Looking for koi sitter in San Diego

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Hello-

We're moving out of our home in a few weeks, into a new house. We won't
have a pond at the new house for about 6 months, so we're looking for
someone who can house our (2) healthy koi until sometime in the spring.

One (a Kohaku?) is about 15" long, the other is a yellow koi (Kin Matsuba?),
about 11" long. Both are very healthy, coming from a UV sterilized pond
after living there for 3 years and 1.5 years respectively.

I'd be happy to pitch in towards your favorite food (though with the cold
weather coming, they won't be eating much come winter).

Thanks,

-Mike

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In the home inspection report, they specifically asked that we remove the
fish (duh, I'm not giving my pets away with the house), AND drain the water
for the pond. They have a small child and probably want this for safety
reasons.

Since they don't want any water in the pond, I've decided to take the
Bioforce 2000UV that I put in last year. No reason to leave that burried in
the ground if there isn't anything to pump through it.

-Mike

"Szpond" > wrote in message
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> >We're moving out of our home in a few weeks,
>
> Mike,
> Did you ask the new owners if you can leave them there until you dig your
new
> pond? I'm sure they wouldn't mind.
>
> Cathy

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In the home inspection report, they specifically asked that we remove the
fish (duh, I'm not giving my pets away with the house), AND drain the water
for the pond. They have a small child and probably want this for safety
reasons.

Since they don't want any water in the pond, I've decided to take the
Bioforce 2000UV that I put in last year. No reason to leave that burried in
the ground if there isn't anything to pump through it.

-Mike

"Szpond" > wrote in message
...
> >We're moving out of our home in a few weeks,
>
> Mike,
> Did you ask the new owners if you can leave them there until you dig your
new
> pond? I'm sure they wouldn't mind.
>
> Cathy

[Lee Brouillet]

If you only need a home for two koi, have you considered housing them in a
Q-tank environment while you get settled? That way you could take them with
you. You can put a Q-tank together rather quickly with block and a piece of
liner, or you could go the "deluxe" route and get a show tank (Pearls of
Paradise makes a nice one!). If you're taking the filter anyway, then you
could keep it alive and well along with your fish. You could set it up in a
corner of the yard while you get settled in and the pond built. These days,
with all the "creeping crud" out there, I'd hate to house them: you'd have
no way of knowing what they may have been exposed to. Besides, won't you
miss feeding time?

Lee

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> Hello-
>
> We're moving out of our home in a few weeks, into a new house. We won't
> have a pond at the new house for about 6 months, so we're looking for
> someone who can house our (2) healthy koi until sometime in the spring.
>
> One (a Kohaku?) is about 15" long, the other is a yellow koi (Kin
Matsuba?),
> about 11" long. Both are very healthy, coming from a UV sterilized pond
> after living there for 3 years and 1.5 years respectively.
>
> I'd be happy to pitch in towards your favorite food (though with the cold
> weather coming, they won't be eating much come winter).
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mike
>
> P.S. Remove SPAMSUX from my e-mail address when responding.
>
>

[Lee Brouillet]

If you only need a home for two koi, have you considered housing them in a
Q-tank environment while you get settled? That way you could take them with
you. You can put a Q-tank together rather quickly with block and a piece of
liner, or you could go the "deluxe" route and get a show tank (Pearls of
Paradise makes a nice one!). If you're taking the filter anyway, then you
could keep it alive and well along with your fish. You could set it up in a
corner of the yard while you get settled in and the pond built. These days,
with all the "creeping crud" out there, I'd hate to house them: you'd have
no way of knowing what they may have been exposed to. Besides, won't you
miss feeding time?

