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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you
or should you feed during periods like that? |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
i would think it would have to do with the temperature of the water. do you
have a thermometer in your water? mad -- War doesn't determine who is right. War determines who is left. From: "D Kat" Organization: Stony Brook University Newsgroups: rec.ponds Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:05:37 -0500 Subject: Do you feed fish during Indian Summer? The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you or should you feed during periods like that? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
"D Kat" wrote in message ... The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you or should you feed during periods like that? I am sure this will draw some fire but, I normally only feed my fish only occasionally. It's more of a treat then a food source. As for temperature, I feed them when they are active. No activity. No food. Activity. They get food. BV. |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
"D Kat" wrote in message ... The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you or should you feed during periods like that? ================================ I feed our koi and goldfish once a day until the water hits about 50 F. That's also the temperature we turn off the pumps and remove the filters. I believe they should go into the winter as plump as possible, like the fish in nature. Only small water pumps keep the surface agitated to keep ice from smothering the ponds. Last year we didn't lose one fish over the winter. -- Carol..... Remember, there are more deaths from automobiles and legally prescribed and properly used drugs every year than from guns, motorcycles or untrained and self taught motorcyclists. We should ban automobiles and prescribed drugs and keep our guns and motorcycles IMHO. ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
"BenignVanilla" wrote in message news:SzGdnUMZm8X5KjSiU- I am sure this will draw some fire but, I normally only feed my fish only occasionally. It's more of a treat then a food source. As for temperature, I feed them when they are active. No activity. No food. Activity. They get food. ==================== In a huge pond with few fish they probably don't need extra food. Most of us don't have such conditions though. -- Carol..... Remember, there are more deaths from automobiles and legally prescribed and properly used drugs every year than from guns, motorcycles or untrained and self taught motorcyclists. We should ban automobiles and prescribed drugs and keep our guns and motorcycles IMHO. ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
normally I didnt once the temp dropped to 55oF, but since the heater went in the temp
still hasnt dropped below 55. this is really working. I pulled all teh plants yesterday. sigh. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you or should you feed during periods like that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
OK, now you have me torn between wanting to keep the fish active (putting in
a heater) and wanting one less think to worry about what with all the work of fall cleanup..... DK wrote in message ... normally I didnt once the temp dropped to 55oF, but since the heater went in the temp still hasnt dropped below 55. this is really working. I pulled all teh plants yesterday. sigh. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you or should you feed during periods like that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
Try and match your pond as close as possible to what the fish would have in
the wild, and the environment they would live in. If that means heating then heat If they are active give a small amount of food. Here in the UK I don't normally see my fish at this time of year. This year it is quite mild and the fish are still taking small amounts of food on warm sunny days. In my 20 years of fish keeping,both pond and tropical fresh water. I have seen most fish deaths caused by people continually meddling with the habitat, water quality and overfeeding, etc, than any other causes. Mike UK "D Kat" wrote in message et... OK, now you have me torn between wanting to keep the fish active (putting in a heater) and wanting one less think to worry about what with all the work of fall cleanup..... DK wrote in message ... normally I didnt once the temp dropped to 55oF, but since the heater went in the temp still hasnt dropped below 55. this is really working. I pulled all teh plants yesterday. sigh. Ingrid "D Kat" wrote: The last week we had 3 days of what felt like HOT weather to me. Can you or should you feed during periods like that? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 06/11/2003 |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
in the "wild" most of our fish would have been predated due to their stand out
colors. in the wild they dont get supplemental feeding, in the wild the vast majority of GF die. Ingrid "Mouse" wrote: Try and match your pond as close as possible to what the fish would have in the wild, and the environment they would live in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
Ingrid,
FWIW, I agree. We should never look at our ponds as something "close to nature". Unless we have a pond like Sam has (meaning multiple thousands of gallons per fish), our ponds are not and will never be a "nature" thing. We can all avoid desillusion taking that little fact into account :-) Theo schreef in bericht ... in the "wild" most of our fish would have been predated due to their stand out colors. in the wild they dont get supplemental feeding, in the wild the vast majority of GF die. Ingrid "Mouse" wrote: Try and match your pond as close as possible to what the fish would have in the wild, and the environment they would live in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
I would beg to differ from your opinion. Whilst your statement may be true
