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Shubunkin Oddity
"Otto Pylot" wrote in message ... We installed our pond last July. 1200 gallons, 10x12x2, with a vigouous 4' waterfall meandering down a 6' stream. Lots of rocks with lots of places for fish to hide. Decent plant coverage with water poppies and parrot feathers plus a few odds and ends. Water is clear with a hint of algae. 4 shubunkins (2 "white" and 2 "spotted") and mosquito fish too numerous to count. The shubunkins have grown quite a lot since last July. Hmmm. 10'x12'x2' = 240 ft^3 = 1795.32 gallons. Just so you know Here's the oddity. About a month ago we noticed that one of the spotted shubies was missing. A few days later he(she) re-appeared. The following day, it was gone again. The next day, we watched the other spotted one go into one of the rock caves. It never came out as far as we know and it has been almost 2 weeks now since we've seen either one. The two white ones seemed to get very agitated and chased each other around the pond more than normal. Then they went into the rock caves and were gone for a day or two. The other day we watched them tentatively poke their noses out of the caves and then dash around the pond and go into the rock caves on the other side. Whenever they came out, they would always dash around like they were "afraid". They'd eat and then hide. Today, they were just cruising around the pond like nothing had ever happened and all was well. We still haven't seen the two spotted ones. So, did we have a predator (bird) that selectively ate the two spotted ones and freaked-out the two white ones, are the two spotted ones "hibernating or incubating" in the caves, or did they just go in there and die? This is our first season with the pond and fish so we're not too sure what to expect. Thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. -- Watch for babies in coming next weeks. Your fish may also show up. If not, suspect predators. |
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