Jan...

Sorry to read all this.

FWIW, you are one of the jewels of these NG, and I hope you don't blame
yourself.

Yup, ugly stuff like having a job (!?) can make us a bit less vigilant
(d'uh). But real life does kick in sometimes doesn't it ?

Some people have loads of fish dying because of ignorance, but sometimes
it's just... an accident :-( I think we can scrap "ignorance" in your case
!

Live & learn... you bet.

I hope the other guys/gals "swim" through all this.

Here's hoping :-)

Theo

PS: we humans have a great "bouncing back" feature... when you feel like it,
go out and buy a magoi or a chagoi !

"~ jan JJsPond.us" schreef in bericht
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Jan,
The illness of your fish has me rather worried. Our ponds are
the same age and I've never had a sickness either.... (fingers and toes
are
crossed). I know you closely watch the quality of
the water - But, isn't your filter supposed to take care of things like
this? How could fish get ulcers without something showing in the
tests? Nedra

Actually I had some water quality issues in the spring. Problem was I was
adjusting to my full life and trying to work a JOB in there too. So I
wasn't out there as much watching the fish as I normally would have been
otherwise. ( Plus, I knew I was over crowded as of last summer and
should have done something about it then and not waited. Live & learn.
~ jan