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PONDS: Mysterious appearance of Newbie II
Hi boys and girls. I thought I would update you on the developments since my
last post. Some of you may recall my post of 4/25, about finding a goldfish in my pond that appeared to be about 3-4 months old. Well, I guess it is still in there, although I haven't seen it in a couple of days (there are lots of places for a small black fish to hide in the pond). I'm still at a loss as to where he come from since if my fish spawned him, they would have had to spawn him in the dead of winter (that would be below frezing in these parts, so what are the chances they would have spawned in that weather). A midget from last year? Not likely because it still has its baby black. I have yet to see any others. On another, related note, it is Kentucky Derby day (or was - its' after mid-night here) here in, where else, 'Derby City' (Louisville's nickname). Early this morning at about 6:30 A.M. I got up to do some early chores to get ready for the day's festivities, and while getting a glass of water, I looked out my kitchen window and noticed that all of the fish were swimming around in a frenzy, even the Koi. I went out to check on them, and yes, they are spawning (I don't think the Koi were actually spawning, just curious). The water is all frothy, like last year. I have at least five females who are all battered one the side from the efforts (just like my big female was last year). I found one this afternoon hiding behind the filter beneath the waterfall (it was one of my two year old goldfish - one of the 'feeders' I bought originally to feed to my catfish, who apparently wasn't interested at the time). This is the same place my big female spawned last year to eventually produce the 8 yearlings I have now (who are three times the size of this black mystery newbie, are a multitude of colors, and very nice). They appear to like this location as it is sheltered, there are cattails nearby, and it is a hard place to get in and out of. The catfish can't touch them there. One thing seems certain, I'm going to have a heck of a lot of fry this year. On another note, when I was in college years ago, my wife and I (we were dating at the time) used to go out to a Pizza joint on the other side of town that had great live music. The name of the place was Jockamos. We used to go there every weekend. It was a local college hangout (alas, they went belly up - too much 'free beer', I suppose). The food was lousy, but the beer and song was wonderful. Well, what does this have to do with anything? Well, the horse that won the Derby, a 50-1 nag, was names Giacomo (pronounced, Jockamo). Dabnabbit! What was I thinking? To think what I would have made had I bet on this three year old diamond-in-the-rough. Enjoy the spring. It won't last much longer. |
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"George" wrote in message news:y7ife.64617$WI3.27271@attbi_s71... Hi boys and girls. I thought I would update you on the developments since my last post. Some of you may recall my post of 4/25, about finding a goldfish in my pond that appeared to be about 3-4 months old. Well, I guess it is still in there, although I haven't seen it in a couple of days (there are lots of places for a small black fish to hide in the pond). I'm still at a loss as to where he come from since if my fish spawned him, they would have had to spawn him in the dead of winter (that would be below frezing in these parts, so what are the chances they would have spawned in that weather). A midget from last year? Not likely because it still has its baby black. I have yet to see any others. ## A few of mine from last summer are still dark. Some are also small, probably from the last spawning. Also, eggs may have been carried in on something. It may not even be a goldfish. One summer my neighbor had sunfish in his stock pond. No one knew where they came from..... On another, related note, it is Kentucky Derby day (or was - its' after mid-night here) here in, where else, 'Derby City' (Louisville's nickname). Early this morning at about 6:30 A.M. I got up to do some early chores to get ready for the day's festivities, and while getting a glass of water, I looked out my kitchen window and noticed that all of the fish were swimming around in a frenzy, even the Koi. I went out to check on them, and yes, they are spawning (I don't think the Koi were actually spawning, just curious). The water is all frothy, like last year. ## Sounds like spawning to me. I have at least five females who are all battered one the side from the efforts (just like my big female was last year). I found one this afternoon hiding behind the filter beneath the waterfall (it was one of my two year old goldfish - one of the 'feeders' I bought originally to feed to my catfish, who apparently wasn't interested at the time). This is the same place my big female spawned last year to eventually produce the 8 yearlings I have now (who are three times the size of this black mystery newbie, are a multitude of colors, and very nice). They appear to like this location as it is sheltered, there are cattails nearby, and it is a hard place to get in and out of. The catfish can't touch them there. One thing seems certain, I'm going to have a heck of a lot of fry this year. ## And a self-supporting hobby! :-))) On another note, when I was in college years ago, my wife and I (we were dating at the time) used to go out to a Pizza joint on the other side of town that had great live music. The name of the place was Jockamos. We used to go there every weekend. It was a local college hangout (alas, they went belly up - too much 'free beer', I suppose). The food was lousy, but the beer and song was wonderful. Well, what does this have to do with anything? Well, the horse that won the Derby, a 50-1 nag, was names Giacomo (pronounced, Jockamo). Dabnabbit! What was I thinking? To think what I would have made had I bet on this three year old diamond-in-the-rough. Enjoy the spring. It won't last much longer. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." :-) ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"George" wrote in message news:y7ife.64617$WI3.27271@attbi_s71... Hi boys and girls. I thought I would update you on the developments since my last post. Some of you may recall my post of 4/25, about finding a goldfish in my pond that appeared to be about 3-4 months old. Well, I guess it is still in ================== Sorry forgot to change servers. Aioe has missed some messages so I switched to S-S for that one! -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." :-) ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"George" wrote in message
