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Time for fishies...
It's taken me two years, but I think pond city is ready for official inhabitants. (Actually, I already have some squatters, up at all hours making obnoxious noises, you know how it is.) I have two goldfish, school carnival coupon freebies, lived upstairs for a couple of years now. I've moved fish across the country, but never moved them outside. Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? -- Angie Thornton |
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Time for fishies...
Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? Put them in plastic bag with their water, and close tight. Float bag in pond for a few hours before dumping them in. |
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Time for fishies...
"Lori" wrote in message ... Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? Put them in plastic bag with their water, and close tight. Float bag in pond for a few hours before dumping them in. Just a friendly correction to your time estimate, 15-20 min. should do it as they will likely need fresh air around then sandra |
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:44:07 -0500, Lori
wrote: Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? Put them in plastic bag with their water, and close tight. Float bag in pond for a few hours before dumping them in. Wont that suffocate them???? |
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Time for fishies...
I covered the plastic bag with newspaper and floated the
fishies for 10 or 15 minutes! Then I opened the bag and put some of the pond in the bag ... they always came thru with flying colors. Nedra -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "jammer" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:44:07 -0500, Lori wrote: Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? Put them in plastic bag with their water, and close tight. Float bag in pond for a few hours before dumping them in. Wont that suffocate them???? |
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Time for fishies...
Float them in their water long enough to have the water temps equalize. No
more than 30 min is needed. Unless you have them in a very small amount of water, they will do fine. Many people recommend gradually mixing the water in the bag with pond water. That is good. We try to avoid dumping outside water into the pond...disease issue. After mixing water, we squeeze the neck of the bag, let the water drain out, then dump the fish into the pond. That way only disease on the fish goes into the pond. They seem to survive well. Jim -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "AngrieWoman" wrote in message link.net... It's taken me two years, but I think pond city is ready for official inhabitants. (Actually, I already have some squatters, up at all hours making obnoxious noises, you know how it is.) I have two goldfish, school carnival coupon freebies, lived upstairs for a couple of years now. I've moved fish across the country, but never moved them outside. Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? -- Angie Thornton |
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Time for fishies...
Missed original message, we are talking about moving fish, not new fish right?
If the temp of the pond is higher than the bag water, just give them a quick salt dip and right into the pond. If the temp of the pond water is more than 10oF lower, then they can be floated with the bag closed, but make sure there is no sun hitting that bag. It can heat up inside the bag. No more than 30 minutes, salt dip and into the pond If the pH or alkalinity is significantly different, then a quarantine tank matched to the original water the fish were in is needed. Slowly over a couple days change over to the different pH and alkalinity. Under no circumstances open the bag while it is floating and/or mix pond water into the bag water. This can seriously tox the fish out, frying the gills. The longer the fish has been in the closed bag, the greater the chance of frying gills. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Time for fishies...
You could do water changes using your pond water so the fish will get used
to the change. "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message .. . Float them in their water long enough to have the water temps equalize. No more than 30 min is needed. Unless you have them in a very small amount of water, they will do fine. Many people recommend gradually mixing the water in the bag with pond water. That is good. We try to avoid dumping outside water into the pond...disease issue. After mixing water, we squeeze the neck of the bag, let the water drain out, then dump the fish into the pond. That way only disease on the fish goes into the pond. They seem to survive well. Jim -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley "AngrieWoman" wrote in message link.net... It's taken me two years, but I think pond city is ready for official inhabitants. (Actually, I already have some squatters, up at all hours making obnoxious noises, you know how it is.) I have two goldfish, school carnival coupon freebies, lived upstairs for a couple of years now. I've moved fish across the country, but never moved them outside. Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? -- Angie Thornton |
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Time for fishies...
Ingrid,
How does pond water added to bag water endanger the gills? Jim -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley wrote in message ... Missed original message, we are talking about moving fish, not new fish right? If the temp of the pond is higher than the bag water, just give them a quick salt dip and right into the pond. If the temp of the pond water is more than 10oF lower, then they can be floated with the bag closed, but make sure there is no sun hitting that bag. It can heat up inside the bag. No more than 30 minutes, salt dip and into the pond If the pH or alkalinity is significantly different, then a quarantine tank matched to the original water the fish were in is needed. Slowly over a couple days change over to the different pH and alkalinity. Under no circumstances open the bag while it is floating and/or mix pond water into the bag water. This can seriously tox the fish out, frying the gills. The longer the fish has been in the closed bag, the greater the chance of frying gills. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Time for fishies...
BTW, if you happen to have retrievers around the pond, be prepared to track
down the bag -- fish & all -- somewhere else in the yard! Fortunately, my little goldfish survived their tour of the yard, and eventually made it safely into the water garden! Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "Lori" wrote in message ... Thoughts on a happy transition, anybody? Put them in plastic bag with their water, and close tight. Float bag in pond for a few hours before dumping them in. |
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Time for fishies...
in a closed bag the ammonia builds up fast driving pH up, but the fish are using
oxygen putting out CO2 and that drives pH down so ammonia is less toxic. open the bag and the CO2 is blown off, pH jumps fast and ammonia is toxic. not to mention, when Jo Ann opens up the bags she found very very early on that putting tank water into the bag resulted in something very foul smelling coming out. so it just isnt a good idea to open the bag before the fish is going to be moved out. Ingrid "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote: Ingrid, How does pond water added to bag water endanger the gills? Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Time for fishies...
LOL
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:40:32 GMT, "Anne Lurie" wrote: BTW, if you happen to have retrievers around the pond, be prepared to track down the bag -- fish & all -- somewhere else in the yard! Fortunately, my little goldfish survived their tour of the yard, and eventually made it safely into the water garden! Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC |
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Time for fishies...
Valuable data on the value of CO2! Smell with mixed water is interesting.
Never saw that before! Thanks. J -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley wrote in message ... in a closed bag the ammonia builds up fast driving pH up, but the fish are using oxygen putting out CO2 and that drives pH down so ammonia is less toxic. open the bag and the CO2 is blown off, pH jumps fast and ammonia is toxic. not to mention, when Jo Ann opens up the bags she found very very early on that putting tank water into the bag resulted in something very foul smelling coming out. so it just isnt a good idea to open the bag before the fish is going to be moved out. Ingrid "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote: Ingrid, How does pond water added to bag water endanger the gills? Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Time for fishies...
Valuable data on the value of CO2! Smell with mixed water is interesting.
Never saw that before! Thanks. J -- ____________________________________________ Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per jogger) at: www.jogathon.net See our pond at: http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-jameshurley wrote in message ... in a closed bag the ammonia builds up fast driving pH up, but the fish are using oxygen putting out CO2 and that drives pH down so ammonia is less toxic. open the bag and the CO2 is blown off, pH jumps fast and ammonia is toxic. not to mention, when Jo Ann opens up the bags she found very very early on that putting tank water into the bag resulted in something very foul smelling coming out. so it just isnt a good idea to open the bag before the fish is going to be moved out. Ingrid "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote: Ingrid, How does pond water added to bag water endanger the gills? Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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