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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Hi
Im starting my pump up probably tonight. Water is pretty murky from winter, wanted to make sure there arent any fish orfrogs hanging out in the bottom drain. Any advice? My bottom drain is just some 3" hosing running over the liner running to a retro bottom drain. Any suggestions? |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
My first thought would be to take a broom and poke gently around to dislodge anything in the way. Or jiggle the plug around so you get a few starts and stops to startle the resident critters into moving. k :-) |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:34:30 CST, wrote:
Hi Im starting my pump up probably tonight. Water is pretty murky from winter, wanted to make sure there arent any fish orfrogs hanging out in the bottom drain. Any advice? My bottom drain is just some 3" hosing running over the liner running to a retro bottom drain. Any suggestions? Could you flush the hosing with a garden hose perhaps, or is it permanently hooked to the pump? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Well
I stirred things up a bit before hooking up the hose and running the pump and no fishies in the leaf trap. Did however pull up a dead frog (yes he was dead before being pulled up, part of it was skeletel) I wonder if the fishies tried to eat him? His legs were pretty whole, but his upper body was only bones. I know I know, gross, imagine how much find it was cleaning up. Now onto the worst part of the exercice, yes worse than a half skeletel frog....... After connecting everying up, and getting the waterfall flowing and feeling pretty good about it...I notice my wedding rind is missing! Took everything apart, seached as much as I could in the little daylight that was left but this has got to be the worst activity for losing ones wedding ring in. Between the fact that it could have actually fallen INTO the pond or my skippy filter, all of the water that I was spilling all over and potentialy burying the ring in mud, and all of the moving edging rocks around, this thing could be anywhere! Iv lost a bit of weight recently and it has been loose but I am in shock that I didnt feel it falling off. Im thinking/hoping it was while screwing pvc parts of my pump/filter setup together that it came off or whie moving rocks as those are the only two things I can think would have pulled on the ring. Got a friend who is going to come by with a metal detetor but Im getting conflicting reports as to how well titanium is detected by a metal detector. Wish me luck everyone and dont ever make the same mistake. Wife is being very understanding....Thank God On Apr 19, 11:40 pm, ~ jan wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:34:30 CST, wrote: Hi Im starting my pump up probably tonight. Water is pretty murky from winter, wanted to make sure there arent any fish orfrogs hanging out in the bottom drain. Any advice? My bottom drain is just some 3" hosing running over the liner running to a retro bottom drain. Any suggestions? Could you flush the hosing with a garden hose perhaps, or is it permanently hooked to the pump? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds:www.jjspond.us |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Now that is a bummer. I hope you find it! Is the bottom mud or
liner? Liner has more hope, I think. Jim |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Liner, ill let everyone know how I male out. Waterfall is flowing
nicely now. Unfortunatly one of my goldfish just turned up floating. Tail is all black seems to have been dead a while. Why would he all of a sudden start floating? He definatly wasn't there yesterday Phyllis and Jim wrote: Now that is a bummer. I hope you find it! Is the bottom mud or liner? Liner has more hope, I think. Jim |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:49:48 CST, phillerup
wrote: Liner, ill let everyone know how I male out. Waterfall is flowing nicely now. Unfortunatly one of my goldfish just turned up floating. Tail is all black seems to have been dead a while. Why would he all of a sudden start floating? He definatly wasn't there yesterday Phyllis and Jim wrote: Now that is a bummer. I hope you find it! Is the bottom mud or liner? Liner has more hope, I think. Jim Takes a while for the decomposition gasses to build up enough to float the body? -- r.bc: vixen Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Cyli wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:49:48 CST, phillerup wrote: Unfortunatly one of my goldfish just turned up floating. Tail is all black seems to have been dead a while. Why would he all of a sudden start floating? He definatly wasn't there yesterday Takes a while for the decomposition gasses to build up enough to float the body? Especially in Spring - the bacteria that cause the decomposition aren't very active, yet, either. -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
"Derek Broughton" wrote in message ... Cyli wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:49:48 CST, phillerup wrote: Unfortunatly one of my goldfish just turned up floating. Tail is all black seems to have been dead a while. Why would he all of a sudden start floating? He definatly wasn't there yesterday Takes a while for the decomposition gasses to build up enough to float the body? Especially in Spring - the bacteria that cause the decomposition aren't very active, yet, either. -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. I'm not saying a word. Not a word. It's a mystery where we pick up these little tidbits, mmmm? -- kat ^.^ Welcome to Malaria Gardens Mosquito rides Now Open for the Season Please hold tightly to small children and pets |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:39:10 CST, "kat ^.^"
wrote: "Derek Broughton" wrote in message ... Cyli wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:49:48 CST, phillerup wrote: Unfortunatly one of my goldfish just turned up floating. Tail is all black seems to have been dead a while. Why would he all of a sudden start floating? He definatly wasn't there yesterday Takes a while for the decomposition gasses to build up enough to float the body? Especially in Spring - the bacteria that cause the decomposition aren't very active, yet, either. -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. I'm not saying a word. Not a word. It's a mystery where we pick up these little tidbits, mmmm? Actually I got it from the news back before reporters made sure what the sheriff or ranger was going to say about why the body that was known to be in the Mississippi hadn't shown up yet and _then_ asked the question on the air. When they got to the part about belly and intestines and gasses, I didn't have to be psychic to imagine people all over the midwest staring at their dinners and trying not to gag. -- r.bc: vixen Minnow goddess, Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher. Almost entirely harmless. Really. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Actually I got it from the news back before reporters made sure what
the sheriff or ranger was going to say about why the body that was known to be in the Mississippi hadn't shown up yet and _then_ asked the question on the air. Body in Mississippi... Thanks, Derek. (Smiley face) |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Phyllis and Jim wrote:
Actually I got it from the news back before reporters made sure what the sheriff or ranger was going to say about why the body that was known to be in the Mississippi hadn't shown up yet and _then_ asked the question on the air. Body in Mississippi... Thanks, Derek. (Smiley face) Hey, I didn't bring it up... -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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starting pump for spring and worried about fish and frogs
Cyli wrote:
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:39:10 CST, "kat ^.^" wrote: "Derek Broughton" wrote in message ... Cyli wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:49:48 CST, phillerup wrote: Unfortunatly one of my goldfish just turned up floating. Tail is all black seems to have been dead a while. Why would he all of a sudden start floating? He definatly wasn't there yesterday Takes a while for the decomposition gasses to build up enough to float the body? Especially in Spring - the bacteria that cause the decomposition aren't very active, yet, either. I'm not saying a word. Not a word. It's a mystery where we pick up these little tidbits, mmmm? Actually I got it from the news back before reporters made sure what the sheriff or ranger was going to say about why the body that was known to be in the Mississippi hadn't shown up yet and _then_ asked the question on the air. When they got to the part about belly and intestines and gasses, I didn't have to be psychic to imagine people all over the midwest staring at their dinners and trying not to gag. In my case, it is, indeed a mystery (or rather Mysteries). Too much reading... The latest one on the subject had the assassin using a knife to cut holes all over the body to stop the gasses collecting. Though knowing that decomposition doesn't happen very fast in Winter/Spring is pretty obvious to anybody who has a northern pond for long. You find things in Spring that must have landed in the pond after you finished prepping in the Fall, and they're hardly decomposed. -- derek - Unless otherwise noted, I speak for myself, not rec.ponds.moderated moderators. |
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