I checked into that and the town I live in is very small Ardmore, OK and the pond and garden club that was in existance closed up shop because as I am told was only a few people that had been friends for years and didn't see the reason to keep a club going when it was just them. The store I bought the fish from is more of a pet store with a couple pond things since the lady that was running it has since moved on to other things. I go to that store and they just want to sell me something and when it becomes apparent that they aren't going to make a sale I become a nuisance. I got in touch with a couple of the people that made up the garden and pond club and they were very old and home bound. I have been told that stressing out your fish is a bad thing so I don't assume that bagging up a sick fish and driving him accross town to show one of them is a good idea.
It doesn't seem like this would be to place to ask about my ignorant questions since I don't even know enough to give enough information to be helpfull in getting a question answered. For instance I have a butterfly koi that has been laying on his side for the last 3 days when I fed the fish he swam up with the rest and ate, but when nothing is going on he lays on his side. I can't see anything apparantly wrong with him and if I make a move to try and catch him he takes off quickly. I would hate to drag him out of the water to check on him, but laying on his side is a indicator that something is wrong since none of the others are behaving as such and they all were introduced at the same time. As you can see I don't know and to you experienced people a 10 inch long 20 dollar fish is less than you folks probly pay in food, but without knowledge there is no way I can convince my wife that I can go buy more and more stuff