Lee

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> Hello-
>
> We're moving out of our home in a few weeks, into a new house. We won't
> have a pond at the new house for about 6 months, so we're looking for
> someone who can house our (2) healthy koi until sometime in the spring.
>
> One (a Kohaku?) is about 15" long, the other is a yellow koi (Kin
Matsuba?),
> about 11" long. Both are very healthy, coming from a UV sterilized pond
> after living there for 3 years and 1.5 years respectively.
>
> I'd be happy to pitch in towards your favorite food (though with the cold
> weather coming, they won't be eating much come winter).
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mike
>
> P.S. Remove SPAMSUX from my e-mail address when responding.
>
>

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I'd love to take them with us to the new house, but it isn't ready yet, and
we're moving into a rental for a month. With a 7 month old baby and all of
the other stuff we're dealing with, it's just not possible.

A neighbor with a small pond is going to babysit the koi after all. Also,
here's a (large) picture of it in case anyone wants to see it:

http://www.geocities.com/mcornwell/pond2003.jpg

"Lee Brouillet" > wrote in message
...
> If you only need a home for two koi, have you considered housing them in a
> Q-tank environment while you get settled? That way you could take them
with
> you. You can put a Q-tank together rather quickly with block and a piece
of
> liner, or you could go the "deluxe" route and get a show tank (Pearls of
> Paradise makes a nice one!). If you're taking the filter anyway, then you
> could keep it alive and well along with your fish. You could set it up in
a
> corner of the yard while you get settled in and the pond built. These
days,
> with all the "creeping crud" out there, I'd hate to house them: you'd have
> no way of knowing what they may have been exposed to. Besides, won't you
> miss feeding time?
>
> Lee
>
> "Remove SPAMSUX to Reply" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello-
> >
> > We're moving out of our home in a few weeks, into a new house. We won't
> > have a pond at the new house for about 6 months, so we're looking for
> > someone who can house our (2) healthy koi until sometime in the spring.
> >
> > One (a Kohaku?) is about 15" long, the other is a yellow koi (Kin
> Matsuba?),
> > about 11" long. Both are very healthy, coming from a UV sterilized pond
> > after living there for 3 years and 1.5 years respectively.
> >
> > I'd be happy to pitch in towards your favorite food (though with the
cold
> > weather coming, they won't be eating much come winter).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > P.S. Remove SPAMSUX from my e-mail address when responding.
> >
> >
>
>

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I'd love to take them with us to the new house, but it isn't ready yet, and
we're moving into a rental for a month. With a 7 month old baby and all of
the other stuff we're dealing with, it's just not possible.

A neighbor with a small pond is going to babysit the koi after all. Also,
here's a (large) picture of it in case anyone wants to see it:

http://www.geocities.com/mcornwell/pond2003.jpg

"Lee Brouillet" > wrote in message
...
> If you only need a home for two koi, have you considered housing them in a
> Q-tank environment while you get settled? That way you could take them
with
> you. You can put a Q-tank together rather quickly with block and a piece
of
> liner, or you could go the "deluxe" route and get a show tank (Pearls of
> Paradise makes a nice one!). If you're taking the filter anyway, then you
> could keep it alive and well along with your fish. You could set it up in
a
> corner of the yard while you get settled in and the pond built. These
days,
> with all the "creeping crud" out there, I'd hate to house them: you'd have
> no way of knowing what they may have been exposed to. Besides, won't you
> miss feeding time?
>
> Lee
>
> "Remove SPAMSUX to Reply" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello-
> >
> > We're moving out of our home in a few weeks, into a new house. We won't
> > have a pond at the new house for about 6 months, so we're looking for
> > someone who can house our (2) healthy koi until sometime in the spring.
> >
> > One (a Kohaku?) is about 15" long, the other is a yellow koi (Kin
> Matsuba?),
> > about 11" long. Both are very healthy, coming from a UV sterilized pond
> > after living there for 3 years and 1.5 years respectively.
> >
> > I'd be happy to pitch in towards your favorite food (though with the
cold
> > weather coming, they won't be eating much come winter).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > P.S. Remove SPAMSUX from my e-mail address when responding.
> >
> >
>
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