Mango4Jade Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 Today I went to the breeders to grab another 10 fish. 9 Kohaku and 1 that I spotted was quite cute and usual The orange on the fish will change to Blood Red as they grow bigger. Any comment on these guys? Mango~
Phil Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 They should deffenetly be nice fish when they get bigger Where are you keeping them all? how are those fry going you got before?
Mango4Jade Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Posted February 4, 2006 Phil, im temp. keeping them in a 1500litre plastic pond, and will be upgrading to a 9000litre fibreglass pond around June. Then probably around Dec im going to dig up my entire backyard to make a big show pond. The fry i got are growing up nicely. Going to need to transferr them to a larger tank or even a large pond. Im also going to the AKA (Aus Koi Assoc.) Auction tomorrow to see if I can pick up a chagoi (tea coloured koi - very friendly and will encourage other koi to feed from hands). And maybe some nice looking specimens too. Mango~
Callatya Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 nice I'm learning lots of koi-language reading these! What are those floating plants? they look good for spawning :)
Chuckie Posted February 4, 2006 Report Posted February 4, 2006 Um, they are Water Hyacinth. "Water hyacinth is widely recognised as the world's worst aquaric weed": http://www.aciar.gov.au/web.nsf/doc/ACIA-5QU88A They are extremely invasive and a declared noxious weed Australia-wide, with a hefty fine attached to their possession. These links explain why it is such a pest and the obligations of all persons having it on their premises: http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series1Hyacinth.html http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident....ra=all&card=W05 http://www.weeds.org.au/noxious.htm
Mango4Jade Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Posted February 5, 2006 Well, apparently lots of Koi keeps have these plants, and there are even some people selling these. Mainly they would be used for spawning. And also in a plant filter. Gets rids of all your nitrates in the water. Great stuff! Looks good too :)
Chuckie Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 These plants are ILLEGAL. Did you read the links I posted? It is illegal to have them and it is illegal to sell them. It matters NOUGHT that other people keep them or that they absorb nitrates. Or that they look pretty.
VickiPS Posted February 5, 2006 Report Posted February 5, 2006 They're declared noxious for very good reason. I can remember, as a child, seeing the entire town reach of the river that runs through our city completely choked with hyancinth. And I mean completely -- not an inch of water surface to be seen. A local guy tried to row across the 100m or so from bank to bank and found it impossible.
Georgia Posted February 6, 2006 Report Posted February 6, 2006 A shame it is a pest/weed. Is there any other plant that flowers above the water like that. One that is easy to care for!!!!!! (With most likely no filter in the tank!!!!) G
Chuckie Posted February 6, 2006 Report Posted February 6, 2006 It really is a shame, it is so beautiful! And it really is a good nitrate sponge, and koi love to spawn on the roots (and to eat them, too). But too big a liability and risk to the environment, unfortunately.
Mango4Jade Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Posted February 6, 2006 mmmm...its really a shame. I dont know what to do with em now T_T
Figure_8 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 I would imagine your legal responsibilities would be along the lines of destroying it. Is there something that you are legally allowed to keep that looks kinda like this? flowering lillies I suppose, but anything bomb proof?
Robbies Betta Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 the only other plant I can think of is that other water "hyacinth". I think it's a water "cabbage" and it looks pretty smart I don't think it's illegal either. It kinda looks like a floating succulent/cactus/cabbage we used to have sum but the goldies ate the fleshy leaves :lol:
Chuckie Posted February 7, 2006 Report Posted February 7, 2006 water cabbage does poorly in tanks apparently, as the condensation that drips on the leaves from lids (if you have lids) rots them There's another really nice floating plant that does well in tanks - salvinia. Nice emerald green hairy leaves. Too bad IT is illegal too!!! Maybe banana lily is a good option. Or you could try potted water lillies and let them reach the surface. They probably won't flower as the tank is too shallow, and once the koi are big enough they will dig the roots out of the pot and make a bugger of a mess. But they'd be ok while the koi are small. I think the obligation with the hyacinth is to dry them out and then burn them. But they MAY be a notifiable weed, in which case as the person whose property they are on you're supposed to inform the local council (I think it's the council). Check the sites I posted or do a google search for the local noxious weeds authority.
Mango4Jade Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Posted February 7, 2006 Ok thanks Lilli Im going to the Aus Koi farm to pick up some Lotus Plants soon, hopefully my koi wont trash them...
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