lost a large bf koi and other things

We went out of town to San Antonio for spring break from Sunday, until
today. We knew that DH's uncle was a week or less away from passing away
from cancer, but we went on, knowing that he(DH) could fly home at a
moment's notice. Anyway, yesterday, my MIL came by to check on the cat, and
found one of my two largest bf koi lying on the driveway, evidently having
jumped out of the pond. He was not a classically attractive koi, not of a
recognized pattern. I used to find him endearingly ugly. Over the last two
years, though, I started to find him kind of pretty. If I can remember my
photobucket login, I'll come back and post a link to a pic. He was bright
yellow, with doitsu scales on the dorsal ridge and random looking red
freckles all over. kinda goofy.
The weird thing is that we had stopped at Water Garden Gems and picked up a
baby bf with gray matsuba scales and a yellow spot on his head and yellow
lips. The head is very white, which I hope is a sign of quality. I am
likely going back, the last wkend in March to try to get one more from Tank
Hollow Farms.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:22:04 -0500, "Ann in Houston"
wrote:

We went out of town to San Antonio for spring break from Sunday, until
today. We knew that DH's uncle was a week or less away from passing away
from cancer, but we went on, knowing that he(DH) could fly home at a
moment's notice. Anyway, yesterday, my MIL came by to check on the cat, and
found one of my two largest bf koi lying on the driveway, evidently having
jumped out of the pond. He was not a classically attractive koi, not of a
recognized pattern. I used to find him endearingly ugly. Over the last two
years, though, I started to find him kind of pretty. If I can remember my
photobucket login, I'll come back and post a link to a pic. He was bright
yellow, with doitsu scales on the dorsal ridge and random looking red
freckles all over. kinda goofy.
The weird thing is that we had stopped at Water Garden Gems and picked up a
baby bf with gray matsuba scales and a yellow spot on his head and yellow
lips. The head is very white, which I hope is a sign of quality. I am
likely going back, the last wkend in March to try to get one more from Tank
Hollow Farms.

Any idea why they jumped out? ~ jan

Hi Ann - I had the same thing happen 5 yrs ago to a ~ 16" straight tail koi
that was not the best looking , but a friendlier fish that we became
attached to. I know how you feel as I came home one day and found it laying
on the slate walkway around the pond. I haven't seen any of my BF koi
jumping, like my straight tail ones did
JME Gale :~)
"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
We went out of town to San Antonio for spring break from Sunday, until
today. We knew that DH's uncle was a week or less away from passing away
from cancer, but we went on, knowing that he(DH) could fly home at a
moment's notice. Anyway, yesterday, my MIL came by to check on the cat,
and found one of my two largest bf koi lying on the driveway, evidently
having jumped out of the pond. He was not a classically attractive koi,
not of a recognized pattern. I used to find him endearingly ugly. Over
the last two years, though, I started to find him kind of pretty. If I
can remember my photobucket login, I'll come back and post a link to a
pic. He was bright yellow, with doitsu scales on the dorsal ridge and
random looking red freckles all over. kinda goofy.
The weird thing is that we had stopped at Water Garden Gems and picked up
a baby bf with gray matsuba scales and a yellow spot on his head and
yellow lips. The head is very white, which I hope is a sign of quality.
I am likely going back, the last wkend in March to try to get one more
from Tank Hollow Farms.

He seems to have jumped as the result of a terrible storm with lots of
thunder, lightning and torrential rains all at once. I think I have had
that happen before. I'm just glad he was the only one. You know, how they
fade after being dead for a while. He looked white, so my MIL thought it
might have been Big Silver, our big platinum with the matsuba scales. Just
glad that wasn't the case. As sad as I would be, DH would be VERY upset.
He's so proud of her.
I forgot to finish the thought regarding his uncle. He did pass away
Tuesday evening. We were already scheduled to come home today, so no flight
necessary.
"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:22:04 -0500, "Ann in Houston"
wrote:

