bascially i have a pond and the specs should be in my sig. its about 500-550 gallons. i live in new york so we have four seasons.....the pond is 3 ft deep at the deepest part. i know fancies are said ot be more fragile then common but i overlooked that and we already had snow and ice and everything.
well today i wake up normally i dont look at the pond but i go outside and see the pond had "defrosted" and i happen to look at the end and see the goldfish lying belly up with its stomach out the water i was like ah sh1t cuz i had it since may. i go over and look at it and touched it and was like ah it must of died very recently. but then i seen its gills moved i was like WTF. so i grab a bowl and scoop it up with water and bring it inside.
now at this point i have an empty 10g just sitting there with nothing in it. the pond water is very cold and this water is room temp but i am running out of time. i get a huge zip block bag and slowly let in water. the warmer water seemed to stimulate it and evenrtually i let it out but it was just floating on the top breathing...every once in a while getting pushed down by the filter current. i decided to turn the filter off to let it gain its strength.
i just got back from work and it seems almost perfectly healthy.
it went from being belly up in a pond with snow on the ground to about 74 degree water in about 5 minutes but i didnt have a choice....seems like i made the right one.
i have a bunch of rosey reds in the pond they are zipping around doing great. next year im just gona have a larger school of them plus 2 commets or shubunkins or one of each plus the roseys.
ill keep the goldfish in the 10g for now at least.
now for my next question....can i get by with it in the 10g with nothing but like snail? i know the "rule of thumb" is 10g of water per fancy but everyone has their opinions as to whats ok and not.
sorry for the long post
well today i wake up normally i dont look at the pond but i go outside and see the pond had "defrosted" and i happen to look at the end and see the goldfish lying belly up with its stomach out the water i was like ah sh1t cuz i had it since may. i go over and look at it and touched it and was like ah it must of died very recently. but then i seen its gills moved i was like WTF. so i grab a bowl and scoop it up with water and bring it inside.
now at this point i have an empty 10g just sitting there with nothing in it. the pond water is very cold and this water is room temp but i am running out of time. i get a huge zip block bag and slowly let in water. the warmer water seemed to stimulate it and evenrtually i let it out but it was just floating on the top breathing...every once in a while getting pushed down by the filter current. i decided to turn the filter off to let it gain its strength.
i just got back from work and it seems almost perfectly healthy.
it went from being belly up in a pond with snow on the ground to about 74 degree water in about 5 minutes but i didnt have a choice....seems like i made the right one.
i have a bunch of rosey reds in the pond they are zipping around doing great. next year im just gona have a larger school of them plus 2 commets or shubunkins or one of each plus the roseys.
ill keep the goldfish in the 10g for now at least.
now for my next question....can i get by with it in the 10g with nothing but like snail? i know the "rule of thumb" is 10g of water per fancy but everyone has their opinions as to whats ok and not.
sorry for the long post