news:y7ife.64617$WI3.27271@attbi_s71... Hi boys and girls. I thought I would update you on the developments since my last post. Some of you may recall my post of 4/25, about finding a goldfish in my pond that appeared to be about 3-4 months old. Well, I guess it is still in there, although I haven't seen it in a couple of days (there are lots of places for a small black fish to hide in the pond). I'm still at a loss as to where he come from since if my fish spawned him, they would have had to spawn him in the dead of winter (that would be below frezing in these parts, so what are the chances they would have spawned in that weather). A midget from last year? Not likely because it still has its baby black. I have yet to see any others. ## A few of mine from last summer are still dark. Some are also small, probably from the last spawning. Also, eggs may have been carried in on something. It may not even be a goldfish. One summer my neighbor had sunfish in his stock pond. No one knew where they came from..... On another, related note, it is Kentucky Derby day (or was - its' after mid-night here) here in, where else, 'Derby City' (Louisville's nickname). Early this morning at about 6:30 A.M. I got up to do some early chores to get ready for the day's festivities, and while getting a glass of water, I looked out my kitchen window and noticed that all of the fish were swimming around in a frenzy, even the Koi. I went out to check on them, and yes, they are spawning (I don't think the Koi were actually spawning, just curious). The water is all frothy, like last year. ## Sounds like spawning to me. I have at least five females who are all battered one the side from the efforts (just like my big female was last year). I found one this afternoon hiding behind the filter beneath the waterfall (it was one of my two year old goldfish - one of the 'feeders' I bought originally to feed to my catfish, who apparently wasn't interested at the time). This is the same place my big female spawned last year to eventually produce the 8 yearlings I have now (who are three times the size of this black mystery newbie, are a multitude of colors, and very nice). They appear to like this location as it is sheltered, there are cattails nearby, and it is a hard place to get in and out of. The catfish can't touch them there. One thing seems certain, I'm going to have a heck of a lot of fry this year. ## And a self-supporting hobby! :-))) On another note, when I was in college years ago, my wife and I (we were dating at the time) used to go out to a Pizza joint on the other side of town that had great live music. The name of the place was Jockamos. We used to go there every weekend. It was a local college hangout (alas, they went belly up - too much 'free beer', I suppose). The food was lousy, but the beer and song was wonderful. Well, what does this have to do with anything? Well, the horse that won the Derby, a 50-1 nag, was names Giacomo (pronounced, Jockamo). Dabnabbit! What was I thinking? To think what I would have made had I bet on this three year old diamond-in-the-rough. Enjoy the spring. It won't last much longer. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." :-) ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"George" wrote in message news:y7ife.64617$WI3.27271@attbi_s71... Hi boys and girls. I thought I would update you on the developments since my last post. Some of you may recall my post of 4/25, about finding a goldfish in my pond that appeared to be about 3-4 months old. Well, I guess it is still in there, although I haven't seen it in a couple of days (there are lots of places for a small black fish to hide in the pond). I'm still at a loss as to where he come from since if my fish spawned him, they would have had to spawn him in the dead of winter (that would be below frezing in these parts, so what are the chances they would have spawned in that weather). A midget from last year? Not likely because it still has its baby black. I have yet to see any others. On another, related note, it is Kentucky Derby day (or was - its' after mid-night here) here in, where else, 'Derby City' (Louisville's nickname). Early this morning at about 6:30 A.M. I got up to do some early chores to get ready for the day's festivities, and while getting a glass of water, I looked out my kitchen window and noticed that all of the fish were swimming around in a frenzy, even the Koi. I went out to check on them, and yes, they are spawning (I don't think the Koi were actually spawning, just curious). The water is all frothy, like last year. I have at least five females who are all battered one the side from the efforts (just like my big female was last year). I found one this afternoon hiding behind the filter beneath the waterfall (it was one of my two year old goldfish - one of the 'feeders' I bought originally to feed to my catfish, who apparently wasn't interested at the time). This is the same place my big female spawned last year to eventually produce the 8 yearlings I have now (who are three times the size of this black mystery newbie, are a multitude of colors, and very nice). They appear to like this location as it is sheltered, there are cattails nearby, and it is a hard place to get in and out of. The catfish can't touch them there. One thing seems certain, I'm going to have a heck of a lot of fry this year. My GF are also spawning today. Four or five suitors are pestering one larger female. They are also cavorting behind the waterfall, which just got turned on yesterday. I didn't have any fry survive last year, so they'll likely all become fish food again this year. On another note, when I was in college years ago, my wife and I (we were dating at the time) used to go out to a Pizza joint on the other side of town that had great live music. The name of the place was Jockamos. We used to go there every weekend. It was a local college hangout (alas, they went belly up - too much 'free beer', I suppose). The food was lousy, but the beer and song was wonderful. Well, what does this have to do with anything? Well, the horse that won the Derby, a 50-1 nag, was names Giacomo (pronounced, Jockamo). Dabnabbit! What was I thinking? To think what I would have made had I bet on this three year old diamond-in-the-rough. Enjoy the spring. It won't last much longer. |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... My GF are also spawning today. Four or five suitors are pestering one larger female. They are also cavorting behind the waterfall, which just got turned on yesterday. I didn't have any fry survive last year, so they'll likely all become fish food again this year. ====================== If you want some to survive add "bushy" pond plants. Hornwart and parrots feather are cheap and work well. Put them where the current is the gentlest or there is no current at all. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny." "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." :-) ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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