of the people who keep koi, which are looked on here as exotic fish, many of us keep other species. My own 1000 gallon pond, has the same species of fish, plants, other specimens of wildlife, and water conditions as the vast lake not far from where I live. Here in the UK that is certainly looked on as "close to nature" Mouse UK "Theo van Daele" wrote in message ... Ingrid, FWIW, I agree. We should never look at our ponds as something "close to nature". Unless we have a pond like Sam has (meaning multiple thousands of gallons per fish), our ponds are not and will never be a "nature" thing. We can all avoid desillusion taking that little fact into account :-) Theo schreef in bericht ... in the "wild" most of our fish would have been predated due to their stand out colors. in the wild they dont get supplemental feeding, in the wild the vast majority of GF die. Ingrid "Mouse" wrote: Try and match your pond as close as possible to what the fish would have in the wild, and the environment they would live in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 06/11/2003 |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
Perhaps we need to take a poll, but I would guess you are in the minority
within this group. Thus said, your advice is still valid with a clarifier of what kind of pond you keep. From a Koi Vet's perspective they say the majority of fish deaths (koi & goldfish) are from water quality and the poor upkeep thereof. From a koi dealers perspective, they say the average life span of a koi is 2 weeks.... I deduct from poor water quality. ~ jan ) On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:11:15 -0000, "Mouse" wrote: I would beg to differ from your opinion. Whilst your statement may be true of the people who keep koi, which are looked on here as exotic fish, many of us keep other species. My own 1000 gallon pond, has the same species of fish, plants, other specimens of wildlife, and water conditions as the vast lake not far from where I live. Here in the UK that is certainly looked on as "close to nature" Mouse UK "Theo van Daele" wrote in message ... Ingrid, FWIW, I agree. We should never look at our ponds as something "close to nature". Unless we have a pond like Sam has (meaning multiple thousands of gallons per fish), our ponds are not and will never be a "nature" thing. We can all avoid desillusion taking that little fact into account :-) Theo schreef in bericht ... in the "wild" most of our fish would have been predated due to their stand out colors. in the wild they dont get supplemental feeding, in the wild the vast majority of GF die. Ingrid "Mouse" wrote: Try and match your pond as close as possible to what the fish would have in the wild, and the environment they would live in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 06/11/2003 See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
I agree with you totally. I am obviously in a minority in this group as I
don't keep Koi. However overfeeding = poor water quality= fish deaths whatever the species. The other problem I seem to have is that my use of English differs from the American English :-) Mouse "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Perhaps we need to take a poll, but I would guess you are in the minority within this group. Thus said, your advice is still valid with a clarifier of what kind of pond you keep. From a Koi Vet's perspective they say the majority of fish deaths (koi & goldfish) are from water quality and the poor upkeep thereof. From a koi dealers perspective, they say the average life span of a koi is 2 weeks.... I deduct from poor water quality. ~ jan ) On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:11:15 -0000, "Mouse" wrote: I would beg to differ from your opinion. Whilst your statement may be true of the people who keep koi, which are looked on here as exotic fish, many of us keep other species. My own 1000 gallon pond, has the same species of fish, plants, other specimens of wildlife, and water conditions as the vast lake not far from where I live. Here in the UK that is certainly looked on as "close to nature" Mouse UK "Theo van Daele" wrote in message ... Ingrid, FWIW, I agree. We should never look at our ponds as something "close to nature". Unless we have a pond like Sam has (meaning multiple thousands of gallons per fish), our ponds are not and will never be a "nature" thing. We can all avoid desillusion taking that little fact into account :-) Theo schreef in bericht ... in the "wild" most of our fish would have been predated due to their stand out colors. in the wild they dont get supplemental feeding, in the wild the vast majority of GF die. Ingrid "Mouse" wrote: Try and match your pond as close as possible to what the fish would have in the wild, and the environment they would live in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 06/11/2003 See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 06/11/2003 |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
The other problem I seem to have is that my use of
English differs from the American English :-) Erm... can you explain this to me, a poor Belgian, just back yesterday from a track day at Brands Hatch, who's native language is neither UK or US English ? This is a very global world these days, with people trying to give the best info they can... how many natural ponds do you know (Midlands, North, Southern, Scouse, where-ever) you know that hold say only 50.000 gallons (US or UK) ? ;-) Theo |
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Do you feed fish during Indian Summer?
Where I live in Yorkshire, almost all villages have a pond that has been
there for many hundreds of years, some of these are quite small, and even dry up in the summer season. Many other small ponds / pools were formed by the Romans, and later Monks specifically for keeping fish for food. These would all be referred to as natural ponds, because of the habitat and wildlife that they attract and support. Size and volume of water would not enter into the equation Mouse "Theo van Daele" wrote in message ... The other problem I seem to have is that my use of English differs from the American English :-) Erm... can you explain this to me, a poor Belgian, just back yesterday from a track day at Brands Hatch, who's native language is neither UK or US English ? This is a very global world these days, with people trying to give the best info they can... how many natural ponds do you know (Midlands, North, Southern, Scouse, where-ever) you know that hold say only 50.000 gallons (US or UK) ? ;-) Theo --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 06/11/2003 |
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