Time to bring 'em for winter

[~ jan jjspond]

I started last weekend bringing in my moors & ryukins from the lily pond.
The 1st moor is always so sad, big boring tank, no playmates, as I bring
them in one at a time/week. She'll be a lot happier come later today. I do
the salt treatment, that Ingrid/Solo has on her website, and it has worked
very well for me.

I will be leaving about 1/2 dozen yearling ryunkins out there to see how
they winter over. A few will be going to a pet shop, probably next weekend.

How about the rest of RP? Started any winterizing? ~ jan


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~ jan jjspond wrote:

> How about the rest of RP? Started any winterizing? ~ jan

Hi Jan! Our pond plants have exploded lately. Lizards tail and
parrots
feather and watercress really thrive now that the water has cooled a
tad...
Stream and waterfall appear choked and hidden under the green
vegetation.
I'll probably get out there today if it's not raining and cut/pull
about
half of them out.
Hurricane Rita's outer bands are sprinkling on us but they are only
predicting up to 1/2". I was hoping for a couple!
I bought some netting at a fabric store and will soon be covering the
pond to keep out leaves but most of our trees are still green for a few
more
weeks.
It was 89 yesterday and has been near 90 for ever! ;-(

I'm looking forward to some cooler weather and some nice fall hiking!

Oh yeah, all our fish are goldfish so they don't get to come in the
house!

Peace!
Dan D. Looeeville KY good ole USA
ky-dan.com

[~Roy]

I just did the opposite. I moved two huge black moors from an inside
tank to one of the outside half barrels.........Those two black moors
(named Hoover and Eureka) are bigger than a softball, just huge fat
pudgy happy fish...........that have been outgrowing all the aquariums
they have been in this year..........and just back in April they were
the size of a marble.........next step is the big ponds
enclosure..........

I probably have at least another 8 or 10 weeks until I will move my
tropicals from the outside tanks and preforms inside for out cooler
months............I pulled all of the koi and comets etc out of the
pond enclosure and they now reside in the large portion of the pond,
and all thats left in the enclosure is the 10 wakins and 2
shubunkins......

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:09:10 -0700, ~ jan jjspond
> wrote:

>===<>I started last weekend bringing in my moors & ryukins from the lily pond.
>===<>The 1st moor is always so sad, big boring tank, no playmates, as I bring
>===<>them in one at a time/week. She'll be a lot happier come later today. I do
>===<>the salt treatment, that Ingrid/Solo has on her website, and it has worked
>===<>very well for me.
>===<>
>===<>I will be leaving about 1/2 dozen yearling ryunkins out there to see how
>===<>they winter over. A few will be going to a pet shop, probably next weekend.
>===<>
>===<>How about the rest of RP? Started any winterizing? ~ jan
>===<>
>===<>
>===<>See my ponds and filter design:
>===<>www.jjspond.us
>===<>
>===<> ~Keep 'em Frost Free!~
>===<> Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
>===<> To e-mail see website


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[mark Bannister]

~ jan jjspond wrote:
> I started last weekend bringing in my moors



I've heard conflicting advice about moors. We have one we inherited.
At first I thought I would have to bring him in, but other places say he
will be fine. Any thoughts, zone 7a (north Alabama), lows seldom below
zero and only for a short time?
Mark B.

[Reel Mckoi]

"mark Bannister" > wrote in message
...
>~ jan jjspond wrote:
>> I started last weekend bringing in my moors
>
>
>
> I've heard conflicting advice about moors. We have one we inherited. At
> first I thought I would have to bring him in, but other places say he will
> be fine. Any thoughts, zone 7a (north Alabama), lows seldom below zero
> and only for a short time?
> Mark B.
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The Black Moors I had survived the winter here in middle TN, zone 6 for
years. As long as the bottom doesn't freeze there's no reason they
shouldn't live over. In fact all the "fancies" I had lived over the winter
here in zone 6.
--
McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995...
My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b
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[~ jan jjspond]

>I've heard conflicting advice about moors. We have one we inherited.
>At first I thought I would have to bring him in, but other places say he
>will be fine. Any thoughts, zone 7a (north Alabama), lows seldom below
>zero and only for a short time?
>Mark B.

When it comes to fantails, ime, they winter over. It is the fluctuating
temps of fall or spring (especially spring) that cause them to get ich, or
have other problems. I bring them in to be on the safe side, and to watch
them over the winter. I have had plenty of moor babies make it thru the
above conditions too. ~ jan


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