End of the year roll call The state of the nation
April 2006
1white comet red spots - 4in NOW 5-6in
1 goldfish - 4in RIP
1 shebunkin – 5 in NOW 5=6
1 small shebunkin mainly red around neck – 4in MIA
1 red and black goldfish fungus on fins – 4 in NOW STILL ALIVE!!! 5-6 in
1 large ghost kopi - 10 in NOW BIG FAT 12-13 and 2-3 inc wide! how some cat has not got him is a miracle!!
1 ghost koi – 6in NOW 7-8in
1 ghost koi – 4 in NOW 7-8in
2 blue orfe – 7 in NOW EASILY 8-9 inc
1 orfe bendy tail – 7 in Both now about 9-10 in
1 orfe - 8 in
Update
New fish added 19 May
2 x orfes – 1.5in NOW 3-4 inch
2 x goldfish – 1.5 in ONly one about 2-3 inc
1 black gold – 1.5 in ONly one same size...
PLUS a teeny weeny gold fish tiddler from somewhere!!!
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
another new goldfish spotted
Been quiet in the pond for last few weeks and I have been away as well.
We now have the 2 baby orfe grown up quite well...about 3-4 inches now....the baby goldfish and black goldfish both had a good summer and now slightly smnaller.
And then...just now! hiding in the depths, a teensy weensy goldfish about an inch long! I am SURE he is new and not been in there before.
Will do an end of year roll call as soon as I get the chance.
We now have the 2 baby orfe grown up quite well...about 3-4 inches now....the baby goldfish and black goldfish both had a good summer and now slightly smnaller.
And then...just now! hiding in the depths, a teensy weensy goldfish about an inch long! I am SURE he is new and not been in there before.
Will do an end of year roll call as soon as I get the chance.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Tiddler Update
Balck tiddler doing very well...he has a magnificent tail more like a shebunkin than a goldfish...the organey one is doing fine too..
It is so much fun to watch them dart out from the Dark End when it is feeding time, grab one tiny crumb of food and rush back down the end with it...one half expects a gang of baby fish to be hiding in the alleyways greedily waiting for the morning's rations.
baby orfe is growing wlel..they gorw so much fatser than the other fish....and eveyrone else seems alive and well!
keep getting dragon flys flyign into the house...have rescued one this morning and 2 during the week.
It is so much fun to watch them dart out from the Dark End when it is feeding time, grab one tiny crumb of food and rush back down the end with it...one half expects a gang of baby fish to be hiding in the alleyways greedily waiting for the morning's rations.
baby orfe is growing wlel..they gorw so much fatser than the other fish....and eveyrone else seems alive and well!
keep getting dragon flys flyign into the house...have rescued one this morning and 2 during the week.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Black tiddler spotted
Feeding the fish this morning and there it was - the little black goldfish I had introduced in may....I thought he was long gone.
If you rememebr I introudced two red, two orfes and a black godfish. The two orfes have already grown to about 4 inches each but the gold and the black are still only about 1.5inches...growing so slowly...I wonder if the other ones are still in there somewhre....
the chicken wire protection at the end has worked brilliantly and I will def get more for next year
If you rememebr I introudced two red, two orfes and a black godfish. The two orfes have already grown to about 4 inches each but the gold and the black are still only about 1.5inches...growing so slowly...I wonder if the other ones are still in there somewhre....
the chicken wire protection at the end has worked brilliantly and I will def get more for next year
Friday, July 07, 2006
a toad in the hole
How good! Came home late last night and was kickign the ball about with Vince when I heard something move in the bushes...Further investigation revealed...a toad!
now when I first moved into the hosue 3 years ago I wa sown in the hut one night and came up to do a wee and there, sitting on the bri9dge was a dirty great big toad! I know it was not the drugs as George saw him as well. But never to be seen again.
until last night.
now when I first moved into the hosue 3 years ago I wa sown in the hut one night and came up to do a wee and there, sitting on the bri9dge was a dirty great big toad! I know it was not the drugs as George saw him as well. But never to be seen again.
until last night.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
another new fish!
Oh yes....I could barely beleive it when i saw it...
a little orangey fish swimming around the Dark End....def darker richer colur than the orfes!
I have no idea where he is from....he is only about 1.5 inches long...could it be the goldfish I bought in May? if so he has grown far slower than those 2 new orfe which must be double his size.
so the nursery now houses two baby orfes and a baby goldfish.
