Well I’m back from Zihua, Mexico and I have to say I had a hard time enjoying myself since there was so much to worry about back home. First I was only able to observe the little guys for short time, I unpacked them at 7 PM, and was on our plane at 9:30AM the following morning. On top of that their Q-mate breeched the tank and was found on the floor of my basement the night before they arrived. The Q-mate was one of my Marudo Kohakus, I’m growing out as part of the Upper Midwest Koi Club’s grow out challenge.
Well he was pretty stiff when I found him but I did notice some slight movement of his mouth. Well I worked him in the water, with the force of the current directed through his mouth, and what do you know after about a half hour he was swimming on his own.
On top of all this I noticed that the air was off in the outdoor pond! That could only mean one thing, no electricity, either a circuit breaker had tripped or a GFI had. A quick check of the service box revealed that it wasn’t a breaker. As it was below zero outside and temps were dropping by the minute, I decided to wait, and inspect the filter pit when I got back from Mexico.
When I finally open the filter pit I found a foot of water on the floor and both the air and water pumps shut down. The water level on the settlement tank was a good 6 inches below the overflow and a quick inspection of all the plumbing gave no indication of a leak. The only thing I can think of that caused this was the fact that the temps got sooo cold the hole over the air sealed over and without a release opening the pumped air increased the pressure, under the ice, to the point where it pushed the water level, in the filter house over the overflow of the settlement tank, thus causing the flooding inside. What a mess!
Well all is well now both pumps are running and spring is in the air, it’s going to be 35 tomorrow.
The fish, all survived and now I have some time to update my page.
First up #85, these pics were taken today after two weeks in the Q-tank with/out food through the 10th. They've been fed once a day since them.
I think it's best to see all sides of the fish.