We went out of town to San Antonio for spring break from Sunday, until
today. We knew that DH's uncle was a week or less away from passing away
from cancer, but we went on, knowing that he(DH) could fly home at a
moment's notice. Anyway, yesterday, my MIL came by to check on the cat,
and
found one of my two largest bf koi lying on the driveway, evidently having
jumped out of the pond. He was not a classically attractive koi, not of a
recognized pattern. I used to find him endearingly ugly. Over the last
two
years, though, I started to find him kind of pretty. If I can remember my
photobucket login, I'll come back and post a link to a pic. He was bright
yellow, with doitsu scales on the dorsal ridge and random looking red
freckles all over. kinda goofy.
The weird thing is that we had stopped at Water Garden Gems and picked up
a
baby bf with gray matsuba scales and a yellow spot on his head and yellow
lips. The head is very white, which I hope is a sign of quality. I am
likely going back, the last wkend in March to try to get one more from
Tank
Hollow Farms.

Any idea why they jumped out? ~ jan

Hi, Gale,
Yeah, we all know how a fish can endear himself just by things like
being one of a few who made it through some pond disaster or learning to eat
from your hand, or just coming up first to eat on a regular basis. If I
remember correctly, this guy was a solid yellow baby from Petco. A cheapie
for sure. I'll go look for a way to get back into my photobucket site.
"G Pearce" wrote in message
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Hi Ann - I had the same thing happen 5 yrs ago to a ~ 16" straight tail
koi that was not the best looking , but a friendlier fish that we became
attached to. I know how you feel as I came home one day and found it
laying on the slate walkway around the pond. I haven't seen any of my BF
koi jumping, like my straight tail ones did
JME Gale :~)
"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
We went out of town to San Antonio for spring break from Sunday, until
today. We knew that DH's uncle was a week or less away from passing away
from cancer, but we went on, knowing that he(DH) could fly home at a
moment's notice. Anyway, yesterday, my MIL came by to check on the cat,
and found one of my two largest bf koi lying on the driveway, evidently
having jumped out of the pond. He was not a classically attractive koi,
not of a recognized pattern. I used to find him endearingly ugly. Over
the last two years, though, I started to find him kind of pretty. If I
can remember my photobucket login, I'll come back and post a link to a
pic. He was bright yellow, with doitsu scales on the dorsal ridge and
random looking red freckles all over. kinda goofy.
The weird thing is that we had stopped at Water Garden Gems and picked up
a baby bf with gray matsuba scales and a yellow spot on his head and
yellow lips. The head is very white, which I hope is a sign of quality.
I am likely going back, the last wkend in March to try to get one more
from Tank Hollow Farms.

Sorry to answer my own post, but this should be a good link to a shot of
Freckles, the flying bf koi.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s-greatpic.jpg

You can see Big Silver in the same shot. Both of them are bigger now.

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
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Sorry to answer my own post, but this should be a good link to a shot of
Freckles, the flying bf koi.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s-greatpic.jpg

You can see Big Silver in the same shot. Both of them are bigger now.
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I think he was a very usual and pretty fish.
--
RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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Thanks, Carol
"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
...
Sorry to answer my own post, but this should be a good link to a shot of
Freckles, the flying bf koi.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s-greatpic.jpg

You can see Big Silver in the same shot. Both of them are bigger now.
========================
I think he was a very usual and pretty fish.
--
RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Ingrid,
Have you ever known of severe storm activity churning up the water and
agitating them into a leap?
wrote in message
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usual reason for jumping koi at this time of year.... spawning. stubby
tailed ones
can jump higher and further than bttflys. BTW, shelves are one way to
discourage
jumping. the deep the pond the more omph they can gather on the way up.

"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
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Ingrid,
Have you ever known of severe storm activity churning up the water and
agitating them into a leap?
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When we have severe storms here my fish go to the bottom. They disappear
under the water lilies or their pots. I know this because I can see the
ponds and tanks from the windows.
--
RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö