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Water change = new surprises
Hi.
It's year 2 and just did a full water change on our little 300 gallon pond. Found a few surprises when the pool was emptied. First off, about a week ago I was out of town for 6 days and when I came back I decided to do the water change as it was pretty mungy as I left. At the time of leaving there were 5 fish (from the original 6) that survived our mild winter: 3 goldies, 2 skubunkins(?) Now, after doing the water change I found only 3 goldies, 2 tiny fingerlings (look like imported trout from a friends wild pond), and 3 - 3" frogs! My concern is, what happened to the 2 skubunkins while I was away? No bodies found at the bottom. Neighbourhood cats? ..nah, the pond sides are too steep and no plants we disturbed. Not aware of any raccoons in the area either, and again nothing disturbed. So, do frogs eat 6" fish? Are the 2 tiny fingerlings that aggressive? How about the goldies as all 3 of those survived. There are lots of tall everygreens surrounding the property and thought there might be predators in those trees. But haven't seen any eagles or herrons, etc. Perhaps they dropped by when they detected no humans around for the week? Your thoughts? Thanks. Jack |
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