Fish can't hover

[Tula]

I use Lightroom to "export" the photos I post and you can create a watermark in Lightroom. It can be text and or image and I digitized a copy of my signature to get the one you see.

Thank you !!

 

[Meyer Jordan]

No. Or no idea who the supplier is. I did ask a few of the local pond places who thier suppliers are. None were BWC.

The reason behind my questions is fish over generations become adapted to the general climate of an area. Fish bred and raised at a Northern hatchery will be adapted to Northern winters whereas those fish bred and raised in Southern hatcheries such as Blackwater Creek are adapted to warmer waters and mild winters. In fish sciences this is called a "preferendum" and any large variance from it may cause chronic stress and immunological issues in the subject fish.
When buying fish for a pond, it is always better to purchase fish that are bred and raised in the same or similar climate as the target pond.

 

[EricV]

Thanks. I was wondering where you were going with this. So this fish was bought from a pet store tank, presumably he was meant to live out his life inside. Aquascape, which is where some of my fish come from, uses Koubec Koi from Iowa, which is certainly similar. Others I forget.

 

[Meyer Jordan]

So this fish was bought from a pet store tank, presumably he was meant to live out his life inside

Not necessarily. It depends on the prevailing climate of the hatchery they came from. But, if they came from a Northern hatchery and are kept in a tank where the water temperature is warmer than what they are adapted to, they will be weakened fish.

 

[Faebinder]

For fish from black water creek... make sure you add them in early summer not spring as the temperature in Florida is high and the fish is not used to the cold.