Cleaned the Wakin pond today

[tracey_shafer]

A heat index of at least 105 and it felt like a sauna out but we need to get it done and wanted to check the health of the fish since there has been ick in my other ponds. At 5000 gal. and no bottom drain its an all day job. I had put over 100 baby fish in last fall but the bullfrog and the dragonfly nymphs have been eating gourmet.
I only had a handful of the babies left and at least 2 of my big fish were missing. And none of my babies from this spring have survived the nymphs & bullfrog. (I do have babies out of the pond in other tanks.

This is everyone we pulled out of the pond:

http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/185819.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/18:58:19))

http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/185833.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/18:58:33)

These are the big boys, their are lines on the bottom of the container.

http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/192002.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:20:02)

http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/192851.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:28:51)

http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/192914.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:29:14)

http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/192901.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:29:01)

I did find all of the watoni I put in to grow out last winter and have put them with the calico wakin, we will try to breed some calico watoni for you. :D:

http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/191752.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:17:52)

http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/191800.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:18:00)

http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/472911/20090621/191808.jpg (http://www.dropshots.com/tracey_shafer#date/2009-06-21/19:18:08)

[carcha koi]

Very nice, sorry for the thefts

[philly]

Tracey, you do have some great looking fishes there. :yesyes:

[Koidaddy]

Awesome goldfish!
:yup:

[Jackie Ramo]

They look great Tracey really nice whites on them.

[Terri]

Looking good :grin:

[marla]

Sorry you lost so many, but the ones you have are very nice, love the red/white combo nice and bright. Yep it's been hot....was in sw Missouri last Thurs-Mon....horrible hot....got home here in WI and the heat followed us, been 90*F+ all week!!!! the pond water is even 90*F