FLIP & FLOP

Wow they're HUGE clarice! Very healthy looking specimens. Mine are fine but still having to fill the pond daily as the ice had damaged the pond. We've plugged up some of the holes but obviously there must be more:~(((. How's Smokey doing?

Thanks Skillen for asking about Smokey, he's about the same, he does'nt go very far at all know he's getting old but just moves to do what he as to then back on the foot stool near the radiator, or he lays right near my feet then i fall over him nearly. Hope you get your pond sorted soon.

look fine carol which is great news, wonder how they breath when there is ice covering them

Glad they survived the ice they look lovely and bright

Theres a ball on top of the pond and a plastic duck to keep water safe as air can go round side of ball, i'm not very good at explaining things.

i know what your saying carol, i understand now, thanx :o)

Lol...thought that was a real duck left hand side of pic,at first glance !!!!

Nice one :) one of the granchildren bought it a couple of years ago, said it was a toy for the fish to play with.

Lol...dont they say the funniest things !

The sure do :o))

glad your fish are ok under the ice..... havnt seen mine 4 a while

The other two only see them odd times aswell.

its a wonder they survive the cold water isnt it...

It sure is, i know there cold water fish but theres cold and cold is'nt there :o))

you can say that again..... : O ))

:o)))lol

Like your (clear) pond, what sort of filter are you using? I,ve got quite a big filter/pump but UV light broken, (can't find replacement bulb anywhere) not working to good, water a bit murky. 4 fish dead up to now, but i think that's because of cold weather.

What i use in my pond is called Easyclear from Argos it cost me £75 last year, its a all in one fountain, pump, filter & uvc. I think it was worth ever penny. They do still have them in, they make two of them but i got the cheapest of the two.

Lovely fish Clarice. I always feel so sory for mine underneath the ice. Vicki my youngest adult daughter made her dad go out to the pond saying that she could see one of the fish frozen in the ice. He tried to reassure her it wouldn't be but she insisted he went out into the cold to look. He picked up a stick which Vicki thought he was about to break the ice with but he only waved it above the ice and the fish dived down to the depths probably as scared as Vicki had been at having his slumbers diturbed!

Always feel sorry for my fish in winter.