Jan,
The illness of your fish has me rather worried. Our ponds are
the same age and I've never had a sickness either.... (fingers and toes are
crossed). I know you closely watch the quality of
the water - But, isn't your filter supposed to take care of things like
this? How could fish get ulcers without something showing in the
tests? Nedra

Actually I had some water quality issues in the spring. Problem was I was
adjusting to my full life and trying to work a JOB in there too. So I
wasn't out there as much watching the fish as I normally would have been
otherwise. ( Plus, I knew I was over crowded as of last summer and
should have done something about it then and not waited. Live & learn.
~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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