Did the fish survive the winter..
I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the
winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of
spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of
spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Iguana" wrote in
le.rogers.com: Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. Let me know You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of
spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of
spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Iguana" wrote in
le.rogers.com: Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. Let me know You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Iguana" wrote in
le.rogers.com: Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. Let me know You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Iguana" wrote in
le.rogers.com: Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. Let me know You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
I was totally stunned to see mine swimming around yesterday here in Niagara
Falls! We had an "incident" during that arctic air mass that settled in over January. Ponds and stream were doing fine then overnight one of the hoses blew off the pump resulting in 2 very frozen ponds the next morning. We couldn't get the lines thawed before we got that dumping of snow. To add to the "incident", it looked like all the water disappeared a couple of days later (probably due to the 100km+ winds). So ther it's sat till the last couple of days. We scooped the snow out (again it looked completely empty) and let the melted snow drain in to it. By Friday night it was almost full but then Saturday morning it looked like it only had a few inches of water in it. :o\ So out came the hose on Saturday and threw in the heater and it's still holding water at the same level. Last night I see a couple of orange bodies and figure I am going to be on scooping duty, I turned away and looked again and they moved ~!~ Definitely tough lil' buggers! Janet in Niagara Falls doing the Happy Fishie Dance! LOL! Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
I was totally stunned to see mine swimming around yesterday here in Niagara
Falls! We had an "incident" during that arctic air mass that settled in over January. Ponds and stream were doing fine then overnight one of the hoses blew off the pump resulting in 2 very frozen ponds the next morning. We couldn't get the lines thawed before we got that dumping of snow. To add to the "incident", it looked like all the water disappeared a couple of days later (probably due to the 100km+ winds). So ther it's sat till the last couple of days. We scooped the snow out (again it looked completely empty) and let the melted snow drain in to it. By Friday night it was almost full but then Saturday morning it looked like it only had a few inches of water in it. :o\ So out came the hose on Saturday and threw in the heater and it's still holding water at the same level. Last night I see a couple of orange bodies and figure I am going to be on scooping duty, I turned away and looked again and they moved ~!~ Definitely tough lil' buggers! Janet in Niagara Falls doing the Happy Fishie Dance! LOL! Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
I was totally stunned to see mine swimming around yesterday here in Niagara
Falls! We had an "incident" during that arctic air mass that settled in over January. Ponds and stream were doing fine then overnight one of the hoses blew off the pump resulting in 2 very frozen ponds the next morning. We couldn't get the lines thawed before we got that dumping of snow. To add to the "incident", it looked like all the water disappeared a couple of days later (probably due to the 100km+ winds). So ther it's sat till the last couple of days. We scooped the snow out (again it looked completely empty) and let the melted snow drain in to it. By Friday night it was almost full but then Saturday morning it looked like it only had a few inches of water in it. :o\ So out came the hose on Saturday and threw in the heater and it's still holding water at the same level. Last night I see a couple of orange bodies and figure I am going to be on scooping duty, I turned away and looked again and they moved ~!~ Definitely tough lil' buggers! Janet in Niagara Falls doing the Happy Fishie Dance! LOL! Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
I was totally stunned to see mine swimming around yesterday here in Niagara
Falls! We had an "incident" during that arctic air mass that settled in over January. Ponds and stream were doing fine then overnight one of the hoses blew off the pump resulting in 2 very frozen ponds the next morning. We couldn't get the lines thawed before we got that dumping of snow. To add to the "incident", it looked like all the water disappeared a couple of days later (probably due to the 100km+ winds). So ther it's sat till the last couple of days. We scooped the snow out (again it looked completely empty) and let the melted snow drain in to it. By Friday night it was almost full but then Saturday morning it looked like it only had a few inches of water in it. :o\ So out came the hose on Saturday and threw in the heater and it's still holding water at the same level. Last night I see a couple of orange bodies and figure I am going to be on scooping duty, I turned away and looked again and they moved ~!~ Definitely tough lil' buggers! Janet in Niagara Falls doing the Happy Fishie Dance! LOL! Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
I was totally stunned to see mine swimming around yesterday here in Niagara
