Re: [GSAS-Member] excitement: a place to overwinter shubunkins!

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

Pooo....how did THAT happen...I was trying to write a response and
whammo...off went the reply.

Yay for shubunkin fry originally destined to be feeders. I know some
pretty ones got put in the batch you got since I simply couldn't rear them
all up. If it's not freezing all day, I plan to spend the 3-day weekend
seeing exactly what I still have in those big stock tanks and moving fish
into the garage for the rest of the winter. It's a big job but I hate
coming out to find a floater after the ice melts that should be a pretty
shubunkin swimming around for much longer. If I have a bunch left, maybe
someone else in the club is interested in calico goldfish?? But let's see
what I've really got first (grin).

I've got 8 koi left. I wish I'd kept more of the bright gold ones....wow,
the one I kept ended up being bright orange with irridescent scales. And
one of the other big ones....white with black blotches MAY be developing
some orange patches. My favorites are the three-colored koi
(white/black/orange)!

Betty Goetz

> Hey Betty,
>
> I just realized yesterday that one of your shubunkins has been
> overwintering down here in my koi tank!
>
> In the melee of the koi growout contest and my constant quest for
> Belonesox food greatly overpowering my H20 holding capacity last summer,
> fish got dumped together in so many different containers that I guess I
> lost track of who was who.  In the process, apparently one of the group of
> shubunkin feeders you gave me decided it was in his best interests to
> pretend he was a koi and hang out in the Keepers tub.  I didnt notice in
> late fall when I consolidated all containers, dumped half of them into the
> outside pond, and threw the last remaining eight or so into a ten gallon
> aquarium inside to wait out the winter.
>
> I had a little *which one of these is not like the others* moment after a
> half-hearted cleaning in this VERY dirty tank yesterday; that cute &
> not-so-little calico bloke doesnt have any whiskers!  It took me a while
> to figure out how he got in there, but suddenly it all made sense.
>
> He (she?) is the little swan in the duckling tank right now and seems
> quite content to be amongst the lucky few inside, but I would gladly trade
> him back when it warms up for any more of, well, what he was originally
> destined for, lets say.  ;+)
>
> One of these days I will snap a picture of him for you!  And the mouths he
> escaped... (yes Cliff, I know I need to post some updated Belonesox pics!)
>
> Missed you (& you too Cliff!) at the auction, & the offer of a ride to the
> meeting one of these days while it is dark too early for you still stands.
>
> Cheers,
> Connie
>
>> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:55:53 -0800> From: haika@drizzle.com> To:
>> gsas-member@thekrib.com> Subject: [GSAS-Member] excitement: a place to
>> overwinter shubunkins!> > This past winter (so far) has been rougher on
>> my outside> goldfish/shubunkins than I expected. And that's after the
>> great blue heron> debacle. I've already brought my remaining old comets
>> inside after losing> my big white one, and they were in a whiskey barrel
>> sized 'pond' and were> easier to net out. I've lost one shubunkin (about
>> 7" fish) in my 100g> stock tank and sure don't want to lose more. I was
>> thrilled when a> co-worker offered me an old scratched algae-crusted
>> acrylic 55g tank!> PERFECT! I can move the tank myself (sure can't do
>> that with a glass 55g)> and can make room in the garage. So, if I can
>> get that tank before this> weekend, I know how I'll be spending those 3
>> days....draining 3 stocktanks> all 100g or larger! I may have lost all
>> the shubunkins to either GBH and> ice in the other whiskey-barrel pond,
>> but I'll empty that one too. And my> Siberians will have another
>> distraction to watch in the garage when I'm at> work (grin).> > Betty
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