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Must see video!
1/01/2013 The video to the left was taken with my live stream
underwater camera found here.
In the lower right hand corner of the video you will see two of
the three Chinese hi-finned banded sharks that live in our lower
pond with our Koi. The other four that we have, two in the
upper pond and two in our middle pond are much larger because they
do not compete with the Koi for food.
We have eight in our personal pond and
they range from 8" to 18" in 2013. They were fed Sho
Koi that I soaked in water and mashed up so it would sink to the
bottom. On my camera I could see the three in my lower pond going along the
bottom eating algae as well. Two schooled together (one male and one female) the other in the
lower pond schooled with the koi. |
| Can Koi and the "sharks" live in the same pond? This is a very
common question that I get. Watch this video taken on
4/10/14. |
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| In this video they sharks have been floated in the tank and
transferred to a bowl so I could do photos and videos |
In this video note all the algae near the pump (by the 2 pieces of
tubing) You will hear me talking in this video |
In this video note my surprise and excuse my language at my total
surprise that all the algae has been eaten in the 10 minutes or so
when I
walked away. |
| Testimonials |
*** Hi Bonnie
Mine did good he is growing and we had some nasty cold cold
weather. I saw him a couple times in the last few weeks.
Cindy
Andrews Texas
*** Hi Bonnie,
My hi-fin sharks spent the winter
in my office in a 55 gal tank. They have grown to be
about 12" long and we have fed them the food I got from
you along with some flakes the other fish in the tank
can't get.
I will probably return them to the
pond next week! We had a cold winter here with one snow
that gave us 14" and we had consistent temps in the 20's
in December. I don't think the sharks would have made it
although the goldfish made out great!
If the sharks grow as much this
year I don't know what we'll do this coming winter.
Cape Charles, Virginia ( Eastern Shore)
*** A customer in Nebraska, zone 5
left his two in his pond. When the ice thawed (he kept an
open spot all winter) one was dead. A few weeks later he
emailed back to say the other one was spotted eating algae on the
side of the pond. There is no way to know why the one died and
one lived.
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I added some "sharks" to a Baby Koi tank with algae. The Baby Koi alone could not keep up with the algae as fast as it was growing. |
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It has been 2-1/2 months since I
added 2 of the Chinese banded hi-fin sharks to my lower pond.
One would stay near the underwater camera stand and the other on or
near the rock that is holding down the temporary bottom drain cover.
It is a lotus pan turned upside down. LOL! Hey, it works.
I had not seen either of them for a few weeks and figured the dratted
kingfisher got them.
In fact a couple of weeks ago,
Rich was in the pond to get out breeders for spawning. He had
drained down the pond by about 1/2. I have no rocks in my
lower pond so there is really no place for a fish to hide. Or
so I thought.
I so enjoyed my morning coffee
while watching their antics on my live streaming camera.
I had been so bummed out because they were "gone".
This afternoon while on my way
down to the greenhouse, I spotted both of them sitting together near
the camera stand for the underwater camera. I dashed back up
to the house to get my camera.
While the photo is not the best, you
can see them both side by side. Now I need to figure out which is
the male and which is the female.....
So for those of you who thought
they were "gone" trust me, they are masters of hiding. |
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5 months have gone by since I added the "sharks" to my pond.
They no longer stay on the bottom or hide. They now school
together by themselves or with my Koi. There are actually 3 of
them in my lower pond but I am not able to get a photo of all 3
together. |
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| Yesterday we drained the upper pond and vacuumed the liner, dead
headed the lilies and fertilized them. There were 2 small koi and
one "shark" there. He/she was 7 inches back in March. He/she is now
10.5 inches. |
Today we drained the middle pond and
vacuumed the liner, dead headed the lilies and fertilized them.
There were 4 small koi and one "shark" there. He/she was 7 inches
back in March. He/she is now 12 inches. |
He was so docile he laid in my hand
under the water. So I decided to take a picture of him/her on
its side.
You
can tell his size by looking at my hand. I tried to hold him
in my hand and do the photo but I needed to also work the camera at
the same time. LOL
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