Grab a bucket and get to work.
It's time to scoop up a fish from its home in the koi pond at Belle Isle. Walk along the path, down the uneven stairs leading into the aquarium's basement and dump your fish into the holding tank. This is the place where the koi will winter. This Detroit tradition is known as 'The Koi Transfer.'
The transfer happens twice a year, once in the fall and then again in the spring. In November, the brightly colored fish are brought into the basement under the aquarium for safekeeping during those cold winter months we all know and love. In May, the koi are scooped up from their home away from home and are transported back into their pristine pond where they can swim with reckless abandon once again.
Here's how it goes down:
It's time to scoop up a fish from its home in the koi pond at Belle Isle. Walk along the path, down the uneven stairs leading into the aquarium's basement and dump your fish into the holding tank. This is the place where the koi will winter. This Detroit tradition is known as 'The Koi Transfer.'
The transfer happens twice a year, once in the fall and then again in the spring. In November, the brightly colored fish are brought into the basement under the aquarium for safekeeping during those cold winter months we all know and love. In May, the koi are scooped up from their home away from home and are transported back into their pristine pond where they can swim with reckless abandon once again.
Here's how it goes down:
Volunteers armed with nets capture koi as they speed through the murky water. Line up with a bucket; once it's your turn, someone will fill the bucket with water while another drops a fish into its temporary transport system, aka: a bucket.
Dump the koi, which you've named 'Liza,' (as in- there's a hole in the bucket- Dear Liza...") into its new home and you're done.
Good job.
Collect your reward of hawt dawgs fresh off-the-grill, some Detroit classics like Better Made chips and Faygo. Find yourself a nice spot on a bench and discuss all the fun you had transferring Liza to her new home in the basement.
Dump the koi, which you've named 'Liza,' (as in- there's a hole in the bucket- Dear Liza...") into its new home and you're done.
Good job.
Collect your reward of hawt dawgs fresh off-the-grill, some Detroit classics like Better Made chips and Faygo. Find yourself a nice spot on a bench and discuss all the fun you had transferring Liza to her new home in the basement.
