Well the koi are absolutely loving the elevated temps this past few days. Scoffing their heads off. The covers and parasol are doing a good job of prohibiting a sudden increase in water temps so it's warming up slowly which does the fish a favour. As a result the water has remained very clear with temps currently around ~11.5 C. Feeding has increased gradually over the last month or two which has given the bio filter the chance to get going properly. A few more degrees and it's time to start piling the grub in for growing season.
It's been awesome feeding them this past few days. I could sit there all day watching them I swear it. The covers will be coming off in the next week or so as most of the blossom has now fallen from the trees. Shouldn't be long before I can get some good shots of the fish to whack on here.
Good morning all,
many thanks to all who have reported the spam appearing recently on the forum, special shout out to @elmoputney and @InteraX who gave me a pleasurable 10min banning them all!
please keep reporting them as soon as you see them and the mod team will get them rid.
many thanks!
ouchthathurt (Matt)
Just to add..... if you guys think carp tax is bad you should check out koi tax. I've just ordered a koi measuring bowl (literally a blue plastic tub) for 147 quid. It's the cheapest one I could find. Average price is more like 300 with the most expensive one being 550 quid because it's Japanese. Couldn't make it up. It's a plastic box😅.