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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> </head><body style=""> <div> If the  pond is that shallow, it might have frozen to the bottom or nearly </div> <div> so and killed the gold fish in the winter.  I would rule that out before looking </div> <div> to other possible causes.  Gold fish multiply very rapidly - </div> <div> hence they are popular for stores. </div> <div> The frozen gold fish would keep in cold storage but they will soon disappear. </div> <div> Enjoy the spring </div> <div> Paul </div> <div> <br/>> On May 1, 2015 at 9:38 AM "George E. Forsyth" <g4syth@nspes.ca> wrote: <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> Hi Andrew, <br/>> <br/>> The pond is very shallow, if you really wanted to, you could walk <br/>> across and keep your shoulders dry. The water enters through an <br/>> underground pipe from a water body in a wet hollow above the skating <br/>> pond. The water then flows out through a vertically placed pipe at the <br/>> bottom end of the pond. The brook runs along about thirty feet beside <br/>> the pond. <br/>> <br/>> See Google maps: 45.093621, -64.412400 <br/>> <br/>> I had noticed goldfish last summer and they must have been here for <br/>> awhile as some of the dead fish are eight inches long. Other species <br/>> were not noted, but I didn't really study them and there are literally <br/>> hundreds. I have lived here for almost thirty years and have never <br/>> seen this many dead fish, and hadn't noticed goldfish here. <br/>> <br/>> To be honest I wasn't too concerned that goldfish had been killed, as <br/>> the pond doesn't seem to host peepers and toads any more. They <br/>> probably have eaten most of the eggs and tadpoles. But the kingfishers <br/>> and herons have been coming to the pond regularly the past few years. <br/>> <br/>> If they have been intentionally poisoned would other species be killed <br/>> as well? <br/>> <br/>> I'll try to get some pictures. <br/>> <br/>> Yours truly, <br/>> <br/>> George Forsyth <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> Quoting "Hebda, Andrew J" <Andrew.Hebda@novascotia.ca>: <br/>> <br/>> > Hi George <br/>> > <br/>> > If there was a lot of organic matter in the bottom of the pond, <br/>> > could have caused a stripping of the oxygen as decomposition <br/>> > progressed. Anyother species? <br/>> > <br/>> > As well, any idea how long the goldfish have been in that pond... <br/>> > they are not native, so would have had to have been a <br/>> > release/introduction. <br/>> > <br/>> > Andrew <br/>> > <br/>> > A Hebda <br/>> > NSM Collections (Zoology) <br/>> > ________________________________________ <br/>> > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <br/>> > on behalf of George E. Forsyth [g4syth@nspes.ca] <br/>> > Sent: April-30-15 10:18 PM <br/>> > To: naturens <br/>> > Subject: [NatureNS] fish kill Port Williams skating pond <br/>> > <br/>> > Hi, <br/>> > <br/>> > The other evening I was out for a walk and noticed hundreds of gold <br/>> > fish floating on the edge of the Port Williams, Kings Co, skating pond <br/>> > on Belcher St. I don't know if this is a result of accidental or <br/>> > intentional poisoning, or were they killed by natural causes as a <br/>> > result of the longer than usual ice and snow cover? There was a good <br/>> > selection of small and large fish, I only noticed gold fish. It was <br/>> > quite impressive how many there were! <br/>> > <br/>> > <br/>> > George Forsyth <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> </div> </body></html>
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