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Ari
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 Posted - 01 May 2016 : 3:19:42 PM
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I have had a goldfish for 9 yrs since my grandson was a baby. Always looked after, getting larger tanks, looking after water quality etc. Now time to do the best thing, beautiful fish is going to a known home with a huge garden pond that is so well looked after goldfish are able to breed. This is best time to of year to make the transition so all good. I will miss my fish companion of 9 yrs however so hope he/she makes a good life in natural environment.
Have to add any living creature in my care is my responsibility and precious.
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 01 May 2016 : 5:11:02 PM
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garnet
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Posted - 01 May 2016 : 6:36:44 PM
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| I have had a few from friends and neighbours in my pond too! |
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glo
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England
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Posted - 02 May 2016 : 07:56:33 AM
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I have about 100 plus goldfish X carp, we had a few off a neighbour some years back, despite a herring eating all the big carp, when we moved here 17 years ago, we had 24 big ones. Now because they breed we have lodes, I don't feed them just let them do their stuff! We clean the pond when it looks like it needs it, and on a hot summer day the pond is covered in sunbathing fish, all colours, some about 1 inch long to about 6 inches, not sure how big goldfish grow.
It's quite a deep (friend fell in it one day, long storey) and long.
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Offira
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England
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Posted - 02 May 2016 : 11:47:48 AM
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I am sure Fish will love her/his new home but it is funny how attached you get to them isn't it?
We inherited an overgrown pond and one rather depressed fish - I bought a couple of friends and it was lovely to see them all swimming along together. When I am fussing round the pond weeding and the like they all come up and 'help'. |
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DianaSC
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Spain
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Posted - 02 May 2016 : 12:19:40 PM
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 a herring
Duh-duh, duh-duh, duhduhduhduhduhduhduhduh Sorry Glo, couldn't resist. |
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Kharidian
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England
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Posted - 02 May 2016 : 1:36:44 PM
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Lol, I hadn't noticed herring not heron!
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Kharidian (Prince Sadik x Khiri)........ Alkara Cassino (H Tobago x Rose Aboud)
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glo
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Ari
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Posted - 02 May 2016 : 6:30:33 PM
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| I just read herring as heron as that what I expected to read lol. Precious fish only has 30 minute journey that is now a well planned operation for travel and introduction to pond. Offira the fish is in my kitchen so in my life all hours of the day for so long, how daft am I. I have even found a home with my daughter for the resident water snail! |
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garnet
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Posted - 02 May 2016 : 9:45:06 PM
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| My OH fell backwards off the stepladder while cutting the hedge and landed in the pond. I said that I hoped the fish were OK and not flat fish! |
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Ari
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Posted - 04 May 2016 : 8:06:01 PM
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| Operation transfer goldfish done, travelled good. Acclimatised well and last seen swimming round huge pond. My kitchen is empty without my fish, I will get out and ride the Ariboy more to get over it lol x |
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Vik1
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Posted - 05 May 2016 : 10:23:23 PM
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Its funny how you can get attached a to a goldfish lol. Ive had mine now for 10 years. He is huge now. He came as a gang of 3 but sadly the other 2 have passed on. I named them after the chefs at my work.
He is in a tank in my living room but I used to have a few pond fish at my old house. They had small fry and then a heron ate them all :(.
Pardon the pun but I was gutted. I had kept the big fish for almost 10 years even through some freezing winters.
Happy your fishy has acclimatised well. |
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FireLight
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Posted - 06 May 2016 : 5:24:10 PM
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| Glad little fish is happy, he will think his big pond is brilliant. |
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Goldfish - update
