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Killing Fish - Update
This is a happy ending, thankfully. We emptied the pond and caught the fish in
a net and the friend who offered to take a "few" couldn't resist taking all the comets and goldfish. For the first time our pond is clean. Not clear ... we fill it from canal water so it's always greenish, but you can see the bottom. For those of you who've been doing this longer, this won't be news, but it cracked me up. We wanted to get rid of anything but the Koi, in the interest of using less chemicals and having less of a fight against the pea soup. When we got the pond empty, I vacuumed the bottom as well as I could (it was built entirely of roundish stones from 5" - 8".) When we filled it back, lo an behold, fishies from 2"- 6" or so had managed to hide. We were wondering where they all went. : ) Any way, I wanted to just let you know we didn't have to kill any, and thanks again for the advice. Nancy in Idaho |
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Killing Fish - Update
Oh good. I know you were glad to find homes.
Priss "Nanceemo" wrote in message ... This is a happy ending, thankfully. We emptied the pond and caught the fish in a net and the friend who offered to take a "few" couldn't resist taking all the comets and goldfish. For the first time our pond is clean. Not clear ... we fill it from canal water so it's always greenish, but you can see the bottom. For those of you who've been doing this longer, this won't be news, but it cracked me up. We wanted to get rid of anything but the Koi, in the interest of using less chemicals and having less of a fight against the pea soup. When we got the pond empty, I vacuumed the bottom as well as I could (it was built entirely of roundish stones from 5" - 8".) When we filled it back, lo an behold, fishies from 2"- 6" or so had managed to hide. We were wondering where they all went. : ) Any way, I wanted to just let you know we didn't have to kill any, and thanks again for the advice. Nancy in Idaho |
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