In the midst of winter, the dwarf alberta spruces next to the garden pond were completely covered with snow. By the time these little trees were half exposed, I thought I should start documenting the pond’s reappearance.
At this point the pond had been under feet of snow for three months.
Eight days later, the outline of the pond has reappeared.
Two days after that, it was apparent that at least one of the goldfish didn’t survive.
He looks terrible. It takes two more days for the full carnage to be revealed.
Five dead goldfish: four in the water, and one in ice.
I lost one before, but never all.
So sad. What are the dimmensions and depth of your pond? Have you always wintered over that many fish at one time? I lose fish when my pond gets over stocked. Take care.
Awww… that’s too bad about the goldfish.
Goldfish - will always leave the water mucky since they revel at the bottom.
Are there some native fish that would be more hearty and hardy?!
Also, gold fish will eat all pollywogs so that your pond will not be able to support amphibians which need support whereever they are.
-interesting about the goldfish. I started with little native minnows, but they didn’t keep up with the mosquito larvae, which is a big deal here because it’s a West Nile area. So I’ve used goldfish ever since. Maybe I need bigger minnows. The pond is a few feet deep, with native waterplants, so murkiness isn’t a problem… probably because it’s colder here.