Around the pond

[Koi-lo]

Walking around the ponds this morning I found the daffodils are up several
inches. Nothing else so far. The pansies have been blooming all winter,
right through the coldest weather. These will bloom until the heat of May
and be replaced with annuals. The water in the ponds has turned green and
there's some hair algae. This goes away as soon as the plants start to
grow. Since the water usually remains quite clear all summer I no longer
use the UV lights. KoiZyme will be added when the water stays around 60F.
We haven't seen the turtle since last fall.
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Aquariums since 1952
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[Greg Cooper]

Koi-lo wrote:
> Walking around the ponds this morning I found the daffodils are up
> several inches. Nothing else so far. The pansies have been blooming
> all winter, right through the coldest weather. These will bloom until
> the heat of May and be replaced with annuals. The water in the ponds
> has turned green and there's some hair algae. This goes away as soon
> as the plants start to grow. Since the water usually remains quite
> clear all summer I no longer use the UV lights. KoiZyme will be added
> when the water stays around 60F. We haven't seen the turtle since last
> fall.
Cool - we dont get a lot of ice and snow but it is too early to see much
gowth from the bulbs yet. The fish are out and visible on the nicer
days though :-)

[Koi-lo]

"Greg Cooper" > wrote in message
news:4TjCf.110750$AP5.40008@edtnps84...
> Koi-lo wrote:
>> Walking around the ponds this morning I found the daffodils are up
>> several inches. Nothing else so far. The pansies have been blooming all
>> winter, right through the coldest weather. These will bloom until the
>> heat of May and be replaced with annuals. The water in the ponds has
>> turned green and there's some hair algae. This goes away as soon as the
>> plants start to grow. Since the water usually remains quite clear all
>> summer I no longer use the UV lights. KoiZyme will be added when the
>> water stays around 60F. We haven't seen the turtle since last fall.
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> Cool - we dont get a lot of ice and snow but it is too early to see much
> gowth from the bulbs yet. The fish are out and visible on the nicer days
> though :-)
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We had a warm spell here but the older fish stayed inactive on the bottom.
The tank of fingerlings were active and swimming around. I fed them a few
times. The difference in sizes between them is startling! They range from
only 1" to about 7" in length. They'll be a year old in April. I'm anxious
to get the season started......... :-)
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