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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Sunday November 12, 2006
I am feeling mellow tonight. It is raining outside here in New York and I wish the daylight was longer. I enjoy working in the yard and caring for my koi. When the days are short I cannot enjoy them as much. It was about 60 degrees today so I was able to feed them today. You should not feed them when the water temperature is 40 degrees or lower. They just bunch together at the bottom of the deepest part of the pond and stay absolutely still. We only had 4 or 5 as of the spring 2006 but now we have babies galore. One Toncho died during child birth but we know she had babies because there are many that resenble her.
The pond is about 12 feet wide by 40 feet long by 2 - 3 feet deep. The winter is not fun because I have to detach the untraviolet light so that it does not freeze and I worry that the electric does not go off. If the electric goes off then the pump to the filter stops and the pipes freeze. The filter can and should operate 24/7 and 365 days. If it freezes (and it has) I have to detach the pump, bring it indoors to thaw and wait for several 40 degree plus days so that I can get it all working again. During the winter I also shut off the waterfall and use the underwater jets to circulate the filtered water. It is also necessary to have a small heater floating on the pond to keep an area ice free so that air can circulate.
The large fish only had babies after they become 3 years old and we only have 3 large ones now. We have lost some to ainmals. Some we don't know how but we have seen a hawk and a gray heron around so we suspect them. Plus we did have a fish injured by a gray heron who stabbed her beek through the back of one fish. That fish has survived and had babies since.
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I am feeling mellow tonight. It is raining outside here in New York and I wish the daylight was longer. I enjoy working in the yard and caring for my koi. When the days are short I cannot enjoy them as much. It was about 60 degrees today so I was able to feed them today. You should not feed them when the water temperature is 40 degrees or lower. They just bunch together at the bottom of the deepest part of the pond and stay absolutely still. We only had 4 or 5 as of the spring 2006 but now we have babies galore. One Toncho died during child birth but we know she had babies because there are many that resenble her.
The pond is about 12 feet wide by 40 feet long by 2 - 3 feet deep. The winter is not fun because I have to detach the untraviolet light so that it does not freeze and I worry that the electric does not go off. If the electric goes off then the pump to the filter stops and the pipes freeze. The filter can and should operate 24/7 and 365 days. If it freezes (and it has) I have to detach the pump, bring it indoors to thaw and wait for several 40 degree plus days so that I can get it all working again. During the winter I also shut off the waterfall and use the underwater jets to circulate the filtered water. It is also necessary to have a small heater floating on the pond to keep an area ice free so that air can circulate.
The large fish only had babies after they become 3 years old and we only have 3 large ones now. We have lost some to ainmals. Some we don't know how but we have seen a hawk and a gray heron around so we suspect them. Plus we did have a fish injured by a gray heron who stabbed her beek through the back of one fish. That fish has survived and had babies since.
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