NYC people steal pond fish!

[Aqua Pro Builder]

:irked:Arggh, NYC...NYC, someone stole most, if not all, my pond fish!

There's a lot of cats around but I don't think they can dive in to catch them in just 2 days. My fish don't come up to the surface either.

I need an alarm and video cam for my pond(better yet the whole premise) but my alarm would go off all the time because the flock of cats in the neighborhood.

I wonder would a burglar disguise as a delivery man?:headache:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Have you tried a motion sensor with spot lights ? People are less apt to break into an area that is very well lit. Also annunciator units on gates and doors are a deterrent as well.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Have you tried a motion sensor with spot lights ? People are less apt to break into an area that is very well lit. Also annunciator units on gates and doors are a deterrent as well.

Arrgh, right, I can use the light instead of sound--may be too upset that I have not thought of that. This will help to annoy the cats too, not just me.

 

[partobe]

OMG Wingo Im so sorry I know how much you love your fish. It's just awful when people are too lazy to work for something they want but arent too lazy to put all the energy into stealing it. Im so sorry

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Wingo I am sorry that people did this to you as well. Also a big dog is a great alarm system as well.

 

[aznmajik]

Could it be a pelican?

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Could it be a pelican?

I thought of that and heron too. Easier to blame people than a bird. :tongue:

 

[Treef]

my dad as well as my neighbor had all his koi eaten by a heron or something like it, this was in queens and the island. they went through the nets they put up apparently

 

[richardhmc]

Are you sure its people? I mean... how easy is it to get to this pond?

 

[Reef Reaper]

I had cats, raccoons and herons eat my pond fish. This was when I had a ledge in the pond for small plants. When I get rid of the ledge,the cats and raccoons disappeared.

 

[ryangrieder]

We have about 12 nice size koi. We had a heron take out 5 within 2 days. Even with a fake bird statue and the motion sensor scare crow.

I'm sorry for your loss though. We were heart broken when we saw our koi missing. We had them for 3 years...

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

We have about 12 nice size koi. We had a heron take out 5 within 2 days. Even with a fake bird statue and the motion sensor scare crow.

I'm sorry for your loss though. We were heart broken when we saw our koi missing. We had them for 3 years...

Clearly the fake bird statue is too fake.:scratchch
or
it's too real and attractive to the heron:flirt:

 

[Jzhou]

We have about 12 nice size koi. We had a heron take out 5 within 2 days. Even with a fake bird statue and the motion sensor scare crow.

I'm sorry for your loss though. We were heart broken when we saw our koi missing. We had them for 3 years...

One of my uncles used the same method back in 94 when herons were attacking his pond. But his statues were 5ft tall cranes.

 

[ryangrieder]

well, we had one in their, and it worked for several years. we moved it around the pong once a month too. i think the real bird finally got the picture it was fake. after the damn bird ate our fish, we got another one, extremely realistic. its actually scarry lol. we move it once a week. and i have to make sure the heron does not get excited if it sees this one, im sure the real birds eyes its an attractive female heron lol. so far its been 2 months and no bird back....yet...

 

[Jzhou]

they added the cranes in 95

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

Sorry for your lose, I think someone must of saw your koi first then came back for them with a net and bucket in the middle of night. I know alot people that come to my house say that KOI are worth big $$$ so you never know... i think deliver person