Life in the Pond - Mid-Summer

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My 1200G pond's "green pea soup" has finally cleared up after a week of using a small UV unit. Since having lost two of my eight Red Comet Goldfish to unknown causes, things have stabilized. In this video you can see some of the inhabitants feeding on floating Tetra Pond sticks. Along with the goldfish, you can see the male Green Terror (only feeds on sinking pellets), the eight exCichlasoma beani, a couple of Florida Sleeper gobies that stick very close to one another, and a pair of Australoheros sp. Red Ceibal in full breeding dress guarding a batch of young. The 'beani' are the most active feeders. No sign of any of them pairing yet but I'm hopeful. I hadn't seen my female Green Terror for a while but just after I shot this video, I spotted her close to the surface on one of the end shelves, surrounded by a cloud of her babies.

[video=youtube_share;hLpgiqdfzcI]http://youtu.be/hLpgiqdfzcI[/video]
 
Green terror? You live in Canada?
 
guano said:
Great vid, thanks for sharing!
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Your welcome. It's always neat to see fish in a more natural setting.

fish042099 said:
Green terror? You live in Canada?
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You betcha'. I'm trying something new. Along with a few species that can take more cold (Australoheros sp. 'Red Ceibal', exCichlasoma beani, Cichlasoma dimerus) I've also put out an A. rivulatus pair, P. hartwegi, and some young P. breidohri. they're great now, but not so sure how they'll be by the third week of October, which is my target this year for closing down the pond. I just now went out and dropped in a temperature probe (shiny metal). A 'beani' grabbed it and took off like a 'tucunare' on steroids!! The temperature is 25.3 C (77.5 F), pretty much perfect (right now) for these guys.
 
When I went outside to check on the pond, I saw that the female Adinoacara rivulatus 'Gold Saum' and her progeny were clearly visible in the sunshine. So I grabbed my camera. She has her babies on a concrete block, the top of which is a few inches below the surface of the water and right at the end of the pond. It's about as safe a place as exists in there. The young 'Terrors' are grazing on algae and tiny micro organisms and have been free swimming for about a week. She looked as if she was getting ready to attack my camera so I backed off and let them be.
[video=youtube_share;_Gbod7eKPNM]http://youtu.be/_Gbod7eKPNM[/video]
 
Here's an update on the pond as of the end of August. Over late July and early August, there had been plenty of cool nights followed by low day time highs. So the water temperatures had been dropping to the low 20s and even high teens. Other than being a little less active, the fish had not suffered any ill effects that I can tell. But over the last two weeks there has been a heat wave, with day time highs reaching low to mid 30s. Here's a brief video of the pond. The GTs have another spawn and the Red Ceibals are still tending to their month old + fry. The 'beani' are continuing to grow with the largest hitting about 8". They are looking really good. I can't seem to see my two Sleeper Gobies and most of the Cichlasoma dimerus young have "diasappeared" - not unexpected.[video=youtube;TZt0OB1blbA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TZt0OB1blbA[/video]
 
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