When winter comes each year, I look at the pond and all the fish have gone down to the bottom in the middle where it is the deepest. They hibernate here all winter with very little movement...well except for when they all take turns moving toward the middle of the group.
It wasn't until after several winters of observation that I noticed how they all take turns having their time in the middle of the group. The outer fish move toward the middle and they all shift. I assume it is warmer in the middle...that's what I think anyway. They take their time about it and the movements are very slow. They're hibernating... we stopped feeding them as soon as the first cold day hit...and they don't want to eat either.
Here they dance and move, shifting and changing positions in the cold cold water. It's really quite amazing and beautiful to watch.
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12 comments:
How very interesting and what great photos. Thank you for sharing.
Love the fish...I had to check to see where you live, because here in Alberta they'd be fish sticks for sure by now:)
They are fantastic fish...almost mesmerizing; like watching the flames of a fire.
That's so fascinating. How much we can learn by observing!
Wow...how interesting and fascinating is this Leslie...a great post...Dzintra
I was sooo excited when my koi had babies. I noticed these little black things swimming around and thought they were tadpoles at first. They are so beautiful.
How lucky you are to have a koi pond! they can grow to be quite a size too!
Oh aren't they all so beautiful. I wonder if the koi will find their way into your paintings?
What a wonderful thing to have a koi pond to watch and meditate on.
Sherrlyn of http://www.lovesimplyhappens.com
Great Bob Marley music with the KOI
fish and flowers!
Cool pictures of your Koi. We have a 55gal aquarium with several types of fish, including two beautiful Koi that are quickly outgrowing the tank while waiting on us to get their pond done outside! We hot them a couple of months ago and didn't realize how fast they would grow.
~Les~
Your pictures are wonderful~
Getting used to your new camera~
~Amy~
I used to breed Koi many years ago I love them but here in New Zealand Koi are now illegal so we aren't allowed to keep or breed them a shame but they can be destructive. Greeat post
Love Liz
Lots of different colours of Koi you have there, they are all beautiful.
We have much smaller fish in our pond - Chinese White Cloud Minnows. I bought them for the pond because they eat mosquito wrigglers, but don't eat tadpoles. Ours have multiplied over the years, I think I only started off with four or five, and now there would be maybe eighty minnows.
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