I have taken a roill of chicken wire and stuck it donwe the Dark End to hopefully put off the Monster Koi Fish from eating the babies...it is such fun watch them all dart about.
a little orangey fish swimming around the Dark End....def darker richer colur than the orfes!
I have no idea where he is from....he is only about 1.5 inches long...could it be the goldfish I bought in May? if so he has grown far slower than those 2 new orfe which must be double his size.
so the nursery now houses two baby orfes and a baby goldfish.
I have taken a roill of chicken wire and stuck it donwe the Dark End to hopefully put off the Monster Koi Fish from eating the babies...it is such fun watch them all dart about.
Tadpole News!
You want to see this....two littlwe legs...two little arms and a gradually decreasing tale...have been trying to take photos of him but think I ahve stunned him into submission with the flash!
george has made a little ladder out of stones for him so he will be able to climb up and out of his bowl...but you know what will hpapens next....into the big fat gob of the Koi Monster Fish.
ah well.
nature!
george has made a little ladder out of stones for him so he will be able to climb up and out of his bowl...but you know what will hpapens next....into the big fat gob of the Koi Monster Fish.
ah well.
nature!
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
tadpole update
Tadpole thrives...little legs poking though...next step they lose thier tail?
seems to be thriving in his fancy portmerion bowl.
seems to be thriving in his fancy portmerion bowl.
You wont beleive this!
I could not quite believe my eyes and have had to give some serious study time to the pond.
i saw TWO yes TWO baby tiddler orfes togethr at the same time...I kinda think I saw three but could not swear to it...but yes DEF two baby orfes...about an inch long each...pond born fish baby!
no sing of those baby goldfish i cought back oin amy at the same itme....BUT the young 'uns like to hangh up the dark end and I would not be suprised if they suddenly appeared...
i saw TWO yes TWO baby tiddler orfes togethr at the same time...I kinda think I saw three but could not swear to it...but yes DEF two baby orfes...about an inch long each...pond born fish baby!
no sing of those baby goldfish i cought back oin amy at the same itme....BUT the young 'uns like to hangh up the dark end and I would not be suprised if they suddenly appeared...
bad news
Return home to find the isolated fihs is dead.
I am devastated.
Have to dig a hole and bury him....so so sad.
He was the last of the orignal goldfish from about 3 years ago.
Feel so guilty. RIP
I am devastated.
Have to dig a hole and bury him....so so sad.
He was the last of the orignal goldfish from about 3 years ago.
Feel so guilty. RIP
Saturday, June 24, 2006
goldfish isolated
At last...afer much fishing....(ha ha)...goldfish ahs been isloated. Fairly sure it is Saprolegnia that I have to deal with...some how.
Came home the other night and pond had stopped running. great. had to turn it off and leave till this morning....it was simply a blocked up filter...serious mud...all running very well now....tadpole lives...
got to work out what to do wiht the goldfish.
fairly sure that tiddler is pond born! has to be! it could not have stayed that size for last 2 months eh!...how exciting...3 years I've waited for this....now I want more serious orfe action!
Came home the other night and pond had stopped running. great. had to turn it off and leave till this morning....it was simply a blocked up filter...serious mud...all running very well now....tadpole lives...
got to work out what to do wiht the goldfish.
fairly sure that tiddler is pond born! has to be! it could not have stayed that size for last 2 months eh!...how exciting...3 years I've waited for this....now I want more serious orfe action!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Two orfes sighted!
Excellent news. Came home from work and crept up quietly on the pond....two baby orfes about 3 inches long just hanging out down the Dark End. which means that....the baby tiddler orfe which is buzzing around is DEF DEF DEF a pond born baby! How cool!
check the state of the nation for the last fish added.
This also means that there is a slim chance those baby goldfish I added at the same time are still aorund but keeping thier head down.
I was a biut worried about the King of the Pond today - big fat mr koi...seemed off his food. usually you can hear him eating a mile away. Munch. Munch. Gobble. Today it was more of a nibble.
STILL not been able to catch the poor poor goldfish with the cotton tail fungus. Have spent simply ages trying to net him but no joy.
Tadpole thrives!
check the state of the nation for the last fish added.
This also means that there is a slim chance those baby goldfish I added at the same time are still aorund but keeping thier head down.
