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I am SOOOO ready for SPRING!
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:48:11 GMT, animaux
wrote: You must be SOOOOO ready for spring! BTW, the comets in my tank are, well, the tank is not cycling properly and I'm worried. No ammonia, but nitrites persist at about 0.25. We are going to clean out the ponds this weekend and we were told if we put them in a bucket and float it till they slowly get used to the temp, they will be okay. How true is that? I haven't taken a water temp out there, but I would imagine it is approximately 50 degrees in the water. The anacharis, string algae, equisetum, parrot feather, mini-cat-tails, are all starting to grow...if that indicates anything. I am so sorry I took the fish in and won't do THAT again. Why do you say you won't do THAT again? I was going to ask if they died, but then you mentioned the heater. I honestly don't remember what some of the things in my pond are and what died. I am going to guess the parrot's feather, creeping jenny, and yellow primrose are all growing. Some are pushing against my leaf guard/screens. I think the falling leaves are done in that part of the yard, so could probably unscreen it now that i think about it. Would love to mame neighbor's mimosa tree that is also in that corner. I hope she doesn't pitch a fit when i ask to cut certain branches. Should I buy a heater for the pond this year so I can get them out asap? Victoria On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:23:09 GMT, wrote: Today it reached 50 and I sat outside on the steps for the first time this year and in the a.m. went looking for anything poking thru the leaves. nothing. by this afternoon I could see snow drops pushing up and the sheath recurving and the white bud showing. like they are jumping out of the ground in their haste. wowoow. spring is coming!!! Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. ·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) jammer ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ |
I am SOOOO ready for SPRING!
The other day I dumpster dove and pulled out hundreds of feet of pool cover.
The kind which has bubbles to keep pools warm in winter. I am going to cut it to cover my pool so when I start to put the heat on next month it will help with the gas bill. I should have plenty to cover the fish pond with. One thing, if I do cover with this plastic, will that prevent the exchange of gases, pond to air? If I add dechlor, the fish can go right into the water after that? I'm out to buy the salt and whatever I need to do this. Thanks for your interminable help! V On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:56:24 GMT, wrote: clean out the pond. run warmed water (to the temp of the tank water inside) into the pond and treat with dechlor. Move the fish right out. the temp will slowly lower. a drop of more than 4o in 24 hours brings on ich and shocks GF. If you put a plastic tent over the pond it will keep in they heat really well. stick your media from the tank into the pond filter. that will jump start it. a 300 watt heater may keep the pond warmer, but the plastic really works well to keep the heat in. just be sure to have 0.5lbs of salt per 100 gallons in the pond so it will help with keeping them up and booking. the problem with 50o water is it is just under the 55o where their immune system starts functioning. dont feed until temp is over 55o for 12 hours or so. Jo Ann tents her ponds, puts a heater in the big filters she has and the temp never goes below 65o or so all winter. she is just north of Mobile. Ingrid animaux wrote: BTW, the comets in my tank are, well, the tank is not cycling properly and I'm worried. No ammonia, but nitrites persist at about 0.25. We are going to clean out the ponds this weekend and we were told if we put them in a bucket and float it till they slowly get used to the temp, they will be okay. How true is that? I haven't taken a water temp out there, but I would imagine it is approximately 50 degrees in the water. The anacharis, string algae, equisetum, parrot feather, mini-cat-tails, are all starting to grow...if that indicates anything. I am so sorry I took the fish in and won't do THAT again. Should I buy a heater for the pond this year so I can get them out asap? Victoria ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
I am SOOOO ready for SPRING!
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:34:40 -0600, jammer wrote:
Why do you say you won't do THAT again? I was going to ask if they died, but then you mentioned the heater. I honestly don't remember what some of the things in my pond are and what died. I was talking about my fish. Comets are goldfish. I brought them indoors into an aquarium for the winter. I didn't want them to get cold. Duh. So, now they are in a murky aquarium which I cannot adjust the nitrites in. All my plants are fine. We rarely go below 32 degrees for more than a few hours, a few nights a year. Most all lillies and tropical plants in the pond usually survive. |
I am SOOOO ready for SPRING!
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:45:39 GMT, animaux
wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:34:40 -0600, jammer wrote: Why do you say you won't do THAT again? I was going to ask if they died, but then you mentioned the heater. I honestly don't remember what some of the things in my pond are and what died. I was talking about my fish. Comets are goldfish. I brought them indoors into an aquarium for the winter. I didn't want them to get cold. Duh. So, now they are in a murky aquarium which I cannot adjust the nitrites in. All my plants are fine. We rarely go below 32 degrees for more than a few hours, a few nights a year. Most all lillies and tropical plants in the pond usually survive. Ah, aquarium hassles, i see... Well, spring will be here soon! ·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) jammer ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ |
I am SOOOO ready for SPRING!
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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 05:38:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.30.180.83 X-Complaints-To: X-Trace: twister.kc.rr.com 1045892229 65.30.180.83 (Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:37:09 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:37:09 CST Path: news7.nntpserver.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!cyclone2.kc.rr.com!n ews2.kc.rr.com!twister.kc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!n ot-for-mail Xref: news7 rec.gardens:210339 as long as you have one hole open and the Kmart aerator with a couple airstones there will be plenty of oxygen in , gases out. yeah, after the dechlor, if the temp of the water is the same or even up to 10oF warmer, the fish can go in. Ingrid animaux wrote: The other day I dumpster dove and pulled out hundreds of feet of pool cover. The kind which has bubbles to keep pools warm in winter. I am going to cut it to cover my pool so when I start to put the heat on next month it will help with the gas bill. I should have plenty to cover the fish pond with. One thing, if I do cover with this plastic, will that prevent the exchange of gases, pond to air? If I add dechlor, the fish can go right into the water after that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
I am SOOOO ready for SPRING!
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:45:39 GMT, animaux
wrote: Was it really me on here bursting with spring fever a few days ago??? The ice storm took dowl my hyacinths and tulips and i am back to dead.....sigh __________ make mental note: no spring fever in the middle of winter. ·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) jammer ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ |
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