Sakura8

Hey! The fact that she did lose koi last summer is troubling. A pond loses koi when it is overstocked. What kind of aeration does the pond have? Waterfall? Fountain? How deep is the pond? Roughly what shape is it? I want to calculate the gallons and see if there would be room for one more fish.
Also what does the bottom of the pond look like? Is it filled with leaves and mulm or can you see rock? Does she have any plants in the pond? Sorry for all the questions. I'm trying to get a picture of the pond in my head. Although if you have a photo of it that would also be wonderful.

i had thought so too...but just after her treatment had ended, out power went out, im wondering if the 5 days of cold water made it kick back up...

:( well Shadow up and died today. She was fine last night, but when i looked in the sorority, she was laying at the top all pineconed and pale. And dead.

Thanks again! I always feel there is more I could/should do. Type A all the way! I'm taking this competitive season off from skating to focus on school. I need to maintain a 4.0 GPA. I'll still skate, just not compete this year (which will be weird). I still have dance 4 days a week, school, part-time work & of course the bettas. I went in today just to get the Prime (thanks-BTW) and refill Jack's litter container. I came home with 3 more bettas! 2 babies and 1 adult male VT with SBD problems. What was I thinking? They were all in nasty water (even the babies). Only 2 of them left. I'm feeling slightly better today, so let's hope I survive this week and being 30!

Thanks! I love FB (sometimes) since I have a lot of friends and contacts that are out of state. Nice to be able to keep up with my friends in Ann Arbor when I'm not there. I missed my January trip since Jack was sick & now I am sick.

I can't wait to hear what his name will be! All legs for sure! I can't wait to see Z's foal too. I thought Rachel's foal would be a boy & I'm kind of hoping for a filly for Z. Only time will tell. It would be interesting to have 4 sets of half siblings (if that happens) with such great sires & dams.

lol, yeah, you are!

Thanks! 30 sounds scary. Like I should have accomplished more in my life by now. But, I'm in school working my butt off to finish with a good degree. The pneumonia has been making me feel old the past week. I missed the joint birthday party last night, so I'm sure there will be a makeup. Is Seachem Prime available in stores? If not, Amazon overnight. I made it through 5 smaller tank changes 2 nights ago and the babies were due yesterday. I need to do their tanks tonight. At least I don't have school tomorrow. Thanks for the birthday wishes & get well wishes. I'm going to need them to get through this :)

All this talk about Rachel Alexandra & I was surprised to hear that she had her foal today! Beautiful baby-looks like her (kind of). Similar star. I don't know if you want to know the sex, so for now I'll leave that out. I saw a picture on Facebook. I think she was overraced her 3 year old season too. If they would have rested her, she could have made a nice comeback. I guess now, she'll be a good mommy! I knew Z had a miscarriage after her first breeding with Bernardini, so her baby will be a little younger.

Yeah, it does. We have lots of activities leading up to it. There are chow wagons set up downtown and one day they have bed races. There is a balloon race and we have a huge fireworks display called Thunder over Louisville. Then on thursday before Derby we have the Pegasus parade, then friday is the Oaks then Saturday is Derby day.

Are you guys going to watch the Kentucky Derby this year? If you guys were here we could have a Derby party. lol