Whatcha doing today?

[Gemma]

And Gemma, that’s a really pretty koi. Looks sad like it’s behind bars!

Thanks! He's name is Squalo, he's my favorite! and he's currently serving a life sentence

 

[sissy]

As long as it is a healthy life sentence

 

[JamieB]

Good job! Let me guess: grand theft; of your heart?

 

[JamieB]

Today, our job we had lined up is on hold. So sitting around with cold toes while one of the kittens warms dads toes! I’ve fed my fry, which reminds me. Is there a subject matter expert on culling comet goldfish on here? I need to know if the ones I have need culled based on physical defects, things that will make them have problems later. I don’t care about color, but I don’t know what might indicate problems for them later in life.

 

[sissy]

I depends on what the problem is .Sometimes they never bother them and they turn out to be the prettiest fish .My fish are mutts ,some type of mixed koi and all the babies have flowing tails and fins and have turned out to be the prettiest .I had people who took 2 with deformed tails that seem to have gone back to normal and they are now over 5 years old

 

[JamieB]

I’ve got 10 or 11 that I brought in from the pond, as they were a late season spawn. Little guys are maybe 1/2 inch I’d guess. No real color yet. So natural selection has already weeded out most of them. I’m just wondering if these are all going to develop into healthy fish, no jacked up fins, stuff like that. There are two or three that are noticeably larger than the others, and a few that are a bit smaller. I feed them plenty to be sure all get their fill, so unless I had multiple spawns a few days apart, I’m guessing some are just slower growers. But if someone here can tell me what to look for, traits that indicate what might become an unfit for pond life fish, I’ll know it needs an aquarium life. I’m a sucker for the under dog, no matter what kind of animal it is! I’ve got two big aquariums I can set up if needed, but for now I’ve got them in like a 5 gal with plenty of natural substrate going on, that was my plant aquarium, so natural stuff of all kinds in there. Sadly, my black thumb struck, and those plants died. So I might bring in a small chunk of water iris to grow in there.

 

[j.w]

Walked in the rain and sitting here now rolling my foot on a golf ball. Might drag the Christmas tree down and set it up, put the wreath out and call it good.

 

[tbendl]

Took 2 of my 3 finals today! Lawdy I can't wait for this semester to be over with.
Of course then it will be winter and there will be no pond talk.
Shucks.

 

[sissy]

put up x and o's on the front porch with christmas lights ,hugs and kisses christmas .I decided to give the world a little love

 

[Angel]

Relaxing. Leaf round up number 2 tommorow

 

[addy1]

Worked hard sitting on the beach............... did walk from the hotel a whole 2.5 miles.

 

[Gemma]

I'm "window shopping" online
OMG....them kids are getting more and more expensive each Christmas

 

[Angel]

Started leaf round up part 2. After 6hrs called it a day. Will finish up tommorow or so. Part one only took 4hrs. Based on leaves still hanging got 1 more round.

Now it's a few beers fire place and Netflix with the better half.

 

[mrsclem]

Got all the lights up on the house yesterday, extension cords run and everything lit. Today- lights on shed and reindeer, sleigh and tree sculptures. Then hopefully I can get back to getting ponds ready for winter. Snow coming this week!

 

[Gemma]

I'm just hanging around...watching koi videos on youtube, trying to decide what fish to add to my "must have" list of koi for the new pond