Water Gardening: My New Strategy for Protecting My Aquatic Plants, 1 by Corsetiere

Corsetiere wrote:
You guys, this week has been pretty exhausting for me. My koi went into SUPER MANIC SPAWNING MODE™ and were completely trashing my pond like never before. I mean we are talking - ramming plants repeatedly until rhizomes were actually breaking off and just mauling the heck out of the lily pads until they were in tatters. I had to do something asap before all my plants were ruined. After some trial and error, this is what I came up with:

A floating ring for my water hyacinth. And for the lilies - I made some closed baskets with an outer ring for water hyacinth that I anchored to the bottom of the pond.

I cannot express how great these are working out for me. The koi totally ignore them, treating the stiff net like just a wall of the pond.
If you're interested in making your own, check out my tutorial - http://gildedorchid.com/water-garden...oating-basket/