Tuesday 12 January 2010

QUICK NOT TO EVERY ONE WHO READ MY LAST BLOG............I think I have found a fish still alive in my pond. This is so strange, last year I put in two very ordinary, common and cheap goldfish, one died immediatly and one made itself at home at the bottom of the pond. Then I bought two baby Blue Orfe,very pretty silver fish, a few weeks later I bought two bigger silver fish. Over the summer they hid them selves well and I wasn't sure how many of them were alive. I thought I had lost them all in the ice over these last few weeks but.....................seems the gold fish is still alive !!! I really can't believe it, but I removed 4 silver bodies and I'm sure I saw the gold fish alive at the bottom. I do hope so...............feel a bit better about the 'pond' if that fish really is alive.

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18 comments:

  1. deb thegardener12 January 2010 at 12:38

    oh, i hope the fish made it! *fingers crossed*

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  2. tee skor12 January 2010 at 12:51

    I do not know about your fish ,. but people freeze bait and thaw it and they swim.

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  3. bennett ~12 January 2010 at 12:54

    If you bring it in, do it slowly and gradually. Go!! little fishy, go!!!!!!

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  4. loretta xxxx12 January 2010 at 12:55

    OMG.................ugh !!
    one of the problems is that although I've kept a tank of tropical fish for years...............this is the first time I've had fish outside, and it just happens to also be the coldest winter for about 50 years. My inexperience AND the extreme weather are just a really bad coincidence..........

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  5. loretta xxxx12 January 2010 at 12:57

    Thanks Bennett..............but its more a case of if it survives, I can't catch it, wouldn't want to disturb it, think its been traumatised enough, and even if I did catch it...........no where indoors for me to keep it. So........yeah lets all cheer on the little fishy :-)

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  6. BLINGKINGCAT ASTROPHIC12 January 2010 at 12:58

    the bog standard carp are the hardiest gold fish....the cat ate all my fish and my pond is a wildlife wetland now lol....the deeper the pond the more chance there are of fishes surviving hard winters....

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  7. Doug B12 January 2010 at 13:00

    I wonder if the haddock pieces in my freezer would come back to life in your pond, Loretta? That would be amazing. Scary, as they no longer have heads or intestines, but amazing....

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  8. Doug B12 January 2010 at 13:03

    Apparently goldfish that hide at the bottom of a pond are a little koi........(couldn't resist that one, sorry)

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  9. nemo 4sun12 January 2010 at 16:30

    i am rooting for the fish

    :)

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  10. *Sans Souçi *12 January 2010 at 17:50

    Yay fish! hope they're just hiding.

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  11. *Sans Souçi *12 January 2010 at 17:50

    You are so cute!

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  12. Shopping Dreams12 January 2010 at 18:09

    LOL!

    Just happened by, and how wonderful, I hope the little goldfish is OK!

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  13. heidi breuer12 January 2010 at 18:42

    keeping my fingers crossed for you -

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  14. Cille Shaner12 January 2010 at 18:51

    Hope you have a survivor Loretta. HUGS

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  15. tee skor12 January 2010 at 18:54

    the problem isn't so much the cold it will be lack of oxygen
    if you had a tank aerator to put in to keep oxygen it could survive the winter

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  16. Brenda B13 January 2010 at 00:19

    It seems goldfish are a hardy breed.

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  17. Narice May13 January 2010 at 04:26

    Oh that would be so great. Let's hope he is ok.

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  18. ~ Regal ~13 January 2010 at 17:51

    What a wonderful surprise.

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