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Been staking out the pond for most of the day, including first thing this morning...
No sign of a heron today, which I guess is a good thing.
I haven't seen my smallest two fish (both little sankes about 5") in the last two days, so I am wondering if the heron got them?
One thing I noticed today since I was watching my fish a lot was that my showa is showing signs of some "fashing", especially after I feed him. No other fish is doing this as far as I saw. I checked the water, and the ammonium and nitrite are slightly up, about 0.25 ppm each, and the pH is slightly low, about 6.8. I added some baking soda, and now the pH is 7.2 (I could pind any pH up at the pet store). Perhaps my showa is sentitive to the water quality, I have read that parasites can also uuase this kind of behavior as well. I will continue to monitor him.
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Rockman
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