"Bill Stock" wrote in message
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I uncovered the pond yesterday, about two weeks ahead of last year.
Unfortunately we lost three fish this year, including our 5 year old
matriarch. We also lost one medium sized fish and another smaller fish.
They all seemed to be dead less than a month, with the older fish being the
most decayed. I have no idea what caused it, perhaps lack of oxygen, but
the varying sizes has me puzzled.

There are 20+ survivors, all very happy to see the sun again after 6
months.
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They've been covered for 6 months? That's a long time for them to go
without food. I hope there was some kind of filter or aeration running
during those months.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
ISP: Hughes.net
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