Posted by 'Mike' on March 6, 2011, 11:19 am
I put about 80 Goldfish into my daughter and son in law's pond a couple of
months ago and there is no sign of them. When they went in they went
straight to the bottom in the murk. Do Goldfish 'hibernate'?
Mike
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Posted by Derek on March 6, 2011, 12:22 pm
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:19:13 -0000, "'Mike'"
>I put about 80 Goldfish into my daughter and son in law's pond a couple of
>months ago and there is no sign of them. When they went in they went
>straight to the bottom in the murk. Do Goldfish 'hibernate'?
Very cold a couple of months ago, is it possible that the shock killed
them, but then would expect them to float upwards dead.
So Hungry Heron?
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Posted by 'Mike' on March 6, 2011, 12:28 pm
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:19:13 -0000, "'Mike'"
>>I put about 80 Goldfish into my daughter and son in law's pond a couple of
>>months ago and there is no sign of them. When they went in they went
>>straight to the bottom in the murk. Do Goldfish 'hibernate'?
> Very cold a couple of months ago, is it possible that the shock killed
> them, but then would expect them to float upwards dead.
> So Hungry Heron?
> www.lincolnfuchsiasociety.info
They where transferred from my neighbour's small outside pond and
'acclimatised' to the pond water.
Hungry Heron? Not seen one about. Could it be Ducks? Dozens of those use the
pond.
BUT, the water has been very murky by virtue of the rain fed stream going
into the pond!!
Mike
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Posted by Baz on March 6, 2011, 12:43 pm
> Do Goldfish 'hibernate'?
>
> Mike
>
I would have thought that before putting 80 fish into a pond 2 months ago
you would have researched this earlier ie:3 months ago.
Also it needs to be a good sized pond to accommodate 80 fish.
What are they? orfe, carp, hybrid? do you know?
What are you going to do about their wellbeing?
Were they free of parasites and diseases when you introduced them to your
pond? was your pond free of them?
These(and more) questions are something to bear in mind but the question,
Do Goldfish 'hibernate'? tells me everything.
Baz
Posted by 'Mike' on March 6, 2011, 1:26 pm
>> Do Goldfish 'hibernate'?
>>
>> Mike
>>
> I would have thought that before putting 80 fish into a pond 2 months ago
> you would have researched this earlier ie:3 months ago.
These fish were an 'overgrow' from my neighbour and we were hoping to get
them moved quite some time ago, but he has been very on his son's house.
> Also it needs to be a good sized pond to accommodate 80 fish.
50 ish foot diameter do?
> What are they? orfe, carp, hybrid? do you know?
"Goldfish"
> What are you going to do about their wellbeing?
What can be done when you can't see them?
> Were they free of parasites and diseases when you introduced them to your
> pond?
as far as I can tell yes. The rest in the original pond were good :-))
> was your pond free of them?
Ask me one on football.
> These(and more) questions are something to bear in mind but the question,
> Do Goldfish 'hibernate'? tells me everything.
I hope it tells you I know sod all about goldfish. If not, what does it tell
you?
> Baz
Mike
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>months ago and there is no sign of them. When they went in they went
>straight to the bottom in the murk. Do Goldfish 'hibernate'?