john rutz wrote:


RichToyBox wrote:

John,\


stock tank does not have that good carpet of algae that they would
feed on
in the pond.



I have been watching the 9 or so fry in the kiddie pool for a week now,
went out this am and saw 20+ in the Koi pond,
12 or so in the veggie filter (hard to see whats in there with all the
plants, duckweed and algae its begining to look like I have had a real
good spawn and as two of the females and one of the males were
buterflys I just might have something really nice going here guess I
will know for sure what I have and what to cull come next spring when
they are big enough to decide which are keepers and which ar culls the
Old Fartt is happy today VVVBG

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John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

never miss a good oportunity to shut up

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

John ... I am sooo happy for you!! You deserve a break ...
Looks like the fish obliged ;-)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

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john rutz wrote:


RichToyBox wrote:

John,\


stock tank does not have that good carpet of algae that they would
feed on
in the pond.



I have been watching the 9 or so fry in the kiddie pool for a week now,
went out this am and saw 20+ in the Koi pond,
12 or so in the veggie filter (hard to see whats in there with all the
plants, duckweed and algae its begining to look like I have had a real
good spawn and as two of the females and one of the males were
buterflys I just might have something really nice going here guess I
will know for sure what I have and what to cull come next spring when
they are big enough to decide which are keepers and which ar culls the
Old Fartt is happy today VVVBG

--





John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

never miss a good oportunity to shut up

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

john rutz wrote:


john rutz wrote:



RichToyBox wrote:

John,\


stock tank does not have that good carpet of algae that they would
feed on
in the pond.




I have been watching the 9 or so fry in the kiddie pool for a week now,
went out this am and saw 20+ in the Koi pond,
12 or so in the veggie filter (hard to see whats in there with all the
plants, duckweed and algae its begining to look like I have had a real
good spawn and as two of the females and one of the males were
buterflys I just might have something really nice going here guess I
will know for sure what I have and what to cull come next spring when
they are big enough to decide which are keepers and which ar culls the
Old Fartt is happy today VVVBG


I usually don't see any until I clean my veggie filter in
the Fall. They usually do very well in there since the only
predators are the dragonfly larva.

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Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/