
Before the winter I made sure to keep them fed. I was even getting to know them a bit, on an individual basis. I never did quite manage to count them all. They just didn't stay in place long enough and then there always seemed to be a few hiding down deeper in the pond. I was feeling kind of sad for that one guy that always seemed to be alone, the left over one, the guy no one else would play with. But, really, the more I watched the more it seemed to be all his own fault. He just kept swimming out from the group, didn't give any of the other fish a chance to be friendly and get to know him.
Now they are all gone. All just floating bodies, buried in the garden now. My brother used a shovel to flip them all out on a day when there was still ice in the pond. He missed three. Or they were just stuck somehow. I tried to get them with the shovel but they kept slipping off the end. Plus, the pond really stinks. More than just stinky, it's gut wrenchingly gross. Not so bad now that time has passed, the ice has melted and the water has been exposed to the elements a few weeks.
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I'm sorry for all your fishies. :( We tried an outdoor pond but they just kept dying all except one who eventually got brought in before the winter cause we couldn't bear to leave him/her out there all alone all winter.
I'm sorry for your loss!
It was a very bad winter...I agree with the Taxi Driver.
If the pond is deep enough, then you must maintain a small unfrozen hole in the surface of the water all winter, to allow for the exchange of gases - not just in the spring.
Sorry your fishies died!
I've got 3 big goldfish I wish I could get to you! They were born in a backyard pond years ago, and now are quite too large for their aquarium!
Want to make a road trip to Michigan to get some free fish?
:)
Wish you come import them up here Mo. My Mom is driving back here from Florida this week. But too late to see if she could detour to Michigan now. No way to phone her now that she has left.
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