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Baby Fish: When to Put into Pond
Hi, Ponders... The baby fish that were hatched the third week of July are STILL on my kitchen countertop in a large rubbermaid container with just an airstone. The ranks have thinned a bit (down to 13 from original 18), and the largest is a bit over an inch long. The smallest is about 3/4". We have used only pond water for their habitat, and it is only this week that they have graduated from pureed brine shrimp to flake food. I live in zone 5b; our daytime temps have averaged about 55 and nighttime in a range of about 37-50. Pond inhabitants are three sarassa comets of about 6-7", and a goldfish of about the same length. When the heck can I put these babies into the pond and get them out of the kitchen? Please tell me that I can still do it! Should I mention that the resident cats have started to show an interest in the baby tank? NJ |
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Baby Fish: When to Put into Pond
You can put them out in the pond now, but I would like to see the
temperature lowered on them slowly, a couple of degrees a day until they are within about 3 or 4 degrees of the pond. You can probably do this by putting them outside with an aquarium heater. I moved about 10 of my baby koi to the smaller of my two ponds about a month ago. Haven't seen them since. Since they were small enough to have names like lunch and snack, I expect they are hiding real good until next spring. You may lose a few to the big ones, but I think they are big enough to fend for themselves. They will eat the algae and the little bugs that live in the algae and grow faster in the pond than they do in the kitchen. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "NJ" wrote in message ... Hi, Ponders... The baby fish that were hatched the third week of July are STILL on my kitchen countertop in a large rubbermaid container with just an airstone. The ranks have thinned a bit (down to 13 from original 18), and the largest is a bit over an inch long. The smallest is about 3/4". We have used only pond water for their habitat, and it is only this week that they have graduated from pureed brine shrimp to flake food. I live in zone 5b; our daytime temps have averaged about 55 and nighttime in a range of about 37-50. Pond inhabitants are three sarassa comets of about 6-7", and a goldfish of about the same length. When the heck can I put these babies into the pond and get them out of the kitchen? Please tell me that I can still do it! Should I mention that the resident cats have started to show an interest in the baby tank? NJ |
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