I was a biut worried about the King of the Pond today - big fat mr koi...seemed off his food. usually you can hear him eating a mile away. Munch. Munch. Gobble. Today it was more of a nibble.
STILL not been able to catch the poor poor goldfish with the cotton tail fungus. Have spent simply ages trying to net him but no joy.
Tadpole thrives!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
cant catch the fish
Cant catch the fish. So sad as he is obviously dying. Keeping himself away from the other fish. I wonder what they think. Surely it must freak them out. I dont want to scvare them by chasing round the entire pond with a net.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Disaster
One of the oldest of the goldfish has got some yucky fungus stuff all over him. Looks like it has appeared from nowhere although the red and black one had some fungus stuff on him and I treat the pond and he appears to be ok.
So, plan of action. Get the old fish tank out, clean it and put goldie in there…..have a study and decide what to do next.
So, plan of action. Get the old fish tank out, clean it and put goldie in there…..have a study and decide what to do next.
Vince the Invincible
This my dog playing football. Everyone asks what he is and i tlel them he is a sussex terrier....he is relaly a cross between a westie and a norfolk. lovelyu disposition.
Mum's tadpoles
Thing is she really HAS got hundreds. Every time I call round there she says “let’s go and look at the tadpoles”. She has set it up do have a little area of shade to protect them from the sun. The water is literally thick with them though. “Look at his little legs,” she goes.
The reason I am not allowed to have any is because I have a water filter and the tadpoles would get sucked up in to it. Duh. Yes that is the reprobatish adult I have become. I cannot be trusted with my mother’s tadpoles.
So I keep the surviving ONE of the SIX she gave me in a tub of his own. He is growing quite well, about one inch long and starting to sprout legs and go brown.
The reason I am not allowed to have any is because I have a water filter and the tadpoles would get sucked up in to it. Duh. Yes that is the reprobatish adult I have become. I cannot be trusted with my mother’s tadpoles.
So I keep the surviving ONE of the SIX she gave me in a tub of his own. He is growing quite well, about one inch long and starting to sprout legs and go brown.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Baby fish
I so so so want tiahve baby fish born in my pond. I go to other friends houses and they are not even intersted in fish and yet they have little tiddlers running around.
last eyar I know I had 2-3 babies but this year they are gone. wher do they go?: do they really get eaten?
Now I have this little baby orfe - I think.
last eyar I know I had 2-3 babies but this year they are gone. wher do they go?: do they really get eaten?
Now I have this little baby orfe - I think.
a pond born baby?
17 June
2 x orfes have now grown to a good 3inches but there is a smaller baby orfe about 1.5 so I am presuming it is a pond born fish!!! Which would be fabulous.
For the last month the new fish have kept themselves to themselves down the other end but now they are a decent size they have started coming out to feed with the others….then I spotted the tiddler!
No sign of the 3 new goldfish though.
2 x orfes have now grown to a good 3inches but there is a smaller baby orfe about 1.5 so I am presuming it is a pond born fish!!! Which would be fabulous.
For the last month the new fish have kept themselves to themselves down the other end but now they are a decent size they have started coming out to feed with the others….then I spotted the tiddler!
No sign of the 3 new goldfish though.
The state of the nation
April 17th 2006
1white comet red spots - 4in
1 goldfish - 4in
1 shebunkin – 5 in
1 small shebunkin mainly red around neck – 4in
1 red and black goldfish fungus on fins – 4 in
1 large ghost kopi - 10 in
1 ghost koi – 6in
1 ghost koi – 4 in
2 blue orfe – 7 in
1 orfe bendy tail – 7 in
1 orfe - 8 in
Update
New fish added 19 May
2 x orfes – 1.5in
2 x goldfish – 1.5 in
1 black gold – 1.5 in
1white comet red spots - 4in
1 goldfish - 4in
1 shebunkin – 5 in
1 small shebunkin mainly red around neck – 4in
1 red and black goldfish fungus on fins – 4 in
1 large ghost kopi - 10 in
1 ghost koi – 6in
1 ghost koi – 4 in
2 blue orfe – 7 in
1 orfe bendy tail – 7 in
1 orfe - 8 in
Update
New fish added 19 May
2 x orfes – 1.5in
2 x goldfish – 1.5 in
1 black gold – 1.5 in
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