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Did I just kill my fish?
Hi,
Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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Did I just kill my fish?
"Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. snip If by "look dead" you mean white and floating...they are dead. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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Did I just kill my fish?
"Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. snip If by "look dead" you mean white and floating...they are dead. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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Did I just kill my fish?
assuming that your serious, with an iced over pond and no hole kept open,
those poor fish died. what a shame sandra "Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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Did I just kill my fish?
"Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. snip If by "look dead" you mean white and floating...they are dead. -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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Did I just kill my fish?
assuming that your serious, with an iced over pond and no hole kept open,
those poor fish died. what a shame sandra "Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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Did I just kill my fish?
Not neccesarily true. We really thought we'd lost all our fish in January
when we had a polar air mass sit over us for weeks. We managed to keep the ice open until one fateful night when the lines blew off the pump. We had 70+mph winds that night at -24C. By morning it looked like the pond was empty with a 4 inch layer of ice where the water line was. We even broke the ice to verify where the water level was. There absolutely could not have been more than 6 inches of water that was frozen. We just left it alone until March when we filled it up. Low and behold I was sitting out there one afternoon when I saw something orange. I got the net, figured I was on funeral duty... It moved and scared the crap outta me! We've since done a headcount and all the fish made it through... Janet in very warm and sunny Niagara Falls. ) -- "sandra" wrote in message ... assuming that your serious, with an iced over pond and no hole kept open, those poor fish died. what a shame sandra "Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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Did I just kill my fish?
you probably killed them by breaking the ice, fish are extremely sensitive
to vibration. "Janet" wrote in message ... Not neccesarily true. We really thought we'd lost all our fish in January when we had a polar air mass sit over us for weeks. We managed to keep the ice open until one fateful night when the lines blew off the pump. We had 70+mph winds that night at -24C. By morning it looked like the pond was empty with a 4 inch layer of ice where the water line was. We even broke the ice to verify where the water level was. There absolutely could not have been more than 6 inches of water that was frozen. We just left it alone until March when we filled it up. Low and behold I was sitting out there one afternoon when I saw something orange. I got the net, figured I was on funeral duty... It moved and scared the crap outta me! We've since done a headcount and all the fish made it through... Janet in very warm and sunny Niagara Falls. ) -- "sandra" wrote in message ... assuming that your serious, with an iced over pond and no hole kept open, those poor fish died. what a shame sandra "Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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Did I just kill my fish?
Nope Dave, all the fish made it through and are currently starting to do the
spring dance! Janet in Niagara Falls -- "Dave Scaife" wrote in message ... you probably killed them by breaking the ice, fish are extremely sensitive to vibration. "Janet" wrote in message ... Not neccesarily true. We really thought we'd lost all our fish in January when we had a polar air mass sit over us for weeks. We managed to keep the ice open until one fateful night when the lines blew off the pump. We had 70+mph winds that night at -24C. By morning it looked like the pond was empty with a 4 inch layer of ice where the water line was. We even broke the ice to verify where the water level was. There absolutely could not have been more than 6 inches of water that was frozen. We just left it alone until March when we filled it up. Low and behold I was sitting out there one afternoon when I saw something orange. I got the net, figured I was on funeral duty... It moved and scared the crap outta me! We've since done a headcount and all the fish made it through... Janet in very warm and sunny Niagara Falls. ) -- "sandra" wrote in message ... assuming that your serious, with an iced over pond and no hole kept open, those poor fish died. what a shame sandra "Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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Did I just kill my fish?
That's cool Janet, your pool must be pretty deep then.
Dave in W Yorkshire "Janet" wrote in message ... Nope Dave, all the fish made it through and are currently starting to do the spring dance! Janet in Niagara Falls -- "Dave Scaife" wrote in message ... you probably killed them by breaking the ice, fish are extremely sensitive to vibration. "Janet" wrote in message ... Not neccesarily true. We really thought we'd lost all our fish in January when we had a polar air mass sit over us for weeks. We managed to keep the ice open until one fateful night when the lines blew off the pump. We had 70+mph winds that night at -24C. By morning it looked like the pond was empty with a 4 inch layer of ice where the water line was. We even broke the ice to verify where the water level was. There absolutely could not have been more than 6 inches of water that was frozen. We just left it alone until March when we filled it up. Low and behold I was sitting out there one afternoon when I saw something orange. I got the net, figured I was on funeral duty... It moved and scared the crap outta me! We've since done a headcount and all the fish made it through... Janet in very warm and sunny Niagara Falls. ) -- "sandra" wrote in message ... assuming that your serious, with an iced over pond and no hole kept open, those poor fish died. what a shame sandra "Chrome!Hat" wrote in message ... Hi, Last summer I put in a new pond and this is the first year I've ever overwintered fish (goldfish). When the ice thawed I noticed my fish looking very white - some only on one side - and not moving. Some floated on top and others lay on shelves. I pulled them out. Was that a big mistake? Someone told me they look dead until the water warmed up for some time. Likewise I had a mass of frogs in the pond. I put in a tray with dirt at the bottom for them to dig into. I have no idea if they've survived. I guess I just wait. In the event some fish/frogs are dead and irretrievable, will that affect the water quality or does it all recycle itself? The pond is about 3.5 feet deep and about 8'x10' on the surface. I live in Ottawa so it gets cold, but the winter was on the mild side. Thanks in advance, Rick -- It's been said that if you gave a million monkeys a million typewriters they would eventually write the complete works of William Shakespear. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that's not true. |
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