Everyone made it

Well so far everyone survived the winter in our garage.(Maybe you remember
we purchased a home the end of September and moved in on Thanksgiving....had
to pull out our preformed pond from our rental residence and winter it
propped up in the garage......oh and hubby actually put a huge heater in the
detached garage to keep the ice down....they were so babied.)

Both frogs, all the snails and our 4 fish, which through an electrician who
was here to put in some new outlets for the house and had maintained a pond
in Florida before moving, we learned that the one fish we were sold as a
Comet, is actually a Kohaku Koi. (We were clueless, last spring was our
first pond, we didn't know a thing about the fish or anything...though they
did say the fish hopped from tank to tank.)

Questions:

1. How big, as we have a Koi will our new pond need to be.

2. When can I start feeding them again. They are acting quite hungry now
milling about at the surface when they seem me come in the garage,
especially the shubunkin who.


Hope everyone's fish and their friends faired as well as ours did.

Regards......

Lisa & Steve

how big did you say your backyard was????:
if the water is 50o and your temp is controlled in there, feed very lightly, like one
pellet each. Ingrid

"Steve and Lisa" wrote:
Questions:
1. How big, as we have a Koi will our new pond need to be.

2. When can I start feeding them again. They are acting quite hungry now
milling about at the surface when they seem me come in the garage,
especially the shubunkin who.Lisa & Steve


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The backyard/garden is 62' wide x 200' long.

Here are some pics I took today to give you a better idea.:
http://www.britsintheus.com/backyard.htm

LOL... well it was a bit of humor meaning the whole thing, but..... I have a 25'x25'
backyard and my pond is 10' x 6'
what are your fencing laws? that will affect how deep the pond may be. you will
want your pond near the house so you can just step out and sit down next to it. you
want privacy. do you want formal or relaxed. what zone are you (deeper ponds for
very cold climates). Ingrid

"Steve and Lisa" wrote:

The backyard/garden is 62' wide x 200' long.

Here are some pics I took today to give you a better idea.:
http://www.britsintheus.com/backyard.htm





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www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
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Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

I believe zone 5 (NE Ohio).

Relaxed .....natural type pond.
wrote in message
...
LOL... well it was a bit of humor meaning the whole thing, but..... I
have a 25'x25'
backyard and my pond is 10' x 6'
what are your fencing laws? that will affect how deep the pond may be.
you will
want your pond near the house so you can just step out and sit down next
to it. you
want privacy. do you want formal or relaxed. what zone are you (deeper
ponds for
very cold climates). Ingrid

"Steve and Lisa" wrote:

The backyard/garden is 62' wide x 200' long.

Here are some pics I took today to give you a better idea.:
http://www.britsintheus.com/backyard.htm





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.