Today's Little Tradgedy - Page 3

Dudelive · #21 8th Jul 04, 03:49 AM

I watched the clip and (I know its a BAD idea but I would be tempted to shoot it) it seemed as though the fountain was irritating it. It would be as if really looking at something or about to do something and then here comes the water again. If the fountain don't bother the fish then an infra red sensor that sprayed water at it might work. Keep us posted as to the solution.

Thanks
Dudelive

KingCobra · #22 8th Jul 04, 06:04 AM

Co2 BB gun or rifle.

I also watched the video and I don't really think the occasional fountain had any effect on the heron other than keeping your fish down which gave the heron no target to catch this time.

You could also use hobby rocket solar ignighters, pvc pipe and gun powder. Make a pipe bomb more for noise than anything and hook up a motion senor to it. Played with this stuff as a kid. The pvc pipe is not much of a problem since it don't restrict as much as regular metal pipe, therefore causes more noise than harm.

Firefox · #23 8th Jul 04, 08:20 AM

In all honesty Zone I think that it is time to switch species of fish .... at least for a while, you know and eye for an eye, type thing you will not have to worry about them Heron wading around in the pond for a while

, look how much you could save on food, motion dectors, explosives, etc. Plus the waters would churn when you came out to feed them. I have a little video that I attached sorry about the quality, it is called bad donkey fishys.

if you are on a slow connection the fish in the video is a.....

[hide]pirana[/hide]

Zone now if you get a couple of theese fish can you also get an underwater video camera...

BTW I extend my deepest condolences on your loss.

Zone-MR · #24 8th Jul 04, 09:08 AM

Haha Phogphire, and as an added bonus I'd know how to dispose of annoying visitors

I've protected the pond quite well now, making sure there are no gaps in the wire, so it can't get access to it easily, and now I've re-purchased a lof of the fish. I bought quite a lot, but predominantly small ones (as they are cheaper, and if they survive they will grow quickly anyways).

So far I don't know how effective the protection is as I've had no visits from it for the past two days.

KingCobra · #25 8th Jul 04, 02:25 PM

A friend of mine had several pirana and using nail clippers he cut off their lips so their teeth show all the time, not just during feeding. Really looked cool.

Nice video Phogphire. Are these yours? :P

@Zone - Glad to hear things are looking up and you have some replacement fish.

Zone-MR · #26 12th Jul 04, 03:11 PM

Oh well, had no heron four days after I installed the fishing wire properly, probably due to rain, so I didn't know how effective it was.

It came back yesterday. Tried to get past, and couldn't. It walked around for 20 mins, trying to find a way in, but couldn't, so it flew off. I was happy that the thing was working.

Woke up today to find it had eaten another fish. The video reveals that it ducked down and managed to walk under the wire (around 8 inches from the ground). Here's the fragment where it gets it's meal. Once it spotted the fish it flew accross the pond and picked up the fish mid-flight. As it tried to exit towards the side it flew straight into the wire, struggled a bit, but freed itsself and devoured the rest of the fish.

http://zone-mr.ath.cx/content/photos/house/Heron2.wmv

Grrrr... going to try and move the wire lower, and closer to the pond, and I'll also install an electric fence around the pond tonight. If that doesn't work I don't know what will.