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Mystery: Fish out of water
This morning I noticed something on the ground, close to my pond and did
not recognize it as being the largest goldfish we have. He is about 8 or 9 inches, very fat. We had dug a new 8 x 12 ft. pond in the fall and filled it with well water, an airstone, lots of that green underwater oxygenating plant (elodea?) and slowly added most of the goldfish from a smaller pond. It has a deep end of about 3 ft., the rest is a little shallower. We live in North Carolina, on the coast. Nights have been in the high 20's and 30's lately. The goldfish were slow but active until the pond got a skim of ice. Only the large goldfish continued to be seen above the plants, but even he was down deep this past cold spell. That is why it is unbelievable to me that what I saw this morning (from my window) was that fish lying on some stones, not moving. I thought it was something reddish blown into the yard. He was there for a minimum of 5 hours before we checked it out and put him back into the water! What do you make of this? I still find it incredible that a fish can go all that time without water, but he seems fine now. And how did he get out? The pond is undisturbed otherwise. Charlie |
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Mystery: Fish out of water
most likely he jumped out, I had an orfe found the slit in the plastic covering over
the pond (it is now netted year round). yeah, it is amazing how long they survive in the air. but consider they are air breathers so as long as their gills are wet and dissolving oxygen and in cold weather they dont need much oxygen. in hot weather the gills would dessicate and then the fish would die. Ingrid charlie wrote: . He was there for a minimum of 5 hoursbefore we checked it out and put him back into the water! What do you make of this? I still find it incredible that a fish can go all that time without water, but he seems fine now. And how did he get out? The pond is undisturbed otherwise. Charlie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Mystery: Fish out of water
most likely he jumped out, I had an orfe found the slit in the plastic covering over
the pond (it is now netted year round). yeah, it is amazing how long they survive in the air. but consider they are air breathers so as long as their gills are wet and dissolving oxygen and in cold weather they dont need much oxygen. in hot weather the gills would dessicate and then the fish would die. Ingrid charlie wrote: . He was there for a minimum of 5 hoursbefore we checked it out and put him back into the water! What do you make of this? I still find it incredible that a fish can go all that time without water, but he seems fine now. And how did he get out? The pond is undisturbed otherwise. Charlie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Mystery: Fish out of water
most likely he jumped out, I had an orfe found the slit in the plastic covering over
the pond (it is now netted year round). yeah, it is amazing how long they survive in the air. but consider they are air breathers so as long as their gills are wet and dissolving oxygen and in cold weather they dont need much oxygen. in hot weather the gills would dessicate and then the fish would die. Ingrid charlie wrote: . He was there for a minimum of 5 hoursbefore we checked it out and put him back into the water! What do you make of this? I still find it incredible that a fish can go all that time without water, but he seems fine now. And how did he get out? The pond is undisturbed otherwise. Charlie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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Mystery: Fish out of water
I had a fish that did the same thing 3 times. I moved him to my nieces pond for
a short time while I was making another bigger pond. I brought him home and he lived happy for a couple of weeks and then jumped out one last time. This last time my dog decided to taste him. I'm glad you were able to save your guy, but beware, he might jump out again!!! If you have jumpers I would take Ingrids suggestion and cover your pond with netting. Judi Charlie wrote: Seems these fish are like Lazarus rising from the dead! Ingrid wrote: the pond (it is now netted year round). |
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