So sadly since my last fish update we have had a lot of goldfish die. Just today Gimpy died...I kinda figured he would as he lost his tail and some of his side fins. How they were lost I'm not sure if it was fin rot or if some of the other fish became hungry for fish. Earlier in the week we lost the other fish we quarantined as he didn't swim to healthy.
How would a fish swim healthy you ask, easy answer. He actually swims!! Not stay on the bottom of the pond or stay hidden under the rocks, but swim. Oh and have an appetite for food would help too.
But back to the influx of death in the pond...the day prior we lost two fish that were just floating in the pond, and the day prior to that (last week sometime now) I had also found another dead one.
Seriously, death loved my house this last 5 to 8 days. Hopefully he has had enough fun and will let the remainder fish live.
On the brighter note...we have koi in our pond!!! Last Saturday we bought 2 medium sized koi, one I've named Angel, the other has been named Old Yeller, but I'm not positive if that name is a keeper as we've also called him Goldie. Which he's a mixture of Gold, black, yellow. Angel is a pure white...also nicknamed Whitey. Since then I have bought additional Koi, another medium sized one, that is what Angel & Old Yeller is, and 3 smaller ones that are about the same size of our goldfish.
Oh, and I bought another water lilly! We're hoping that with the large sized fish that they might actually last through the winter as our plan is to keep them in the pond all winter. Did you know fish hibernate? Apparently they do! Who would have guessed.
I've attempted taking pictures of them, the 4 I bought on Tuesday I took pictures of them still in their bag before I put them in the pond, the others I've attempted to catch them while in the pond. But once I find my cord that connects my camera with the computer I'll upload the pictures. Its kinda cool!! The koi seem to give more life to the goldfish, or at least move them about more.
On a side note, I don't know if I've mentioned this before or not so forgive if I have. Hubby informed me how funny I am, if I'm having a rotten day all he has to do to cheer me up some is buy me a fish...even the cheapo 26 cent ones work. They seriously just make me smile and giddy. Kinda odd but quirky.
Another quirky thing is we will spend hours, okay maybe not hours but a good 30 minutes or more just watching the fish/pond and sitting in our swing. Somedays I think we're supposed to be old farts because its kinda how we behave. Really we're so happy just to sit in the front yard and watch our quirky fish.
So its kinda late and this is turning into a novel so I'll stop for now and hopefully later this week I'll get the pictures added. If not I'll keep ranting about the quirks we're developing since becoming fish owners.
