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The last two evenings I've spotted this aquatic creature that is about 2" long, very thin, has legs, antennae. Maybe in the shrimp family. I saw one last night and two tonight. One night I'll drag out the camera. Any thoughts? It looks like a water stick bug to me.
Also, how ca nyou tell the difference between koi fry and goldfish/shubunkin fry? I have a couple of really skinny, really quick gray fry, several gray fry, several more round gray fry, some gold and some spotted. I think several may have been hitchhikers, but the spawn in my new pond seems to be never ending. The survival rate seems to be very high! Oh my goodness!:100:
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#1
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 02:08 AM
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Bought a house with a pond... I thought a pond just held water. It really holds wildlife, fish and the $$$ in my wallet, but mostly... my HEART.
Mary
Bought a house with a pond... I thought a pond just held water. It really holds wildlife, fish and the $$$ in my wallet, but mostly... my HEART.
Mary
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Posted 04 July 2009 - 10:58 AM
I found it- it is a damselfly nymph. Cool! Thanks everyone!
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Bought a house with a pond... I thought a pond just held water. It really holds wildlife, fish and the $$$ in my wallet, but mostly... my HEART.
Mary
Bought a house with a pond... I thought a pond just held water. It really holds wildlife, fish and the $$$ in my wallet, but mostly... my HEART.
Mary
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Posted 08 July 2009 - 07:26 PM
I found one of these in my pond too. I was thinking it was a dragon fly larva.
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Posted 08 July 2009 - 07:34 PM
Dragonfly larvae are good!
Koi fry will have the barbels (whiskers), goldfish and koiXgoldfish crosses will not. May have to let them get a wee bit bigger to check though!
Koi fry will have the barbels (whiskers), goldfish and koiXgoldfish crosses will not. May have to let them get a wee bit bigger to check though!
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Posted 08 July 2009 - 09:19 PM
Sounds like a stonefly.
Your fish will eat them
Your fish will eat them
