Silly Koinkey Thinks Potash is Food

[Benign Vanilla]

When we closed the pond down for the winter we found a Koinkey (goldfish +
koi = koi donkey fish, koinkey) in the VF. We rescued him and tossed him in
the 55 gallon tank with the other fish. He has been getting along fine,
tearing up the plants, clogging my filters, etc. It's been some work, but
everyone is happy.

I added some new plants this month, and tossed some potash in to help them
out. The dern Koinkey grabbed a pellet, chewed on it a bit, and swallowed
it. I expected to find him dead the next day, but he's just as happy now.

So I was thinking maybe tossing potash in to the filters, but will the
carbon filter it out?


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[Bill Stock]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
> When we closed the pond down for the winter we found a Koinkey (goldfish +
> koi = koi donkey fish, koinkey) in the VF. We rescued him and tossed him
> in
> the 55 gallon tank with the other fish. He has been getting along fine,
> tearing up the plants, clogging my filters, etc. It's been some work, but
> everyone is happy.
>
> I added some new plants this month, and tossed some potash in to help them
> out. The dern Koinkey grabbed a pellet, chewed on it a bit, and swallowed
> it. I expected to find him dead the next day, but he's just as happy now.
>
> So I was thinking maybe tossing potash in to the filters, but will the
> carbon filter it out?
>

I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're feeding
Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!



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>

[2pods]

> I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're feeding
> Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!
>
>
>
What's Mrs Dash ?

Peter

[Crashj]

On or about Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:32:22 -0000, "2pods"
> wrote something like:

>> I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're feeding
>> Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!

>What's Mrs Dash ?

"ONION, SPICES,(BLACK PEPPER, BASIL, OREGANO, CELERY SEED, BAY,
SAVORY, THYME, CAYEENE PEPPER, CORIANDER, CUMIN, MUSTARD, ROSEMARY)
GARLIC, LEMON JUICE POWDER, CARROT, CITRIC ACID, LEMON PEEL, NATURAL
LEMON FLAVOR, OIL OF LEMON, TUMERIC COLOR, CHILI POWDER."
Of course, that's the lemon pepper version, but that's all I have.
Very good ON fish, I never thought about feeding it to them
beforehand.
--
Crashj

[Mark and Kim Smith]

Crashj wrote:

> <snip>
>
>Very good ON fish, I never thought about feeding it to them
>beforehand.
>
>

It's all about the preparation!

[Stephen Henning]

"2pods" > wrote:

> > I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're feeding
> > Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!

> What's Mrs Dash ?

A sodium-free salt substitute.

It contains: Onion, spices (black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil,
bay, marjoram, oregano, savory, thyme, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin,
mustard, rosemary), garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice
powder, citric acid, oil of lemon.

Amount Per Serving: 1/4 tsp. (0.7g)

Potassium: 10mg

see http://mrsdash.com/

I would not say that Mrs. Dash was potassium chloride or even close to
being potassium chloride. It may be 2% KCl at most.

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[2pods]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On or about Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:32:22 -0000, "2pods"
> > wrote something like:
>
>>> I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're
>>> feeding
>>> Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!
>
>>What's Mrs Dash ?
>
> "ONION, SPICES,(BLACK PEPPER, BASIL, OREGANO, CELERY SEED, BAY,
> SAVORY, THYME, CAYEENE PEPPER, CORIANDER, CUMIN, MUSTARD, ROSEMARY)
> GARLIC, LEMON JUICE POWDER, CARROT, CITRIC ACID, LEMON PEEL, NATURAL
> LEMON FLAVOR, OIL OF LEMON, TUMERIC COLOR, CHILI POWDER."
> Of course, that's the lemon pepper version, but that's all I have.
> Very good ON fish, I never thought about feeding it to them
> beforehand.
> --
> Crashj

LOL

Peter

[Benign Vanilla]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On or about Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:32:22 -0000, "2pods"
> > wrote something like:
>
> >> I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're
feeding
> >> Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!
>
> >What's Mrs Dash ?
>
> "ONION, SPICES,(BLACK PEPPER, BASIL, OREGANO, CELERY SEED, BAY,
> SAVORY, THYME, CAYEENE PEPPER, CORIANDER, CUMIN, MUSTARD, ROSEMARY)
> GARLIC, LEMON JUICE POWDER, CARROT, CITRIC ACID, LEMON PEEL, NATURAL
> LEMON FLAVOR, OIL OF LEMON, TUMERIC COLOR, CHILI POWDER."
> Of course, that's the lemon pepper version, but that's all I have.
> Very good ON fish, I never thought about feeding it to them
> beforehand.

I always feed my pet tuna, mayonaise. Saves the prep time later.


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[Bill Stock]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Crashj" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On or about Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:32:22 -0000, "2pods"
>> > wrote something like:
>>
>> >> I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're
> feeding
>> >> Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!
>>
>> >What's Mrs Dash ?
>>
>> "ONION, SPICES,(BLACK PEPPER, BASIL, OREGANO, CELERY SEED, BAY,
>> SAVORY, THYME, CAYEENE PEPPER, CORIANDER, CUMIN, MUSTARD, ROSEMARY)
>> GARLIC, LEMON JUICE POWDER, CARROT, CITRIC ACID, LEMON PEEL, NATURAL
>> LEMON FLAVOR, OIL OF LEMON, TUMERIC COLOR, CHILI POWDER."
>> Of course, that's the lemon pepper version, but that's all I have.
>> Very good ON fish, I never thought about feeding it to them
>> beforehand.
>
> I always feed my pet tuna, mayonaise. Saves the prep time later.
>

There's a reason we call our biggest GF PanFry! He's pre-seasoned and ready
to go.

