Free fish, Koi, won’t somebody rid me of these troublesome fish

We bought a house, it’s lovely but it came with a pond. Found out last minute the sellers were not taking their fish “because they need to live in a pond and the new house doesn’t have a pond”

I don’t know how to take care of fish, I don’t want to find them floating upside down one morning and I don’t want to pay for the water pump or the food. I can’t be bothered to deal with a child drowning in my pond I want to turn it into a greenhouse

Do you like fish? Do you want some more? I think they are koi, there are about a dozen ~6-8” orange, orange and white, orange and black and black ones and one big ~16” bluey black one.

Please come and take them, free to anyone who doesn’t look like they’ll eat them or induce anyone else to eat them

They are hard to take pictures of because as I discovered they live in a pond

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Will you post?

If they’re still in my garden in a couple weeks I’ll fuckin try

99 ways to cook them :)

https://cookpad.com/uk/search/koi

Where are they?
I have a few ponds in my grounds. I could send someone to collect them.

dibs a head if you split one

are these suitable for some one with long legs and a short torso?

Where are you? A friend of mine has a koi pond.

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Great to see they enjoy a cheesy wotsit like the rest of us.

We had the a very similar issue when we bought our house. I removed the covers on it to clean out leaves and forgot to replace them. I came home from work the next day to a heron flying off, it had cleared the pond of at least 4 similar size fish.

Just saying....

This would be ideal do you still have the heron?

Crystal Palace

I'll ask.

does it barspin?

Soz, it's a no.

"Thanks, but I'll politely say no. Its risky introducing second hand fish to a pond. You can wipe out all your own fish if they have parasites"

Was about to say what if they 'accidentally' found their way into the big pond in CP Park, but in light of this it sounds like an ecological disaster waiting to happen

Really don't do that, carp are an invasive species. They reduce water quality so native species can't survive while they can.

Have heard that koi can be valuable does anyone have an idea where you can sell them? Maybe you local aquarium will have idea if anyone will take them

Try the pet shop on the triangle? they might know somebody or have noticeboard you can advertise.

I've seem quite a few the river crane out west, don't seem to do much harm thus far.

These might take them, they have London-ish branches.

https://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/

Or try Ken's.

I’m not a privatised utility I don’t dump rubbish in the waterways… look at the horrid buggers they’d probably eat all the swans

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Ken’s fish bar in Herne Hill? V good fish and chips, it’s Jay Raynor recommended don’t think they’ll use probably parasite ridden stock. The white bait at Knowles on the other hand…

This happened to me, sellers told us they would be back for the fish…that was 7 years ago.

They did leave the pump and everything though, but 1st hot summer I lost 5 2ft plus fish. Turns out the oxygenation thing broke and the big ones suffocated. So I bought and new one and the foxes got koi for tea.

Since had to buy and new pump and uv lamp (new bulb each year). Ohh and buy food…it’s a faff…but for about 3 weeks of the year the water is clear enough that you can see the buggers…so according to the kids - worth it.

Fml..

Try a Facebook add, they look nice so I am sure you’ll get a bite…

If you have Facebook join a group for fish rehoming. Most shops won't take in fish