~ jan wrote:

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:42:06 CST, ©anadian Ponder "
wrote:

Now that the pond has finally thawed and the fish are starting to get
their mobility back , I have noticed that they are considerably bigger
than before the snow started to fall.

How can this be when I didn't feed them and they basically went into
hibernation mode ?

I've heard this before.

One of our more koi kichi members actually weighted his koi in the fall
and again in the spring and found that they didn't loose any weight over
the long winter. (Man, would that be depressing to me if after not eating
all winter I was still pre-diet weight. ;-) ~ jan

Different situation, though. You'd still be metabolizing over the winter,
whereas the fishes are slowed way down. I don't know that they _don't_ eat,
over the winter, I expect they do graze a little, but they don't move or
respire much, either.
--
derek