Have you had trouble with cats or raccoon? With the fish being there?

Do you mean a pond?

I had something that was pulling fish out of my Koi pond leaving them dead but not eating them. We put a live trap out and caught a raccoon.

You can put netting over the pond to protect the fish

netting, mothballs, vinegar. dump around pond not to close to water thougj

Be careful with the netting as songbirds using the pond can get caught in it. Our koi pond has a shallow end and a very deep end with rocks. Cats (usually feral) just splash around at the sides of the pond at the fish or drink water. Racoons and skunks catch and eat snails and frogs. We have, however, lost several of our larger koi to blue heron. We ultimately added additional plants as pond cover over the deep end to give additional protection.

Hi Joyce,

We had the same problem. Plants around the edges & an inverted pot or stacked rock hiding hole in the center of your pond are helpful. Not fool proof but helpful.

We finally put in a new pond and made it 3 1/2' deep. I still have a fish hiding place as well. Haven't lost any more fish.

: )

Good luck ♥ We've had raccoon visitors during the night in my back yard several times over the years. They would catch the koi in my pond. Now it would be different if they would eat them, but they would just play with them and leave them all over the yard. I've tried animal control in our area, they said they wouldn't help us, but to get a Havahart trap, then release them at least 100 miles away because they travel that and more. An exterminator was way too expensive. Had a trap, tried, could never catch them...tried sardines, marshmallows, tuna, canned cat food and more. I devoured the web for info on how to get them to go. Tried criss crossing fishing line throughout the back yard, raccoons didn't mind it, the dogs hated it. Lit the backyard up like a runway – didn't phase them, Human hair, human urine, could have cared less about either, Tried "The Scarecrow" motion detector that hooks to the hose and sprays when it senses motion. Raccoons loved it,Dogs were scared of it and refused to go out during the day even when it was off. Tried coyote urine, didn't phase the coons one bit. Tried little red flashing lights around the perimeter of the yard, raccoons didn't notice them. Summer came and they stopped coming. We had no birdseed out for the wild birds, no dog food out, nothing. They came back the following winter and brought friends. Tried everything again to no avail. Got up one morning and they were still here! They were usually gone by then. One of my dogs slipped....pushed by me as I was trying to shoo them away. She was a Great Dane....they took her down. Now I love all animals, but don't come to my place and mess with mine. My sons stayed up the following night, shot 2 of them. They haven't been back since. It was horrid, the screams my poor dog let out as they were biting her. Please be careful. I wouldn't attempt to even catch it, You have to pick up that wire cage after all!. They are fierce and will bite. Be careful please.