Missing Fish Mystery

A few weeks ago our goldfish disappeared from the pond. Where they went was a mystery to me. There were no bodies floating belly-up. The water lilies were all fine. If something like a raccoon had gotten in there, the lilies would have been all torn up. My guess was that something like an osprey or a snake had gotten in there. The water's murky enough that I can't see very far into the pond, and I thought the murk and the rocks I put on the bottom would have allowed the fish to hide.

I've missed those stupid little fish. They were only 25-cent feeder fish, but we'd had them for two years, and they'd grown larger and larger.

Today I went out front, and I saw a fish! Then two fish. One was the biggest fish, and it was nibbling flower petals from a wildflower that had drooped into the water. I tossed some food in there, and soon I counted five fish swimming around eating the pellets. I don't know what happened to the other four, or if they're still in there somewhere.

What I'm wondering is, what happened? Was it too hot out and they spent the last few weeks chillin' on the bottom? Did the water quality fall and they went into hibernation? It's very odd. Any goldfish experts out there?

By the way, we've had thunder, lightning and rain off and on all day, and now it's hailing. Weather in the high desert.


Posted by Dave    Blog Tag: News