Re: Goldfish jumping at waterfall ..amendment

[Ka30P]

Many of us noticed fish seem to 'play' in
water flows. I've seen them do it in my
pond. Maybe some dim ancestral memory of
spawning behavior. Like salmon swimming upstream.


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Wayner]

Thanks Kathy.
Hmm.. I am now also wondering if it has anything to do with the plant life
and soil that was transplanted into the pond (native plants from a friend's
wild pond (which came with a healthy colony of mosqito larvii - used AquaBac
to rid) + enriched topsoil used in the baskets). I am also using a natural
biological clearing agent and a "safe" liquid pond plant fertilizer.
...I'm new to pond building and just wanna give everything the best start I
can ;^|

Jack




"Ka30P" > wrote in message
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>
> Many of us noticed fish seem to 'play' in
> water flows. I've seen them do it in my
> pond. Maybe some dim ancestral memory of
> spawning behavior. Like salmon swimming upstream.
>
>
> kathy :-)
> algae primer
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Ka30P]

Hi Wayner,

For future reference the fish will eat any mosquito larvae that make it into
your pond so you don't have to use any product on them.
As a rule we don't recommend clearing agents in ponds.
Fish will take care of mosquitoes and plants will take care of algae. Cheaper
that way which means more money for plants and pretty fish.


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html