ok I know this is silly, but we never had babies before!

when I cleaned the pond last week I piled all the underwater light rope in
one pile.
it lights up a good chink of water around it.

tonight I noticed babies swimming above it!
I counted 3 dozen. & they hang tight together.

I scooped some up to try to raise inside....... lol,, but that didn't last
long. the resident angel fish had them for a snack.
( I have a separate empty tank I could probably use, but for some reason I
cannot get the ammonia to disappear in it!! it keeps coming back up high!..
have lost a lot of sacrificial fish)

anyway the fish are 1/4 to 1/2 in length, I suppose they are all goldfish
( but some koi might be nice) would save me from buying feeders for the
"out" pond.(do they normally differ in size like that?)

That is how i was at first and now when i accidently let one slip down
the drain during a water change, i'm fine with that.

Now let's see if i can get over the aDORable little baby toads!







On Fri, 28 May 2004 00:49:07 -0400, "*muffin*"
wrote:

ok I know this is silly, but we never had babies before!

when I cleaned the pond last week I piled all the underwater light
rope in
one pile.
it lights up a good chink of water around it.

tonight I noticed babies swimming above it!
I counted 3 dozen. & they hang tight together.

I scooped some up to try to raise inside....... lol,, but that didn't
last
long. the resident angel fish had them for a snack.
( I have a separate empty tank I could probably use, but for some
reason I
cannot get the ammonia to disappear in it!! it keeps coming back up
high!..
have lost a lot of sacrificial fish)

anyway the fish are 1/4 to 1/2 in length, I suppose they are all
goldfish
( but some koi might be nice) would save me from buying feeders for
the
"out" pond.(do they normally differ in size like that?)

anyway the fish are 1/4 to 1/2 in length, I suppose they are all goldfish
( but some koi might be nice) would save me from buying feeders for the
"out" pond.(do they normally differ in size like that?)

Size difference, yes.

As far as the ammonia problem in the tank, one word, Amquell. ;o)
And don't put very many in the tank. ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

As far as the ammonia problem in the tank, one word, Amquell. ;o)
And don't put very many in the tank. ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

I have been using amquel.

it clears it up & then a few days later it is full of ammonia again.
everything else (parameters) are fine.

arrghhh.

Good, normal, keep putting the Amquel in as needed, and watch for your
nitrite spike next, and treat with low dose salt. Also do small partial
water changes, but only 1/week as your filter needs to be fed that high
detoxed ammonia to adjust. Hangth in there. ) ~ jan

On Sat, 29 May 2004 00:35:29 -0400, "*muffin*" wrote:


As far as the ammonia problem in the tank, one word, Amquell. ;o)
And don't put very many in the tank. ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

I have been using amquel.

it clears it up & then a few days later it is full of ammonia again.
everything else (parameters) are fine.

arrghhh.


(Do you know where your water quality is?)