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Offline LynneNY

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How do you stand it???
« on: May 26, 2010, 03:41:56 AM »
It's spawning time again for my comets!  At least 2 of my poor females are being chased relentlessly since early this morning.  I can't bare to watch - it's EXHAUSTING!!! :-\  One poor lady is getting tossed up in the air frequently in the chase.  I so hope she doesn't come into harm - she's one of 2 mostly white with just 2 spots of orange on the top of her head which helps distinguish her from the rest.  Poor baby.
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 05:02:43 AM »
Why don't you catch her and take her to a nunnery?  :(
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 05:06:09 AM »
I definitely don't wanna be reincarnated as a female goldfish or koi.  :no:
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 05:20:57 AM »
It's rough to watch how relentless the males can be.  Same goes with seeing mallard ducks chasing the females to exhaustion.  All you can do is hope they will be fine by the time it is over with. 
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 05:57:00 AM »
Sunbeam ---->  lol

Joyce ---->  lol

Thanks for starting my day off with a chuckle! O0
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 07:46:59 AM »
I noticed the same activity in my pond on Sunday morning. And a month ago, the ducks were at it.
As for me?   lol  Relentless--  o(:-) o(:-)

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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 07:49:36 AM »
A nunnery!  lol  I know what you mean, it's foam EVERYWHERE in my pond  :P
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2010, 08:08:19 AM »
See how nice a thread can be? :wub:
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2010, 08:42:15 AM »
What is the foam anyway...?
I have never had spawining in my pond...
It may be because I just have one koi and two small goldfish... lol lol lol
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2010, 08:44:27 AM »
you could try to find your males goldies a blow up goldie doll {:-P;;....my goldie were at it this morning too...Yesterday I moved the watonia over to the single tail pond and the sarassa's started chasing the watonia females right off...I've got all the babies I want this year so they can just clean up their own mess ;)...
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2010, 08:57:54 AM »
Foam is DOC Dissolved Organics Compounds.  Leftover food and poop and plants

I get in the middle of my ducks so that the momma gets a break.  One has moved into my lily pond with her 2 babies.  Soon as they get bigger, my pond is mine.
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2010, 08:58:55 AM »
Sav, I miss you. Louisville show is this weekend.  One of these years, we'll get to meet.
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2010, 09:02:34 AM »
Sounds like nature is taking its course. You sometimes just have to hope for the best. Nature can be rather disheartening. Look at black widow spiders and preying manitis. Not a good outcome there for sure.  ;D  Good luck with the fish. Hopefully she will recover quickly from her ordeal. The nunnery was a good idea.  lol Easier than neutering the guys.  lol
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2010, 09:43:09 AM »
 lol Love is in the air, er, water!
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2010, 01:34:34 PM »
OMG you all know how to brighten my day!!! lol  I've been going through a bit of a rought patch lately, and it really helps to come here and get some levity! O0

We also have the frogs going at it at night.  Since we are on the subject here... does anyone know if the frogs make a "different" noise when they are actually mating?  The past few nights we've heard something that kinda sounds like a turkey, among all the frogs screaming to each other.  It's definitely NOT a turkey - we've had those around too, but they are nowhere in sight when we hear this and it's definitely coming from the pond area.

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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2010, 05:34:17 PM »
 8) Oh my, you don't mean you watch do you??? I'm embarrassed. LOL

One of my lady goldies got driven up behind a rock last summer she was totally in the water but must have accelerated a lot to get away from the males and jumped enough to get behind the rock. At first I was going to rescue her but decided to leave her for part of the day so she could rest.

Are you sure the sounds you are hearing are from frogs? We've been serinaded lately by toads. They scream on and on. I thought frogs make croaking sounds. At least mine do kind of a sound like a guitar string being plucked. Don't know about frogs and mating, just toads.







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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2010, 06:09:59 PM »
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" 8) Oh my, you don't mean you watch do you??? I'm embarrassed. LOL "

No of course we don't watch - we can't even see them - just hear the noises.  We can be standing right on top of where the noise is coming from and we still do not see them in the rocks!

"Are you sure the sounds you are hearing are from frogs? We've been serinaded lately by toads. They scream on and on. I thought frogs make croaking sounds. At least mine do kind of a sound like a guitar string being plucked. Don't know about frogs and mating, just toads."

Not sure if they are frogs or toads - last year at this time I did an extensive online search for the sounds they make and I still haven't come up with what they are?  It's a very loud shrill that lasts a while when they are courting.  This other sound is new this week - never heard it at all last year.
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Re: How do you stand it???
« Reply #17 on: May 27, 2010, 05:52:26 AM »
Quote from: Joyce on May 26, 2010, 05:06:09 AM
I definitely don't wanna be reincarnated as a female goldfish or koi.  :no:

Oh, why not? I bet you would be the cutest goldfish in the whole tank. :)
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