12 Tuesday Jul 2022
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Friday was another gorgeous day in the garden…
did some computer work outside and then read…
eventually, I climbed into the pond and removed some of the grasses growing in it to help me figure out if something is still getting into it..
while I was in there, I repositioned the pump and the rocks that sit on top of it…
looks pretty good…
my neighbour came over and we sat by the pond watching the fish while we shared some wine and snacks…
04 Monday Jul 2022
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last Thursday night I think a raccoon (or more than one) came into the garden and attacked the pond…
they got at least two fish and tossed around the water lilies… they don’t care for fish scales, so end up leaving them on the ground… I found two piles on the stepping stones alongside the pond…
the fish were clearly traumatized and have barely come out from under the bridge…
after doing some research, I put down epsom salt all around the pond and hoped that would dissuade them from finding their supper in my garden…
I also put on the motion sensor at the back door and the one on the garage…
since then, they have come back a few times, although I am starting to wonder if it might be the coyote that has been wandering in this area… the plants have been disturbed, but I haven’t found any fish bits…
this Thursday I put up a new wireless camera to see if I can spot whatever has been coming by…
so far, nothing has been spotted…
13 Friday May 2022
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well, the big excitement is that the fish are now in their summer home…
my grandson didn’t have any difficulty catching them, although he did mention that some of them were fast, lol…
we got some great photos of them sliding into the water…
the water lilies also made it into the pond… this is their third year…
I am pleased that they have overwintered well;-)… hoping they will produce flowers again this summer…
03 Monday Jan 2022
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very happy that the pump on the small fish tank is working once again…
had to have it replaced as it just stopped a week or so ago…
I was able to use the old (and rather large) pump while waiting for the replacement…
happily, no fish were sucked up into the much larger and stronger system…
they are happy and enjoying the better light, as the big pump blocked a lot…
and I can see them much better;-)…
18 Thursday Nov 2021
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05 Friday Nov 2021
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once the large fish tank was moved into the dining room, I filled the stand with many of the plants from the living and dining rooms…
that spot doesn’t get a ton of light so I had a small lamp sitting there to provide some illumination…
with my grandson’s help, we moved a lamp from the computer room down to this area and the lighting is much better…
I think the plants are going to like it…
04 Thursday Nov 2021
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I have been working on the fish condo for weeks now… spent a good portion of a day cleaning the fish tank… lots of scrubbing and emptying…
I researched a second tank and we went out and got the tank and two pumps so that they were on the ends as opposed to the back of the tanks…
after numerous measurements, we set the new tank up on the counter along the North wall of the dining room… then the bottom was filled with rocks and water and the new pump set up… this tank will be for the baby fish as the other tank won’t be able to hold all of the fish…
I worked with my grandson and we were able to move the big tank to the spot beside the small tank… it looks good there and it almost appears like one single very long tank…
after putting river rocks in it, I ran the hose from the outside tap through the house and was able to fill it up in nine minutes… it probably took me that long to fill the small one as I used a pail and walked back and forth to the kitchen sink for that one, lol…
had a bit of an issue with the pump as there wasn’t quite enough room in the large tank for it on the edge, but we were able to remove a piece of plastic and now it fits perfectly…
once the water was in and circulating for a few days we began catching the fish… we have been at it for quite a while… we started on October 22nd and today I think we caught the last one… I had to break ice for the last few collections, lol…
it was quite a process because since about the middle of October the water has been brown as leaves have fallen into it so it has made spotting fish difficult…
we also brought in some of the water lilies, which hopefully will survive until next spring when they can go back into the pond…
the tanks look great and I am pleased with all of our work…
we have 12 large fish and 14 babies;-)…
27 Wednesday Oct 2021
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recently I’ve seen a number of videos about dogs and cats banging or tapping their food bowls to announce they want food…
for years we have tapped the side of the fish tank to let the goldfish know we are putting food into the water…
we follow the same system when they are in the pond, although this year they fed off the algae and bugs in the pond…
they often need to be reminded of the process once they come in for the winter… and of course any babies have to learn the process…
once they remember, they often come up to the top of the tank as I walk toward them, lol…
we are not there just yet…
24 Sunday Oct 2021
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16 Saturday Oct 2021
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I have spent a good portion of the day working on the fish tank… it was always my beloved’s domain…
the rocks have been removed… and there were a lot of them…
before supper, there was just a little bit of water in the bottom and I finally got that soaked up… it is empty;-)…
I fried pickerel for my dinner and found two or three bones in it, which made me think of my beloved again…
if there were any bones at all, they would be in his fish, lol…
and he would have made the world’s best French fries to go with it;-)…
funny that I would make fish after working on the tank all day, lol…
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