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URGENT - Another sick fish
Pond Addict wrote: How's the fish today? ~ jan Unfortunately, it's evasive. I tried to catch it various times yesterday--even trying to lure it with food, but it was too clever for me or my net was too slow. I tried again last night and actually got in the pond with enough outside light on to see it swimming around and I almost got it once. That one miss was enough for it to learn to stay in the center of the pond the rest of the time I was out there. I eventually figured that since I was going to be out cleaning up the pond today that I'd try to get it today instead. My fish tend to be leery of things on the shore but if you get in the water with them, they come right up. Some kind of misguided feeling of security or overwhelming curiosity I guess. That fish really swam around quite a bit after I removed it from behind the plant yesterday. I wonder if it had somehow become stuck back there and some of its damage had come about as a result of that. Today, I was out there at noon and not one fish was to be seen. It was a heavily overcast day, and I think that had a lot to do with it. By 2:00 they started appearing and they were everywhere by 3:00. However, I didn't see that particular fish. I'd be more concerned about that if all of the other fish hadn't gotten such a late start on the day. I have a feeling it was down under the big rock resting, rather than dead somewhere because it was actually behaving pretty well yesterday afternoon and last night. The part of the pond that contains the fish is about 20' x 25' with a 6' drop in the middle, so it's tough to catch them unless they're really doing badly or they venture into the shallow water (which is about a 2' edge around it). And for better or worse, they have some good hiding spots. Anyway, I'll let you know once I know more, but so far that one's being evasive. Oh, and from what I saw last night, the fish are definitely mating. Dave A great way to catch fish in this large an area is to use bird netting. Anchor one side to the side of your pond. Drape the netting across and weight the middle with small rocks. When you see them over the netting, raise it as quickly as possible. Helps to have two people. San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo. |
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