Koi Water: How to Prevent Overpopulation

With Koi ponds, is one of the most difficult problems that a pond owner will be faced with overcrowding. This can cause major problems for your pond, which can even lead to death for your fish. For this, here are some ways on how to prevent overpopulation of your pond. After these useful and important step will greatly reduce your chances of getting into such problems. 

Never Overstock Your Pond: 

Overcrowding is one of the most common problems that the new Koi pond owners will face. When you first buy your fish, choose from a number of fish that are just as playful and beautiful, so as to save your own pond from overcrowding. You can always talk to your local pet store professional or Koi dealer with respect to the specifications of your pond. 

Let them know the total size of your pond, the type of filtration system you use and the location where you plan to place your koi pond. These necessary and useful information will be able to help them successfully to predict the right amount of fish that you can have in your pond. No need to worry if they look small, because remember that this species grows fairly quickly and get big fast! 

One of the problems that people or owners of the sheep is unable to turn down these offers. When you are being offered with a second fish pond owners should always look at the reasons why they are giving you their fish (this may be due to overcrowding issues as well). If you have to turn down these offers, it does not mean you caused damage to your pet, but it's just that the owner may have to find another person to take the offer. 

What to do when Overpopulation has happened:

Once your pond has reached overpopulation, here are the steps you must take to remove children from it. One of the best ways to stop feeding your fish when you realize that spawning has taken place. Stop feeding your fish for a period of not less than 3 weeks. You do not have to worry about your Koi are hungry, they will focus more on natural foods that they can get if you do not feed them every day. Natural diet, they also have their young. 

Although they are not one of the cannibalistic animals eat their young is just natural for them (if they are still eggs, or if they are small and they look like insects). When babies look like real fish, the adults them recognize this and they will no longer see them as food. Although this may seem cruel, it is only a natural process. 

It is very important for you to start this process as soon as you will observe the eggs or babies in your pond. You can give these unwanted babies away to your local pet stores, local zoos and Koi local communities have programs for accepting unwanted animals and provide shelter for them (some of them will even pay you cash when they go to sell them). You can log on to online forums and post your info is in your extra Koi.