Kind of reminds me of an old Three Stooges episode of them running all kinds of pipes around to stop a leak, lol. That is a lot to keep track of.
Thank you all for my first pond
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Curious, have your fish woken up from their winter nap yet? I had added 5 small shubbies in September, they have hidden themselves pretty well. I would see a couple in the evening back in December, then nothing, saw one two weeks ago for a brief moment before he went back to the cave. I know the water temp has to get warmer, just thought this week with the warmer temps they might have been tempted to come out of hiding. Two weeks ago the water temp was 43.
Yes even before firing up the pond tonight. The fish have been very active a couple weeks ago when we had the 40's and 50's and through this week. The gold fish were the first to be swimming around as they pretty much do all winter , slowly but they are usually visible. The koi coe swimming over looking for food they all got one pellet
Anytime spring changes anything pond wise, suspect algae as the culprit.
We got up to the sixties yesterday, but back to cool weather now and next week. I will check the water temp tomorrow. There are plenty of places for the fish to hide behind the rocks so they may just be hanging out there, they were small, only 4-5 inches. Have not seen any bodies, lol.
Just wanted to let you all know the pump is fine. I do appreciate all the cards and flowers you sent, really was not necessary. Turned out the water level was a bit too low, I think that combined with the skimmer getting beyond full of leaves last Monday caused it to go a little wonky. I had pumped out water last week because we had 5 inches of rain in 10 days. A little surprised because the water level had been this lower level several times before but again I think it was the skimmer being full. The baskets for the pump and skimmer were fine, but I did wash them but they were very clean.
Anyway, I am sure you have had several sleepless nights so now you will be able to sleep well tonight
Anyway, I am sure you have had several sleepless nights so now you will be able to sleep well tonight
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Glad to hear you got them. I was worried they were misdelivered.
You all can rest easy also because three of the five fishes showed themselves today. They poked their noses out of the cave and then slowly started coming out. Not long before they were swimming around the pond. Just checked and a couple of swimming around the waterfall lights tonight. They made it through the first winter, phew.
All 5 fish are duly accounted for now, they all came out to play yesterday. All swimming together like they did back in the Fall. Water is great, very clear, tested fine this weekend, algae is all around but I dont see it as an issue at the moment still time for that to explode. Plants I put in last Fall seem to be coming back, was not sure for a lot of them since some of them were being planted in water and not necessarily water plants (day lillies for one). Pretty happy so far to make it through the first winter.