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>
>
>

[2pods]

>>> Of course, that's the lemon pepper version, but that's all I have.
>>> Very good ON fish, I never thought about feeding it to them
>>> beforehand.
>>
>> I always feed my pet tuna, mayonaise. Saves the prep time later.
>>
>
> There's a reason we call our biggest GF PanFry! He's pre-seasoned and
> ready to go.
>

As I say to our cats in front of the tank watching the fish " One day all
this will be yours...."
Much purring ensues

Peter

[zookeeper]

"Benign Vanilla" wrote ...
> ... we found a Koinkey (goldfish + koi = koi donkey fish,
> koinkey) ...

Love this new rec.ponds term!!! You'll have to add a Koinkey page to your
web site, for pics and picturesque anecdotes.
--
Zk

[Lt. Kizhe Catson]

Benign Vanilla wrote:
> When we closed the pond down for the winter we found a Koinkey (goldfish +
> koi = koi donkey fish, koinkey) in the VF. We rescued him and tossed him in

I'm curious how you recognize the cross. We have several BFK, one young
koi, and GF in a number of colours (orange comet, albino, dusky,
shubunkin, calico fantail,....). How would we tell the parentage of
some new young fish that shows up?

-- Kizhe

[Mike Patterson]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:16:32 -0500, Stephen Henning >
wrote:

>"2pods" > wrote:
>
>> > I believe Muriate of Potash is just Potassium Chloride. So you're feeding
>> > Koinkey Mrs. Dash or similar. No wonder he likes it!
>
>> What's Mrs Dash ?
>
>A sodium-free salt substitute.
>
>It contains: Onion, spices (black pepper, parsley, celery seed, basil,
>bay, marjoram, oregano, savory, thyme, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin,
>mustard, rosemary), garlic, carrot, orange peel, tomato, lemon juice
>powder, citric acid, oil of lemon.
>
>Amount Per Serving: 1/4 tsp. (0.7g)
>
>Potassium: 10mg
>
>see http://mrsdash.com/
>
>I would not say that Mrs. Dash was potassium chloride or even close to
>being potassium chloride. It may be 2% KCl at most.

I think a bit of poetic license was at play.

Mike Patterson
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[RichToyBox]

The carbon filters out organic materials. It will not remove potash, salt
or other inorganics.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
> So I was thinking maybe tossing potash in to the filters, but will the
> carbon filter it out?
>
>
> --
> BV
> Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
> Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb
> I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.
>
>
>

[Benign Vanilla]

"zookeeper" > wrote in message
...
> "Benign Vanilla" wrote ...
> > ... we found a Koinkey (goldfish + koi = koi donkey fish,
> > koinkey) ...
>
> Love this new rec.ponds term!!! You'll have to add a Koinkey page to your
> web site, for pics and picturesque anecdotes.

I likey.

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[Benign Vanilla]

"Lt. Kizhe Catson" > wrote in message
...
> Benign Vanilla wrote:
> > When we closed the pond down for the winter we found a Koinkey (goldfish
+
> > koi = koi donkey fish, koinkey) in the VF. We rescued him and tossed him
in
>
> I'm curious how you recognize the cross. We have several BFK, one young
> koi, and GF in a number of colours (orange comet, albino, dusky,
> shubunkin, calico fantail,....). How would we tell the parentage of
> some new young fish that shows up?

I am not sure how to ID the parents, and to be quite honest I might be wrong
about this Koinkey, but...

He doesn't quite look like a goldie or a koi. He looks like both. He has Koi
like coloring, and his scales have an ople...opale...a sheen that is similar
to one of our koi, so I suspect that fish is the mommy or daddy.


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[Crashj]

On or about Fri, 07 Jan 2005 17:24:17 -0500, "Lt. Kizhe Catson"
> wrote something like:

>Benign Vanilla wrote:
>> When we closed the pond down for the winter we found a Koinkey (goldfish +
>> koi = koi donkey fish, koinkey) in the VF. We rescued him and tossed him in
>
>I'm curious how you recognize the cross.

The koinkey keeps making this popping noise with his mouth and asks
"Are we there yet?"

--
Crashj

[Benign Vanilla]

"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
> On or about Fri, 07 Jan 2005 17:24:17 -0500, "Lt. Kizhe Catson"
> > wrote something like:
>
> >Benign Vanilla wrote:
> >> When we closed the pond down for the winter we found a Koinkey
(goldfish +
> >> koi = koi donkey fish, koinkey) in the VF. We rescued him and tossed
him in
> >
> >I'm curious how you recognize the cross.
>
> The koinkey keeps making this popping noise with his mouth and asks
> "Are we there yet?"

And anyone that has watched a Koi or Goldie just swim around, knows why this
made me SOMLOL.


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[Crashj]

On or about Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:30:45 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
> wrote something like:

>
>"Crashj" > wrote in message
...
>> On or about Fri, 07 Jan 2005 17:24:17 -0500, "Lt. Kizhe Catson"
<>
>> >I'm curious how you recognize the cross.
>>
>> The koinkey keeps making this popping noise with his mouth and asks
>> "Are we there yet?"
>
>And anyone that has watched a Koi or Goldie just swim around, knows why this
>made me SOMLOL.

I have achieved my goal for the night.
"pop pop "
--
Crashj

[Andrew Burgess]

"RichToyBox" > writes:

>The carbon filters out organic materials. It will not remove potash, salt
>or other inorganics.

Activated carbon removes inorganic chlorine so that rule can't be right.