I have not had time to go get fish for a new pond. So, I put in some baby
swords from a tank in the house. I do not plan to over winter but was
wondering any one had any luck with tropical fish in the summer in the their
ponds. Will they eat the bugs in the pond? I live in central Illinois. i
just want some feedback.

Haven't had experience, but know people who had. The Swordtail population
while positively explode unless you have some type of predator. But as
tropical fish go, I had a Geophagus (old scientific name, new one is "Satan"
something) and he did fine.

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"Jill Walker" wrote in message
. net...
I have not had time to go get fish for a new pond. So, I put in some baby
swords from a tank in the house. I do not plan to over winter but was
wondering any one had any luck with tropical fish in the summer in the
their
ponds. Will they eat the bugs in the pond? I live in central Illinois.
i
just want some feedback.

So, I put in some baby
swords from a tank in the house. I do not plan to over winter but was
wondering any one had any luck with tropical fish in the summer in the their
ponds. Will they eat the bugs in the pond?

When I was a kid, my mother and I used to use a shower curtian for a liner to
make a pond for our tropical fish. We put out swords, mollies and guppies.
All did very well and their colors were absolutely brilliant. The population
will explode. We traded fish in the fall for aquarium stuff from a local pet
shop.

FYI watch the swords when you add water. They think they are salmon. They'll
jump out trying to ride the tide.

Ross,

You will get some flack about the pic. We aren't supposed to post them on
the group.

Your fish, however, seems to be a Koi. It has barbels as koi do. They will
certainly outgrow the others! Think 2-3 feet long.

Jim


"ROSS" wrote in message
. ..
Opened pond today i had it covered for the winter , i have a fish that was
purchased as a shubunkin but it has out growen the rest of the fish i
bought
with him i have a picture of the fish but no site to post the picture to ,
i
will attach the picture if any one would like to take a look and reply as
to
what kind it is , the darker fish

"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
. ..
Ross,

You will get some flack about the pic. We aren't supposed to post them on
the group.

On that note (is anyone still using phone modems?) - there are binary
newrooms where you can post pictures and then you ask people to go to that
room and look at the picture if they can (give subject line so the don't
have to hunt). That way there is choice in the matter.

alt.binaries.pictures.gardens

might be a good one

Your fish, however, seems to be a Koi. It has barbels as koi do. They
will
certainly outgrow the others! Think 2-3 feet long.

Jim


"ROSS" wrote in message
. ..
Opened pond today i had it covered for the winter , i have a fish that
was
purchased as a shubunkin but it has out growen the rest of the fish i
bought
with him i have a picture of the fish but no site to post the picture to
,
i
will attach the picture if any one would like to take a look and reply
as
to
what kind it is , the darker fish

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:25:50 -0500, "dkat" wrote:


"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
...
Ross,

You will get some flack about the pic. We aren't supposed to post them on
the group.

On that note (is anyone still using phone modems?) - t


Sadly, yes. In rural North Carolina we have no choice except Direcway
satellite which is notoriously awful to deal with!!

South Korea has over 75% of its population on fast internet connections. We
are one of the few westernized countries that still runs out electric and
communication lines on poles that get knocked down in storms (the Brits
refer to us as that odd country that runs its wires up in the air)... I
really don't get how we can be the wealthiest country in the world and not
have health care for all of our people let alone not have health care for
all of our children add to that not having our infrastructure and education
at least equal if not better than what it is in the rest of the advanced
world.


"Carolyn" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:25:50 -0500, "dkat" wrote:


"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
t...
Ross,

You will get some flack about the pic. We aren't supposed to post them
on
the group.

On that note (is anyone still using phone modems?) - t


Sadly, yes. In rural North Carolina we have no choice except Direcway
satellite which is notoriously awful to deal with!!

dkat wrote:


"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message
. ..
Ross,

You will get some flack about the pic. We aren't supposed to post them
on the group.

On that note (is anyone still using phone modems?) -

Only the majority of people on the Internet, still. I have a "high-speed"
satellite connection. Some days, it might as well be dial-up. otoh, I get
news from individual.net, which strips binaries anyway.
--
derek