I think you are right about their trying and keeping after what they
like. Our koi and goldfish have certainly learned to gobble duckweed.

Jim

Phyllis and Jim wrote:
I think you are right about their trying and keeping after what they
like. Our koi and goldfish have certainly learned to gobble duckweed.

Jim

Is not a koi but a carp in fancy dress?

Chip

On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:31:25 EST, Chip wrote:

Phyllis and Jim wrote:
I think you are right about their trying and keeping after what they
like. Our koi and goldfish have certainly learned to gobble duckweed.

Jim

Is not a koi but a carp in fancy dress?

Chip

Pretty much, but don't tell the fanatic koi person that. ;-)))) I'm sure
they'll argue the point. They don't think koi with long-fins are koi
either, regardless of how fancy they're dressed up. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

Funny how a rose is a rose is a rose...but a koi is not a carp...well,
perhaps a relative.

I just saw a news clip on TV explaining that the govt is spending $650
million to try to handle grass carp in the Great Lakes. They must be
following our discussions!

Jim

Our triploid grass carp keep local ponds totally clear of vegetation.
My koi and goldfish think duckweed is a great treat. Local carp
could work well for you. A thought: Two can become more than two.
Would one do?

"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message
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...

I didn't know that. Live and learn.

I wish I had a nickel for every new thing I have learned on thisgroup!

Jim
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Me too! ;-) I've learned a lot here over the years.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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Chicago draws their drinking water from the lake. they changed direction of the
river so their sewage would run to the Mississippi. then they sued Milwaukee for
polluting the lake when big storms caused sewage overflow.

they need to dam the Chicago river and prevent any flow into the Mississippi.
Ingrid
Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan
on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago

wrote:
they changed direction of the
river so their sewage would run to the Mississippi.

they need to dam the Chicago river and prevent any flow into the Mississippi.

Would you want to recreate in the water behind the dam? EEEEUUUUUUU!

Chip