy

oh goodie!! do we soon get to see more pictures???

That is great news, clm, so ummmmmm, do we get to see pics of them :D?

Oh, no! :sad: Not Nemo and Gidget...:candle: Maybe they're just hiding and will show up later :fingerscr

Meanwhile, we definitely do need some pics of the big guys and gals...and the little ones if you can get them to pose :D

Did you run aerators all winter?

Oh, no! :sad: Not Nemo and Gidget...:candle: Maybe they're just hiding and will show up later :fingerscr

Meanwhile, we definitely do need some pics of the big guys and gals...and the little ones if you can get them to pose :D

Did you run aerators all winter?

I know, I was really sad about Nemo....he was the first koi baby I've ever had. :sad: I know they're not hiding. Nemo was a gutsy fish, he would be out if he was around.
I'll try to get some pics. I'm so hopeless at taking fish pics. Thank goodness for digital and you don't have to develop all those blurry lumps anymore. :laughing:
I didn't run any aerators this winter, but I did keep 2 pumps running the entire winter bypassing the filters and just running 2 of them directly into the waterfall which kept a nice large hole to gas the pond off.


Cindy