oooooooooooooooooo baby fishies!!

[*muffin*]

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?)

[jammer]

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?)
>

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>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?)

[*muffin*]

>
> 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.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

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. :o) ~ 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?)