"Roy" wrote in message
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Yep, if I had it to do over again thats exactly what I would like
also. We originally built the pond as we have two boys that liked to
fish, so we stocked it with Florida hybred bass and copper nose
bream and shell crackers and channel cats. Well the novelty soon wore
off for them, and the bream multiplied and multiplied......
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Well, before the koi and goldfish can thrive and multiply, you will probably
have to "do in" most of the fish you have in there now. I'm thinking of
the gorgeous jewels you could have in such a huge pond and I'm drooling.
Not only a large number of beautiful koi but water lilies, mini cattails,
maybe some Lotus.....
I have two ponds, very small by comparison. One is anywhere from 750 to 800
gallons depending on how many plants are in it - and the other is 2000
gallons. Most of my koi are the butterfly type. As I cull each year I
remove the normal koi in favor of the butterflies. I was thrilled to find a
young butterfly koi this summer! We're keeping him/her. :-)

Since we netted the ponds we haven't lost any koi. Each year as they grow
some must be removed and sold to the fish store. I'm not sure how many
butterfly koi each pond will untimely hold since they're not yet full grown.
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