We're at one of our ponds and this is one of our best ponds. It has quite a few
plants growing and emerging out of it. But it's large enough that many of the animals
use it as a water source. So, our deer drink here, we occasionally find snakes
along the banks, our red-winged black birds nest here, our crows- you can hear-
come here as well. But we have a problem, we have mosquito larva. It's cold, it's
October, we're getting down to freezing at night but the larva are still surviving in
the water. Occasionally the adults are emerging on warm days and we're not
trying to raise mosquito's. So, we're adding a fish to the pond, a type of fish. It's
not a native species, which I wouldn't normally do. But in this case it's a native
species that has not been invasive into our region. It's a type of fish that we've
enjoyed having in the past. Let's see if I can scan here. They're getting ready to go
in; it's koi. I know we have quite a bit of reflection on the water. I'm going to
go close, but they're a little skittish so they may swim away. It's hard to see
them, but we have four in here. We have the one that kind of stands out in the
middle there, the white with splotches of red or reddish orange, that's a kohaku.
That's a very characteristic type of koi. There are two to the left that are gold
with black spots, those two are bekkos. They may grow up and lose the black but I
think that they're probably going to keep it. On the right holding very very still,
I know it's hard to see with the water reflection, but that's acari muji. Which
is basically a all one color, in this case gold. So, I got these, I'll see if I can
get a side view of the tank without scaring them. They're acclimating to the
water temperature right now and it takes them some time. I got them at a local pet
store, kind of a chain pet store. You can't really see them there. They were in
mistakenly with the goldfish, so I scored a great deal. But they did have a parasite-
ick. So, I've had them in captivity for a few weeks, kind of making sure they got
larger. I treated them with a little bit of salty water, some formalin and
malachite which you have to be very careful handling and dosing. But it worked, it got
rid of the ick, at least visibly. They're breathing well, they're eating a lot. I've
already been training them eating mosquito larva. We're going to put them in as soon
as they acclimate. Adding water in from the pond, the tank sitting in the water.
Soon they'll be ready to go.