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Bluecan

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  1. The only remaining baby from my spawn last winter of my Short Body Texas Pair. I have since sold the male, have the female still, and the one surviving baby (the rest died in a ammonia spike as well as being picked off by my baby thai silk). Luckily he is the shortest of the bunch, I seperated him early on when I recognized this..., and is actually a "bonsai" (shorter than Short bodies), however almost all if not all the babies were turning out short body... For some reason he is also much more feisty and confident than either of his parents who took a long time to come around after a move and tend to be more nervous fish. Love this little guy.

  2. another one bites the dust :(

    theres no way my mom is going to go out and put a net on that pond each day, and covering it permanenetly would defeat the purpose, it seems the small ones are being left alone, its annoying but not much I cna do, and I dont think I can afford a critter cam, even though its eating me up inside, I wish I could set some type of harmless foot snare instead :P

  3. yea I was going to pic one up at wholesale sports but they were closed before i could get there grrrrr..yea I was thinking a mink or weasel could easily leave no trace they are small and light and the rocks are fairly large.., I think if it were a herron it would have sat there a lot longer to eat many of them hmmm hate leaving it for the night

  4. another one is gone this morning, i cut the bottom out of a 5 gallon black pale and put a rock in it and sunk it to the bottom of the pond, thats the best i can do for now, really wish i had a critter cam!! anyone know where \i could get one cheap in edmonton its driving me nuts not knowing what im dealing with, but there are no tracks and nothing is moved which makes me 85% rule out a mammal i think im dealing with a bird...i have read of issues with owls too grrr, of course it took the two nicest fish of the bunch as well

  5. another one is gone this morning, i cut the bottom out of a 5 gallon black pale and put a rock in it and sunk it to the bottom of the pond, thats the best i can do for now, really wish i had a critter cam!! anyone know where \i could get one cheap in edmonton its driving me nuts not knowing what im dealing with, but there are no tracks and nothing is moved which makes me 85% rule out a mammal i think im dealing with a bird...i have read of issues with owls too grrr, of course it took the two nicest fish of the bunch as well

  6. i didnt think we had racoons here? yea I read up on the herron idea ,hopefully nothing is gone tommorow,, any ideas where I could get some cheap netting to fix something up to cover it? also I read minks and weasels can be a problem, I have seen a mink go in the water myself several years ago, great swimmers it would have no problem...

  7. so my parents have a back yard pond ide say about 2.5-3 feet deep at its deepest, bought 4 very large goldfish for it yesterday only to return today to check up and find that the one large white one was gone ....really annoyed, anyone have any idea? there is also a large black oranda i think thats waht you call them, big fat slow and not very bright he would literally swim right into a predators mouth, just wondering what could have taken the large white one, anyone have any experience with this? there are a bunch of small fish as well , my only idea is that in the dark the white one stood out, where as the black fish was virtually undectable , and the rest are orange, pretty disapointed with this actually...suggestions tips...i was thinking maybe an early morning gull or cocky herron? i cant see a herron leaving the rest there, and i cant see a cat getting to far with such a large fish...all input welcome

  8. Bengals are awesome...I had to rehome my old bengal Eja when I decided to go back to school, was lucky to get an amazing home for her, but I miss having her too , she played fetch like a dog, murdered my fish ,couldnt keep her out of the water! she had one purebred litter as well was a cool experience, very different from the norm...

  9. Hey guys, do you know where I can find these and a price? I havent even looked yet but figured I would ask ..

    I realize I can fix something up with material on my own but if thye are cheap enough ide rahter hav something that is easy to install and remove for cleaning as needed

    I may have some babies comming so let me know

    cheers

  10. May 18th update, heads getting bigger, he is loving the NLS Lifestyle. All of my fish have improved big time since being switched over.

    (please dont turn this Progress thread into a Food discussion)

    I appologize for the crappy pics, he wil not stay still always spinning circles as soon as he can see me like a puppy...

    enjoy

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