Falls! We had an "incident" during that arctic air mass that settled in over January. Ponds and stream were doing fine then overnight one of the hoses blew off the pump resulting in 2 very frozen ponds the next morning. We couldn't get the lines thawed before we got that dumping of snow. To add to the "incident", it looked like all the water disappeared a couple of days later (probably due to the 100km+ winds). So ther it's sat till the last couple of days. We scooped the snow out (again it looked completely empty) and let the melted snow drain in to it. By Friday night it was almost full but then Saturday morning it looked like it only had a few inches of water in it. :o\ So out came the hose on Saturday and threw in the heater and it's still holding water at the same level. Last night I see a couple of orange bodies and figure I am going to be on scooping duty, I turned away and looked again and they moved ~!~ Definitely tough lil' buggers! Janet in Niagara Falls doing the Happy Fishie Dance! LOL! Yup, Brampton here, and the fish have been enjoying our little version of spring, all up at the surface looking for warmth, and probably some munchies. Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. You just can't give theses thngs away! Howard wrote: I just uncovered my pond of the black liner I placed over it, over the winter, checking up on it every 1 or 2 weeks to make sure a hole was left open, a few times it had froze over and I opened a hole with some hot water with a bubbler running all winter. I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. Toronto, Canada |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Howard wrote:
"Iguana" wrote in le.rogers.com: Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. As my Mom said, if you want 10, take 30 just in case! grin Right now they are small, range in size from 1/2" to maybe 3/4", mostly black, a few orange, a few with mixed colours. Keep my email handy, and let me know if and when. Figure I'll start cleaning the pond in April, unless Mother Nature makes us pay for the past week of glorious weather by having it snow in April! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Howard wrote:
"Iguana" wrote in le.rogers.com: Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. As my Mom said, if you want 10, take 30 just in case! grin Right now they are small, range in size from 1/2" to maybe 3/4", mostly black, a few orange, a few with mixed colours. Keep my email handy, and let me know if and when. Figure I'll start cleaning the pond in April, unless Mother Nature makes us pay for the past week of glorious weather by having it snow in April! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Howard wrote:
"Iguana" wrote in le.rogers.com: Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. As my Mom said, if you want 10, take 30 just in case! grin Right now they are small, range in size from 1/2" to maybe 3/4", mostly black, a few orange, a few with mixed colours. Keep my email handy, and let me know if and when. Figure I'll start cleaning the pond in April, unless Mother Nature makes us pay for the past week of glorious weather by having it snow in April! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Iguana" wrote in
able.rogers.com: Howard wrote: "Iguana" wrote in le.rogers.com: Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. I havea friend who might want to take some also, maybe betweenthe 2 of us we can take them off your hands, will let u know. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. As my Mom said, if you want 10, take 30 just in case! grin Right now they are small, range in size from 1/2" to maybe 3/4", mostly black, a few orange, a few with mixed colours. Keep my email handy, and let me know if and when. Figure I'll start cleaning the pond in April, unless Mother Nature makes us pay for the past week of glorious weather by having it snow in April! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Howard wrote:
I havea friend who might want to take some also, maybe betweenthe 2 of us we can take them off your hands, will let u know. Would appreciate it, am sure my big goldfish are going to spawn again this year, those dirty little devils have a glint in their eyes! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Iguana" wrote in
able.rogers.com: Howard wrote: "Iguana" wrote in le.rogers.com: Any chance you want 30 or so baby goldfish? I gotta get rid of them come pond cleaning time in April, lest they get sucked up accidently(many are black) by the sump pump and/or vacuum, and my pond cannot support that many fish. I havea friend who might want to take some also, maybe betweenthe 2 of us we can take them off your hands, will let u know. Well, I dont have a large pond, but I was going to get more fish this year, I might take some of them if thats alright. Maybe 10, depending on how large they are. As my Mom said, if you want 10, take 30 just in case! grin Right now they are small, range in size from 1/2" to maybe 3/4", mostly black, a few orange, a few with mixed colours. Keep my email handy, and let me know if and when. Figure I'll start cleaning the pond in April, unless Mother Nature makes us pay for the past week of glorious weather by having it snow in April! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
Howard wrote:
I havea friend who might want to take some also, maybe betweenthe 2 of us we can take them off your hands, will let u know. Would appreciate it, am sure my big goldfish are going to spawn again this year, those dirty little devils have a glint in their eyes! |
Did the fish survive the winter..
"Howard" wrote in message I happy to say that all my fish are down there moving around, slowly, but moving, one of the smaller fish even came close to the surface while I was adjusting the airline. ============================ Last winter we didn't lose one fish in any of the ponds or the small kiddy-pools (150 gallons). This winter I found 1 dead goldfish during a cold snap. The smaller pond and pools didn't lose any. Today I cleaned out one of these small 150 gallon kiddy-pools I use to grow water plants in because it smelled bad and the water had gone black. Ugh! It was disgusting. And what do I find after I remove the pack of plants - 5 half grown healthy goldfish! How did they ever survive the foul water and tangle of iris roots? There was a dead smelly bloated bullfrog in there with them and a mass of rotted leaves. The 5 fish are in a nice clean pool tonight with freshly replanted iris. Also found a fat 6" salamander in one of the pools. He'll be returned to the pool tomorrow when I add a few plants for him to hide in - and the chlorine dissipates. At sundown we heard the first spring peeper from across the fence in the neighbor's stock pond. Spring is on the way..... -- Carol... My website: http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html [Insert humorous, clever or profound quote here] ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ ~~~~~~~~~{@ |
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