I visited Wet Pets today for the spring opening. My intention was to go get a piece of filter matting to replace one that is falling apart but of course the fish were calling my name. I saw several that I liked including many doitsu showas. However due to budget constraints and the wife being with me I settled on a pair of showas from the AA grade tank. Below is a picture taken of them in the box and bag they rode home in just before entering their new home.
The first showa is 11 inches and was spotted by my daughter. She has a good mix of black, white, and red and has a mask over one eye and it reminded her of the Harry Potter character Mad-Eye Moody, so she has been named Mad-Eye. The second is an 8 inch hi showa which is red and black on top but has some white on the stomach and fins. For some reason my wife sees a spiderman mask pattern and so he is known as Spider-fish or Spidey. Both fish are from Ogata Koi farm in Japan. Both are a bit orange right now but I am hoping with a bit of sunshine, good food, and pond algae they will darken to a nice red over the summer. WetPets has its tanks in a hanger which limits sunlight and the fish lose some of their color. It was a nice day for a drive to the mountains and adding two fish to the collection is icing on the cake.
Other pond keeping news…
While filling the pond after cleaning today I had a heavy metal nozzle with a narrow outlet on the hose and it was spraying very hard into the water, so I went to move it. I grabbed the hose about 3 feet from the end and it rocketed up and whacked me on the nose. No broken bones but I now have a nice gash there.
