tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886005760994568306.post7986092414898252942..comments2023-07-29T05:02:23.060-04:00Comments on A Niagara Region Garden: Schoolreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797023544562477324noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886005760994568306.post-52518313338999029522009-10-19T00:37:16.873-04:002009-10-19T00:37:16.873-04:00despite common knowledge some gold fish types do c...despite common knowledge some gold fish types do continue growing beyond their space allotment.A good example are Koi they never stop growing till the day they die. In this case that person was doing everything right for that fish. Probably at some stage it either did stop growing or slowed right down.reghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797023544562477324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886005760994568306.post-10840761345486102852009-10-18T23:39:27.091-04:002009-10-18T23:39:27.091-04:00thanks for the explanation sonny.
you have learned...thanks for the explanation sonny.<br />you have learned so much from your pond!<br />sonny, i had a friend once who bought a small gold fish and he put it into a really big jar of water and that fish was two years old already when i first saw it and it had grown really big! why was that sonny?<br />love terryTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917338886406940158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886005760994568306.post-64133684942438542052009-10-17T23:52:50.763-04:002009-10-17T23:52:50.763-04:00I forgot to answer one of your Questions Terry. Ok...I forgot to answer one of your Questions Terry. Okay the answer is that the pond will always keep itself in balance if you do things right. One of the first things that will happen is that most eggs will not hatch. Next when they do the fish will if given a chance eat them, till they get to a certain size. also there are other predictors in the pond, such as frogs and so on. Also there are illnesses and so forth that will take their tow. So big picture the pond will will flux in population, but should never get over populated on its own.<br /><br />In my case I had maybe 10 babies make it threw to about an inch this year. However a cat took at least 6 fish larger ones, a few more died for unknown reasons. and a couple I have no idea what happened to them. So at the end of the year I was down by one.reghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797023544562477324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886005760994568306.post-42406154925567579492009-10-17T09:26:00.937-04:002009-10-17T09:26:00.937-04:00yes this year it was stray cats that got the fish....yes this year it was stray cats that got the fish. However only about 6 of the total. so it was not a wipe out. My neighbour are wonder people, However they feed everything. actually not a good thing for their neighbours. The number of cats here are amazing because of it. Those little bowls are great to see a fish in, I had one as well, but horrible for the fish them selves.<br />Watching seagulls clear your pond is a shock and it is fast. By the time I realized what was happening it was game over.<br />Poor Gary got the blame for something before he even had a chance. yep a State Funeral for Salt and Pepper !!!!!!reghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797023544562477324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-886005760994568306.post-1107762263084740522009-10-17T07:40:02.433-04:002009-10-17T07:40:02.433-04:00yes but sonny, i thought that seagulls feed on dea...yes but sonny, i thought that seagulls feed on dead stuff.<br />i think if i had seen a whole flock of them attacking my pet fish, i would really have a fit and gone out and chased the monsters away!<br />and what about the neighbours "pet" homeless cats that she feeds. don't they try murdering those lovely fish too?<br />too bad that the sea gulls couldn't carry THEM away...problem solved!<br /><br />you say that you can't keep too many sonny...what about if they increase in population?<br />how do you weed the extra out? and where do you put them?<br />in my beloved manitoba, it was just the thing to have a couple of gold fish in a little fish bowl.<br />i had a couple that i named "salt and pepper"<br />well i made the mistake one time and put them high on my closet shelf when i had to go out babysitting, i didn't want that monster hero of yours, gary to bother them.<br />when i got home both fish were floating dead on the top. i think dad golden told me the reason was is because it was too hot in that closet.<br />we had a funeral for them and gary was invited..and so were the collins...<br />ah!! parting is such s weet sorrow.....love terryTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917338886406940158noreply@blogger.com