Bruce's Journal

[Bruce]

We are getting another .5" of rain today. There is plenty of water for the tadpoles and frogs at the moment, especially given how little they had for 2 months earlier in the summer, but not for the winter if we don't get a lot more.

I've decided it is highly unlikely we will be able to put "Adam and Eve" back in the pond this fall and they will spend the winter in a bucket in the house. Fish need more than ice capped mud to live. Will be curious to see how big they get and if we can figure out what species they are to get them many friends in the spring.

 

[CntryBoy777]

A couple of things to be aware of.....fish will only grow to the size of their environment.....and at what level in the water is their preferred level.....these can make a great deal of difference in the size that they will attain.....just be sure to oxygenate the water they are in every once in awhile so they will be able to breathe.....

 

[Bruce]

Plenty of surface for oxygen in a 5 gallon bucket with two 1.5" (at least so far) fish in it. I gave them a plant from the aquarium so they had somewhere to hide. I think the largest of these fish I've seen in the pond were only maybe 3-4".

 

[Rammy]

On one hand I commend you trying to save Adam and Eve. On the other, if they don't make it, fish fryb.......Just make sure the daughter isn't home when you do it..............

 

[Bruce]

As long as they live until early January when she heads to New Brunswick for school!
I don't think they will ever get big enough to bother with trying to eat them. Maybe the cats or chickens would be interested.

 

[RollingAcres]

Umm @Rammy Adam and Eve are barely enough as appetizer.

 

[Latestarter]

First couple inches of the mud might end up frozen as well... Hope adam and evan make it through the winter to be released in the spring.

 

[greybeard]

I gave them a plant from the aquarium so they had somewhere to hide.

The plant will oxygenate the water to some degree...it's what plants do when they aren't busy falling on your fences, cars or houses...

 

[Rammy]

Umm @Rammy Adam and Eve are barely enough as appetizer.

Ever hear of sushi? (Jk) Appetizers!

 

[Bruce]

Yeah but personally I'm not into raw fish. DW and DD2 are but I doubt they would eat those little things. Bones and all because if you took off the bones and skin there wouldn't be much left.