Great PR Gill, sorry though it isn't coming along more quickly.

Jim, glad your pond is re-filling. Did you get my e-mail, btw?

Seems my guys got the lily pond filter in, got it running, and then
stopped, course the heat didn't help.

We had 2 wonderful days of coolish weather, and DS did go out and put dirt
around the barrels, removing a big pile we had in the flower bed. I was
glad to see that done. They still have to complete how the return water is
going to eventually go in, currently it is just coming straight out of the
1.5" pipe. They have some creative idea, so I'm waiting. ;-) Since my big
concern was just having it running, I'm happy to wait. The wakins have been
doing great, and today I put the 3 fantails in. 8 total, counting the black
moor from last year.

I also sold a large butterfly koi and a small butterfly koi, that was
acting buddy to one I had in quarantine the last 2 months. That one got
moved to the big pond, with the warning to stay away from the bottom drain.
It is kind of on the small size.

I then took 2 small baby goldfish from the stock tank and am trying them in
the front pots again. The ones I talked about earlier with the duckweed.
Someone suggested I should add air, Kurt, was that you? Just to clarify,
the first babies I put out there, there was little duckweed, so I don't
think that was the problem. I have no idea what happened to those fish. Now
that the duckweed is rampant, I figure the aeration was a very good idea.

The rest of the fantail goldies (actually more blackies than gold) in the
stock tank, got a salt dip and moved to the 55 gallon inside to keep the
filter active. I'm not sure what my current plans are for my tanks inside
since I'll be leaving the fish outside now for the winter. Though I may
rethink that as winter get closer. Two that I put out are very pretty veil
tails, and I might want to watch them over winter, rather than worry about
them in the pond where I can't see them. ~ jan
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