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Aren't you supposed to put those drops in the water so the fish won't die.
once, I fish sat for my niece and nephew.  When I changed the water I forgot
to put the drops in and the fish died.
What do you do for the fish in your water trough?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dolores Arste" <darste3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] [Guest] gold fish


> I bought gold fish from Walmart last year. The over wintered in my heated
> stock tanks just fine.
> Not only did they do fine but they thrived.
>
> Even once or twice when my bad boys unplugged the heaters and the tank
iced
> up on top, the fish were fine. We lost one this way but the two others
were
> OK.
>
> Once in a very great while I throw in some pond fish food. But, mostly
they
> eat what ever the horses drop in and algae.
>
> This year since they've been so good for the tanks, I bought houses for
> them. After the horses thru the houses around once or twice, they left
them
> alone.
>
> In the 20 gallon tank I have only 1, in the 50's I have 2 each. I think
the
> 50's need three to keep up though. Actually, my goldfish have really kept
> down the green stuff.
>
> Occasionally, I run the water in the tanks to freshen it up via it simply
> overflowing. The fish leavings are a lot easier to clean than the algae. I
> just catch up the fish and dump tank. Al of their leavings just float out.
I
> fill it up again and dump the fish in.
>
> I am sure no fish expert so those who are will be horrified by now reading
> this :)
>
> The mosquito fish I got did not last long at all. I think the goldfish
> killed them.
>
> Dolores Arste
>
>
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