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Lessons Learned "Quick Hits"
We are soliciting short lessons-learned from hobbyists: events that possibly left you sadder, but measurably wiser. Have a good one? Please send it to the . Here is a brief diatribe from the Webmaster:
Depending where you are in the northern hemisphere (assuming you are in the n.h.), your water in your outdoor ponds in warming rapidly. Fish may be just coming out of dormancy or even starting to breed. This is a critical time to be extra vigilant. Protozoa may also appear, female fish can can exhausted and beaten up from spawning, and you need to ease the fish back into regular meals. You also need to check all of your equipment: make sure filters, pumps and any other equipment are functioning correctly.
A fellow replacing my gutters last week related an interesting anecdote. He has a pond with goldfish, Koi and native species. He had a number of crappies in the pond (a fish in the sunfish family), and all but one jumped out of the pond mysteriously. He came out one day and saw the last crappie behaving strangely. It appeared to be falling over, but then two goldfish would push it upright again. He thought it was so amazing that the goldfish would help this poor sick crappie.
Can anyone figure out what was really going on? Answer next month J .