We are up and running for the season

The green is all cleared out. We bought a new UV filter this year and, along with a couple days of rain, it cleared out the green water in less than a week. Here are some pictures of the water. You can see clear through to the bottom.

No signs of injury or illness from the winter. Everyone looks healthy.

Above are the one year olds. Several of them will be put up for sale in two months.

In this picture, you can see one of our Midorigoi - which is a green colored fish. She is the small one closest to the camera. We have two right now. This is Hoshi. We purposely bred the next door neighbor's Midorigoi with our butterfly Gold Ogon to see if we could get some Midorigoi for ourselves. We ended up with Hoshi and Jade. Both are healthy and growing. Jade is bigger. Hoshi has a bit more blue in her coloring.

Here is a good picture of the babies with the some of the elders. In the very center is Madam Butterfly (a four year old). She has the prettiest butterfly fins we've seen. She truly decorates the pond with her beauty.




Spring is here and we couldn't be happier!!

Spring Muck-out Day

Spring muck-out day!!

Winter holds on with small pockets of snow, but the crocuses are peeking and the lilacs are budding, so we know Spring is coming.

First, light a fire so we can warm our hands and feet.

Thankfully, we have awesome neighbors who share the chores. We help them with their pond and they pitch in with ours.

You can see how green the water is coming out of winter.

It looks like the babies survived the winter. We'll have 30 or 40 for sale in May or June. We lost one adult fish to an unnamed and unncaught critter. Sad, but not too unexpected. We have lots of racoons in the neighborhood.

Muck out day traditionally ends with a big breakfast!!