Recent content by BlueSkeleton

Bad news. :sad: Yesterday he began acting differently. He was hiding a lot. But when the fish were feeding, he came and swam around the food. However this time he did not attempt to eat any food at all. Just slowly swam through the feeding fish. The rest of the day I saw him moving very...

The neighbor kid who fed the fish is a girl. I really cant imagine a girl fishing our pond and tearing a hook out of his mouth. But anything is possible, maybe she invited a boy friend along who caused mischief. Are several of you in agreement that this seems strongly suspicious of a...

Come to think of it, when we returned from vacation (1.5 weeks ago) I did notice the blue fish was hiding a LOT the first 2-3 days. I actually thought he was missing altogether because I just could not find him anywhere. And normally he is easy to spot from a great distance. Then he...

UPDATE: Unfortunately the fish died today (Sunday Aug 14th) :( We have a pond that is approximately 8 x 16 feet, about 4 feet deep. It was professionally installed by a company who does garden ponds. The pond has been very healthy for our 50 goldfish for the last 5 years. Every winter it...